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The Fantasy Film Worlds of George Pal (1985)
Directed by Arnold Leibovit
Overview
Among the legends of Hollywood, George Pal takes his place as a true visionary, an innovator and a showman who profoundly shaped the art of motion pictures. A peer of Walt Disney, Pal pioneered stop motion animation and went on to virtually invent the modern science fiction and fantasy film genres. Pal’s extraordinary genius molded a dazzling array of films, which earned an incredible total of eight Academy Awards and left a cinematic legacy that served as formative inspiration for the movies of George Lucas, Steven Spielberg and Gene Roddenberry.
Length 93 minutes
Actors
Robert Wise | Gene Roddenberry | Tony Curtis | Joe Dante | Janet Leigh | Rod Taylor | Charlton Heston | Paul Frees | George Pal | Yvette Mimieux | Barbara Eden | Tony Randall | Ray Bradbury | Ray Harryhausen | Jim Danforth