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Thunderbirds grossed $28,283,637 worldwide, and with an estimated $57 million budget, [28] the film was a box office bomb. Frakes attributed the film's commercial failure to a combination of stiff competition from its contemporaries Shrek 2 and Spider-Man 2 and its poor critical reception. [ 29 ]
Filmed in Supermarionation is a 2014 documentary film about Gerry Anderson, Sylvia Anderson and the struggling group of filmmakers who found success producing space-age puppet television series such as Supercar, Joe 90, Fireball XL5, Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons and Thunderbirds.
Thunderbirds is a British science fiction television series created by Gerry and Sylvia Anderson, filmed by their production company AP Films (APF) and distributed by ITC Entertainment. It was filmed between 1964 and 1966 using a form of electronic marionette puppetry called "Supermarionation" combined with scale model special effects sequences.
The Thunderbirds machines, with the help of London Agent, Lady Penelope, make sure that the second launching attempt is successful. Once the craft lands on Mars, the crew start to explore the planet and collect rock samples, but when they encounter unexpected problems, they are forced to return to Earth sooner than planned.
Thunder Birds, an American World War II propaganda film; Thunderbirds, an American war film; Thunderbirds, a 1960s British puppet science-fiction series . Thunderbirds 2086, a 1980s Japanese anime inspired by the British TV series
Thunderbirds inspired the style of Nintendo's Star Fox video game series. Shigeru Miyamoto, the series' creator, has stated that he is a fan of Thunderbirds, and that its distinctive visual style had influenced the puppet-like appearance and actions of the Star Fox characters since Star Fox 64. [100]
In the 2004 film, Gordon is played by Ben Torgersen. According to Alex Pang's Thunderbirds: X-Ray Cross Sections, he is 18 years old and a recent graduate from Wharton Academy, the school that Alan attends in the film. He is noted to still be training on the Thunderbirds craft, with a year remaining until he is permitted to fly solo. [22]
Thunder Birds (subtitled "Soldiers of the Air" and also known as Thunderbirds) is a 1942 Technicolor film directed by William A. Wellman and starring Gene Tierney, Preston Foster, and John Sutton. It features aerial photography and location filming at an actual Arizona training base of the United States Army Air Forces named Thunderbird Field ...