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The Crater Lake Monster (Phil Tippett Collection 1977) - Joe Laudati Signed Model
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Category:Memorabilia
Start Price:200.00 USD
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The Crater Lake Monster (Phil Tippett Collection 1977) - Joe Laudati Signed Model.
Original display custom made by master sculptor and stop-motion animator Joe Laudati.
The Crater Lake Monster is the William R. Stromberg directed horror film, featuring Richard Cardella which story involves a giant plesiosaur, akin to the Loch Ness Monster, which was apparently long dormant in Crater Lake in Northern California, near Susanville, but is revived when meteorite falls into the lake. As people are attacked by the monster, the Sheriff (Cardella) investigates.
The stop-motion effects were created by Phil Tippett, who was also working concurrently on Star Wars. He animated several of the film's pivotal stop-motion sequences, helping craft the creature's movements as it interacted with the environment. He also assisted in building and sculpting the 15-inch dinosaur model (sculpting the body while David Allen handled the head).
This was Phil Tippett's first work in the horror genre.
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This was a custom painted piece gifted to Phil Tippett in 2012.
Joe Laudati is a renowned independent sculptor, stop-motion animator, and author. He specializes in hand-crafting highly detailed resin model kits of classic movie monsters, dinosaurs, and stop-motion characters, particularly inspired by the works of Ray Harryhausen and vintage sci-fi cinema.
This lot is part of the Phil Tippett Collection and will come with a co-signed COA by Phil Tippett.
Phil Tippett is the founder and namesake of Tippett Studio. His varied career in visual effects has spanned more than 30 years and includes two Academy Awards; and six nominations, one BAFTA award and four nominations, two Emmys and the advent of modern digital effects in motion pictures.
He is the inventor of the Stop-Motion technique called Go-Motion and even has a dinosaur species named after him: Elaphrosaurus philtippettorum.
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