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** Fess Parker as the pilot-witness; when Walt Disney saw his performance it landed him his role as Davey Crockett.
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** Fess Parker Creator/FessParker as the pilot-witness; when Walt Disney pilot-witness. When Creator/WaltDisney saw his performance performance, it landed him his role as Davey Crockett.Series/{{Davy Crockett|1954}}.
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* OnceOriginalNowCommon: The film's giant ants were the first large animals and monsters that were portrayed using mechanics. They were created by Dick Smith who built at least two fully functional ants which used gears and motors (with technicians puppeteering the ant's limbs) alongside some smaller models for "swarm" scenes. A decade later ''Film/MaryPoppins'' would utilize the first "true" animatronics within a film, but the creation of full-size animatronics and puppets for large creatures (a la ''Film/{{Aliens}}'' or ''Film/JurassicPark'') all started here.
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Found this info back in the day, don't know if I can find it.
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* SpecialEffectsFailure: Compared to today's slick CGI, the ants look dated, but the giant models were impressive for their time, albeit slow-moving. One reason most of the following giant-thing movies were so bad is that pretty much all of them used clumsy super-imposed images to serve as the monster.
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** Compared to today's slick CGI, the ants look dated, but the giant models were impressive for their time, albeit slow-moving. One reason most of the following giant-thing movies were so bad is that pretty much all of them used clumsy super-imposed images to serve as themonster.monster.
** The ants were constructed with eyes that were intended to swirl around in red and blue soap, creating a psychedelic effect within the eyes. But the effect was non-existent once the film switched to black and white. Instead, it caused the eyes to expose a disk inside the component, making the ants appear to have pupils.
** Compared to today's slick CGI, the ants look dated, but the giant models were impressive for their time, albeit slow-moving. One reason most of the following giant-thing movies were so bad is that pretty much all of them used clumsy super-imposed images to serve as the
** The ants were constructed with eyes that were intended to swirl around in red and blue soap, creating a psychedelic effect within the eyes. But the effect was non-existent once the film switched to black and white. Instead, it caused the eyes to expose a disk inside the component, making the ants appear to have pupils.
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* SpecialEffectsFailure: Compared to today's slick CGI, the ants look dated, [[SeinfeldisUnfunny but the giant models were impressive for their time, albeit slow-moving]]. One reason most of the following giant-thing movies were so bad is that pretty much all of them used clumsy super-imposed images to serve as the monster.
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* SpecialEffectsFailure: Compared to today's slick CGI, the ants look dated, [[SeinfeldisUnfunny but the giant models were impressive for their time, albeit slow-moving]].slow-moving. One reason most of the following giant-thing movies were so bad is that pretty much all of them used clumsy super-imposed images to serve as the monster.
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* SpecialEffectsFailure: Compared to today's slick CGI, the ants look dated, but the giant models were impressive for their time, albeit slow-moving. One reason most of the following giant-thing movies were so bad is that pretty much all of them used clumsy super-imposed images to serve as the monster.
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* SpecialEffectsFailure: Compared to today's slick CGI, the ants look dated, [[SeinfeldisUnfunny but the giant models were impressive for their time, albeit slow-moving.slow-moving]]. One reason most of the following giant-thing movies were so bad is that pretty much all of them used clumsy super-imposed images to serve as the monster.
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* FairForItsDay: For the most part, in its depiction of the younger Dr. Medford, the film was positively enlightened. She's a competent professional who ably assists in dealing with the film's giant mutant ants, including going down with the male (non-scientist) heroes into a gassed colony to make sure the inhabitants are all dead. She does scream once, justifiably when she abruptly and unexpectedly comes face to face with one of the creatures. But beyond that moment she also never falls into the DamselInDistress category. And while she and Bob flirt, the movie doesn't actually pair them up.
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** For the most part, in its depiction of the younger Dr. Medford, the film was positively enlightened. She's a competent professional who ably assists in dealing with the film's giant mutant ants, including going down with the male (non-scientist) heroes into a gassed colony to make sure the inhabitants are all dead. She does scream once, justifiably when she abruptly and unexpectedly comes face to face with one of the creatures. But beyond that moment she also never falls into the DamselInDistress category. And while she and Bob flirt, the movie doesn't actually pair them up.
** For the most part, in its depiction of the younger Dr. Medford, the film was positively enlightened. She's a competent professional who ably assists in dealing with the film's giant mutant ants, including going down with the male (non-scientist) heroes into a gassed colony to make sure the inhabitants are all dead. She does scream once, justifiably when she abruptly and unexpectedly comes face to face with one of the creatures. But beyond that moment she also never falls into the DamselInDistress category. And while she and Bob flirt, the movie doesn't actually pair them up.
