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Thunderbirds Are Go is a 1966 British science-fiction puppet film based on Thunderbirds, a Supermarionation television series created by Gerry and Sylvia Anderson and produced by their company Century 21 Productions. Written by the Andersons and directed by David Lane, Thunderbirds Are Go concerns spacecraft Zero-X and its human mission to Mars.
Zero-X (spelling variants include "Zero X" or "Zero – X") is a fictional Earth spacecraft that first appeared in two of Gerry and Sylvia Anderson's Supermarionation productions, the 1966 film Thunderbirds Are Go and the 1967 television series Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons.
The feature films Thunderbirds Are Go and Thunderbird 6 were released in 1966 and 1968. Lew Grade approved the production of the first film before the TV series began airing. [ 274 ] Written and produced by the Andersons and directed by David Lane, the films were distributed by United Artists .
The film's dialogue was recorded in six days at the Anvil Films Recording Studio in Denham, Buckinghamshire. [5] [11] With the exceptions of John Tracy and Black Phantom/The Hood, all returning characters were voiced by the actors who had voiced them on Thunderbirds Are Go. New voice actors for Thunderbird 6 were:
Thunderbirds ' popularity led APF to make two feature film sequels with financial backing by United Artists. The first, Thunderbirds Are Go, premiered on 12 December 1966; [6] the second, Thunderbird 6, and 29 July 1968. [7] Written and produced by the Andersons and directed by David Lane, [8] [9] both were critical and commercial failures.
Thunderbirds: 1965–1966 TV series Thunderbirds Are Go: 1966 Feature film: Nearly all puppet heads were by now made of fibreglass (previously, guest character faces were sculpted in Plasticine). [103] "Under‑controlled" puppets, lacking wires and operated from the studio floor, were introduced for scenes showing characters sitting – for ...
He’s pretty happy with his current collection, especially these two vintage Ford Thunderbirds: A Casino Cream 1959 and a Robin Egg Blue 1960. The radios, speedometers, heaters and air ...
In the original Thunderbirds (1965–66), as well as the feature films Thunderbirds Are Go (1966) [6] and Thunderbird 6 (1968), [7] FAB 1 is depicted as a modified Rolls-Royce. Owned by International Rescue agent Lady Penelope Creighton-Ward, the car is usually driven by her butler, Aloysius Parker.