RIP Stan Winston

We have reports that Stan Winston died last night...

Hey guys. Quint here with some absolutely horrible news. We had an unsubstantiated email come in about 20 minutes ago telling us that Stan Winston passed away last night. I couldn’t find any reference to it online at the AP wire, Variety, CNN or anywhere, so I figured it wasn’t true.

Then a second email came in, which made my heart drop into my stomach, a new person saying the same thing, without any backup. I asked for clarification and got it, so I got on the phone with a friend of mine who knows Winston and got the confirmation.

The father of the dinosaurs in JURASSIC PARK, of THE TERMINATOR, of PUMPKINHEAD and PREDATOR and the Monsters in MONSTER SQUAD and, of course, ALIENS, has passed on.

The man is a legend and created legends. He himself a God in his own right, sculpting Icons that will be remembered as long as people with imagination deem it prudent to tell stories to an audience.

He was a leader in practical effects work, having given opportunity to all top effects leaders today. Winston idolized the people that came before him in the field, like Ray Harryhausen, and sought to make his own iconography, inspiring yet more to follow in his lead.

The picture below is of Ray Harryhausen getting his star on the Hollywood walk of fame, something that Winston was instrumental in making happen. Also pictured is another effects legend, Rick Baker, and director Frank Darabont.

I have one quick anecdote to share. I’m a big MONSTER SQUAD fan and have spoken with many people involved, including Tom Woodruff who worked with Winston on the effects and was even the man in the Gillman suit, as well as the cast and crew and a funny story involving Winston came out of that.

Apparently, he oversaw the film, but gave his sculptors freedom to create the creatures, so as a gag, they sculpted up Wolf Man to look exactly like Stan. Now, I never heard if he saw himself in it, but I do know that he loved it and the final version in the movie IS werewolf Stan Winston.

He won Oscars for his make-up and visual effects work on ALIENS, TERMINATOR 2 and JURASSIC PARK and was nominated for his work on HEARTBEEPS, PREDATOR, EDWARD SCISSORHANDS, BATMAN RETURNS, THE LOST WORLD and AI.

And he wasn't done yet. His practical work on IRON MAN is a huge part of what made the film a success and he was working on the new Terminator movie.

There’s a part of me that really hopes all this is some kind of giant misunderstanding. I hope this report is in error, but I’ve gotten too many confirmations now to not mention it.

We can only hope that his memory is done justice by Stan Winston Studios and they keep creating icons for generations to come.

My thoughts are with Mr. Winston’s friends, family and fans.

Source : www.aintitcool.com

oh merde punaise repose en paix

Mince, quel dommage.

Merde, c'est pas vrai
RIP

RIP

C'est étrange en plus, j'ai été sur le site de Stan Winston Studio cette aprèm, comme ça sans savoir

Ben putain ça me fait grave mal au bide... Quelle nom de dieu de putain de maladie! Ca fait vraiment chier...

RIP mon Stan... Tu m'auras fait rêver. Et tu auras participé à ce que je suis dornénavant...

Quel triste nouvelle
Le cinéma que j'aime doit beacoup a ce monsieur
Il a sauvé Predator
Merci pour tout
RIP

J'ai appris ça tout à l'heure

C'est vraiment moche, RIP

RIP

tain quelle nouvelle

un maitre nous quitte

2008

Quel choc Un grand artiste nous quitte Ses créations ont nourri nos imaginations et son talent a marqué le cinéma à jamais.

Merci pour toutes ces émotions

RIP...quelle hécatombe cette année 2008

l'un des plus grands createurs d'effet speciaux de tous les temps
Le mec qui a créé le terminator et le predator , le mec qui m'a fait aimer le cinema de genre
RIP

Triste nouvelle

Une bien riste nouvelle RIP

je fond en larme

c'est un grand nom du cinéma qui nous quitte, l'ensemble de son travail d'orfèvre restera à jamais associé à des chefs d'œuvre du 7ème art. On est pas prêt de revoir un tel génie de si tôt.

C'est d'autant plus triste que ça accentue le fait de voir aussi disparaitre l'âme "old shcool" avec le tout numérique maintenant.

RIP

RIP

rip

RIP je viens de le lire

énorme perte pour le cinéma , un maître du fantastique , il était devenu le plus grand dans le maquillage d'effets spéciaux
Je me rapelle mes premiers Mad Movies qui lui était conssacrés
J'arrive pas a croire qu'il est décédé , merde ! pas Stan pas celui qui ma fait aimer le cinéma SF et fantastique

RIP
Putain encore une étoile qui s'en va...
Pour la peine je vais prendre le pred cinemaquette, pour toi stan

vous avez tout dit
RIP