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The Fantasy Film Worlds of George Pal

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This documentary focuses on the life and career of filmmaker George Pal, who is best known for his many fantastical productions. The movie looks back at Pal's early work in his native Hungary and the development of his patented "Puppetoons," a style of stop-motion animation that paved the way for his later sci-fi cinema innovations. Among the many Hollywood figures that pay tribute to Pal are Ray Harryhausen, Charlton Heston, Tony Curtis and Joe Dante.

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Audience Member George Pal was a genius. He gave us three of the greatest (and most money making for their time) movies; When World's Collide, The War of the World's and The Time Machine. Two of these are entirely superior to their horrible remakes. Yet, even as his films made money, studios gave him limited budgets and held him down. This is a great documentary about the man that more people should watch. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/07/23 Full Review Audience Member You can't call yourself a film fan, and not know who George Pal is. He only pioneered film effects, and ushered in a new approach to film making. Those of you new to Pal, this is a good place to start. There's a couple pieces of footage worth mentioning. One being Pal on the Ed Sullivan show, and there are some old interviews as well. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/24/23 Full Review Audience Member This movie had potential, but fell through the cracks. To bad. Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 02/10/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis This documentary focuses on the life and career of filmmaker George Pal, who is best known for his many fantastical productions. The movie looks back at Pal's early work in his native Hungary and the development of his patented "Puppetoons," a style of stop-motion animation that paved the way for his later sci-fi cinema innovations. Among the many Hollywood figures that pay tribute to Pal are Ray Harryhausen, Charlton Heston, Tony Curtis and Joe Dante.
Director
Arnold Leibovit
Production Co
Arnold Leibovit Entertainment
Genre
Documentary
Original Language
English
Runtime
1h 30m