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{{performer|Bill Bailey}} |
{{performer|Bill Bailey}} |
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{{designer1|[[Dave Dunsterville]]|animatronic designer}} |
{{designer1|[[Dave Dunsterville]]|animatronic designer}} |
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| − | '''The Whale''' appeared in ''[[The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy |
+ | '''The Whale''' appeared in ''[[The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (film)|The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy]]''. This large sperm whale comes into existence when the Improbability Drive transforms a nuclear missile. The aquatic mammal ponders the questions of his existence and his physicality for a very brief period. As he plummets to his death, his final thought is the cheerful expectation that the ground will be friends with him. |
| − | A highly detailed model sperm whale was created and filmed in free fall. [[Jim |
+ | A highly detailed model sperm whale was created and filmed in free fall. [[Jim Henson's Creature Shop]] built an 11-foot-long model of the typically 50-foot-long marine mammal. According to director Garth Jennings in the official presskit, "The whale that the Creature Shop created was truly beautiful... We shot it |
| − | Shop]] built an 11-foot-long model of the typically 50-foot-long marine mammal. According to director Alex Jennings in the official presskit, "The whale that the Creature Shop created was truly beautiful... We shot it |
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with an in-camera effect so it looks like it’s falling through the sky, and later we added just a couple of effects shots. But essentially the whole whale sequence was shot in camera. It looks |
with an in-camera effect so it looks like it’s falling through the sky, and later we added just a couple of effects shots. But essentially the whole whale sequence was shot in camera. It looks |
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so realistic—to me it’s as if we had a skydiver trying to film the whale as he was plummeting with it!" |
so realistic—to me it’s as if we had a skydiver trying to film the whale as he was plummeting with it!" |
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| − | ==See |
+ | ==See also== |
*[[Whales]] |
*[[Whales]] |
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[[Category:Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Characters|Whale]] |
[[Category:Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Characters|Whale]] |
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[[Category:Creatures|Whale]] |
[[Category:Creatures|Whale]] |
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Revision as of 04:34, 16 May 2012
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The Whale appeared in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. This large sperm whale comes into existence when the Improbability Drive transforms a nuclear missile. The aquatic mammal ponders the questions of his existence and his physicality for a very brief period. As he plummets to his death, his final thought is the cheerful expectation that the ground will be friends with him.
A highly detailed model sperm whale was created and filmed in free fall. Jim Henson's Creature Shop built an 11-foot-long model of the typically 50-foot-long marine mammal. According to director Garth Jennings in the official presskit, "The whale that the Creature Shop created was truly beautiful... We shot it with an in-camera effect so it looks like it’s falling through the sky, and later we added just a couple of effects shots. But essentially the whole whale sequence was shot in camera. It looks so realistic—to me it’s as if we had a skydiver trying to film the whale as he was plummeting with it!"