When millionaire Randy Miller lost his fortune, he put his pet lions and tigers to work, staging animal attacks for Hollywood films. He reveals how he schooled Chris Pratt, took a tiger bite for Russell Crowe – and lost a cousin to one of his grizzly bears
I’ve been talking to Randy Miller for 10 seconds and it’s already got grisly. Years ago a cougar attacked some cyclists in California, killing one and mauling the other; Miller and one of his own cougars have just recreated the incident for TV show Fight to Survive. “The animal ate this guy, so he was full, but he still went after this woman,” he tells me. “He must have been really very hungry.”
Reconstructions such as these are Randy Miller’s bread and butter. For over 20 years he’s been staging animal attacks for film, TV and commercials with the tigers, lions, cougars,...
I’ve been talking to Randy Miller for 10 seconds and it’s already got grisly. Years ago a cougar attacked some cyclists in California, killing one and mauling the other; Miller and one of his own cougars have just recreated the incident for TV show Fight to Survive. “The animal ate this guy, so he was full, but he still went after this woman,” he tells me. “He must have been really very hungry.”
Reconstructions such as these are Randy Miller’s bread and butter. For over 20 years he’s been staging animal attacks for film, TV and commercials with the tigers, lions, cougars,...
- 10/28/2015
- by Alex Godfrey
- The Guardian - Film News
Brian Trenchard-Smith looks deep into the art of directing animals, long before the digital age.
When Brian Trenchard-Smith wants to tell you about directing animals on film, you step out of the way. Here’s Brian with many, many wonderful tales (and tails).
Rise of the Planet of the Apes is the latest example of how digital makes possible previously impossible animal actions, like a gorilla leaping from the Golden Gate Bridge into a helicopter cockpit. Take a look at the Comicon teaser.
But there was a time when the animal and the lens were all you had to work with. In the pre-cgi era, I was lucky enough to stage sequences involving cats, bobcats, dogs, lions, elephants, boa constrictors, chimps, spiders, scorpions, cockroaches, a mud crab, a pigeon, and a frog.
Working with All Creatures Great And Small requires complex planning, flexibility, and infinite patience. I hold the trainers...
When Brian Trenchard-Smith wants to tell you about directing animals on film, you step out of the way. Here’s Brian with many, many wonderful tales (and tails).
Rise of the Planet of the Apes is the latest example of how digital makes possible previously impossible animal actions, like a gorilla leaping from the Golden Gate Bridge into a helicopter cockpit. Take a look at the Comicon teaser.
But there was a time when the animal and the lens were all you had to work with. In the pre-cgi era, I was lucky enough to stage sequences involving cats, bobcats, dogs, lions, elephants, boa constrictors, chimps, spiders, scorpions, cockroaches, a mud crab, a pigeon, and a frog.
Working with All Creatures Great And Small requires complex planning, flexibility, and infinite patience. I hold the trainers...
- 8/11/2011
- by Danny
- Trailers from Hell
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