Even more matte paintings (part 5)

As regular readers of this blog will know, I'm a big fan of matte paintings in films and have written about them a few times in the past (you can find the others on this link).  Since I enjoy compiling these posts - and they seem to go down well - I've had fun tracking down a few more (including one by the brilliant Albert Whitlock).  There are some excellent examples of the craft here and, once again, I've tried to highlight those that are invisible effects, extending real-life situations which I hope you'll be surprised by.

Enjoy!

Earthquake (1974)
Directed by Mark Robson
matte painting by Albert Whitlock (see other posts about him here)

Star Wars (1977)
Directed by George Lucas
matte painting by Harrison Ellenshaw

Superman (1978)
Directed by Richard Donner
matte painting by Les Bowie

Dragonslayer (1981)
Directed by Matthew Robbins
matte painting by Christopher Evans

Tron (1982)
Directed by Steven Lisberger
matte painting by Harrison Ellenshaw

Gremlins (1984)
Directed by Joe Dante
matte painting by Rocco Gioffre

Young Sherlock Holmes (1985)
Directed by Barry Levinson
matte painting by Michael Pangrazio

Stand By Me (1986)
Directed by Rob Reiner
matte painting by Ken Marschall

Monster Squad (1987)
Directed by Fred Dekker
matte painting by Matthew Yuricich and Michelle Moen

leaves in the foreground were added optically

Rain Man (1988)
Directed by Barry Levinson
matte painting by Mark Sullivan


Psycho IV: The Beginning (1990)
Directed by Mick Garris
matte painting by Ken Marschall

Bugsy (1991)
Directed by Barry Levinson
matte painting by Mark Sullivan



Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man (1991)
Directed by Simon Wincer
matte painting by Rocco Gioffre

Memoirs Of An Invisible Man (1992)
Directed by John Carpenter
matte painting by Christopher Evans

There will be more matte paintings posts...

thanks again to http://nzpetesmatteshot.blogspot.co.uk