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How Benjamin Button's Effects Blow Action Movie Effects Away [Special Effects]
i.gizmodo.com - 1/22/2009
How Benjamin Button's Effects Blow Action Movie Effects Away [Special Effects]
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Yes, Iron Man had some seriously impressive effects. But Benjamin Button, for any other problems it had, had some impressive effects. It's one thing to make robots or aliens or whatever look "real," but it's something entirely different to completely generate an actors face and place it on ...

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Tech Blog:  The Science Behind "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"

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The Science Behind "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"
Tech Blog — ... In this special behind the scenes clip, we get to see how 3D artists "took Brad Pitt's face and placed it, aged up, on a smaller actor's body." It's quite fascinating to say the least, as you'll see after the break. While Iron Man might seem like the natural choice for Best Visual Effects at the Oscars, Benjamin Button is the film that used the most impressive effects. [via Gizmodo]

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