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6 unusual facts about Douglas Trumbull


Expo '70

Director Douglas Trumbull said that the design of the space freighter Valley Forge in the 1971 science fiction drama Silent Running was inspired by the Landmark Tower.

Missouri Botanical Garden

Douglas Trumbull, director of the 1972 science fiction classic film Silent Running, stated that the geodesic domes on the spaceship Valley Forge were based on the Missouri Botanical Garden's Climatron dome.

S.A. Griffin

Notable television guest star credits include Perry Mason, Matlock, Alien Nation, Designing Women, Melrose Place, Las Vegas, Dexter, Days of our Lives and appears as Dr. Osiris in the ride film In Search of the Obelisk directed by Douglas Trumbull at the Luxor Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada since 1992.

Sandy Shaw

They also acted as scientific and technical advisors and received screen credits for Douglas Trumbull's movie Brainstorm, starring Natalie Wood.

To the Moon and Beyond

Stanley Kubrick watched the film and was so impressed by it that he hired its special effects supervisor Douglas Trumbull to help make animations for his upcoming film, 2001, A Space Odyssey.

Tour of the Universe

Director, special effects expert and Showscan owner Douglas Trumbull produced the show film.



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