Rather than re-create the features of a mountain gorilla, the studio had instructions to design Amy so that she would more closely resemble the 'cuter' lowland gorilla. "We took a lot of artistic license with Amy that, in hindsight, we shouldn't have taken," Stan Winston said. "Part of that artistic license was putting a lowland gorilla face on what was supposed to be a mountain gorilla, just to make her more appealing. She was cuter, but we paid a price for it because there was a sense of reality that was lost in the character." Stan Winston and his crew did not have the benefit of that hindsight, however, as they began to design and build a suit and mechanical heads for the character.
Rudy, TraviCom Security:
Doctor Ross. Doctor Ross. We've got satellite in the Congo.
Dr. Karen Ross:
What did they say, Rudy?
Rudy, TraviCom Security:
I can't repeat anything in here.
Dr. Karen Ross:
It's Charles.
Rudy, TraviCom Security:
It's Charles.
Rudy, TraviCom Security:
It won't work.
Dr. Karen Ross:
You changed the code already?
Rudy, TraviCom Security:
The old man's got me changing it every 3 hours now.
Rudy, TraviCom Security:
Rudy, Rudy, ...
Laser beams are not visible when passing through air. There must be dust, smoke, steam or something like that to reflect the light.
English, American Sign Language
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