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Carlo Rambaldi

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The Resume

    (September 15, 1925-August 10, 2012)
    Born in Vigarano Mainarda, Italy
    Special effects artist
    Created the models for the alien heads in 'Alien' (1979) and the title character in 'E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial' (1982)
    Also worked on 'Bloody Pit of Horror' (1965), 'Night of the Devils' (1972), 'Andy Warhol's Frankenstein' (1973), 'Andy Warhol's Dracula' (1974) 'Deep Red' (1975), 'King Kong' (1976), 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind' (1977), 'Dune' (1984), 'King Kong Lives' (1986) and 'Cameron's Closet' (1988)

Why he might be annoying:

    He promised producer Dino De Laurentiis that he could build a life-size mechanical King Kong that could perform all the actions required by the script.
    Despite spending $1.7 million, the mechanical Kong was never fully functional and ended up on screen for less than a minute.
    He clashed repeatedly with Rick Baker, who donned a gorilla suit to play Kong for most of the film.
    He was disdainful of computer-generated special effects, saying 'The mystery's gone. It's as if a magician had revealed all his tricks.'

Why he might not be annoying:

    He graduated from the Bologna Academy of Fine Arts and had a successful career as a painter before going into films.
    His effects for a dog mutilation scene in 'A Lizard in a Woman's Skin' (1971) were so realistic that he had to demonstrate them in court to keep director Lucio Fulci from being convicted on animal cruelty charges.
    Steven Spielberg called him 'E.T.'s Gepetto.'
    He won Academy Awards for his work on 'King Kong,' 'Alien' and 'E.T.'

Credit: C. Fishel


Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 2 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 3 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 12 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 4 Votes: 25.00% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 4 Votes: 75.00% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 4 Votes: 75.00% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 4 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 8 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 13 Votes: 15.38% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 65 Votes: 69.23% Annoying