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1344. Douglas Trumbull Collection: Set of 40 Behind-The-Scenes Photographs featuring Douglas Trumbul

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles Start Price:1,000.00 USD Estimated At:2,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD
1344. Douglas Trumbull Collection: Set of 40 Behind-The-Scenes Photographs featuring Douglas Trumbul
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2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY (1968) - Douglas Trumbull Collection: Set of 40 Behind-The-Scenes Photographs featuring Douglas Trumbull's Handwritten Annotations - Forty photographs taken behind-the-scenes of Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey and annotated by the film's special photographic effects artist Douglas Trumbull. It is believed that Trumbull produced these photographs himself or had them ordered from the studio lab for his family during production on the film.

Originated from the collection of Trumbull, the set is printed entirely in glossy black-and-white with Trumbull's personal annotations from the period, such as "Kubrick's office" and "FX Office," handwritten in the margins below several photos. The set includes multiple photographs of Kubrick and Trumbull (including one annotated "DT"), as well as construction on several key sets from the film, including the iconic Discovery One walkway, the "carousel" constructed to make the walkway appear to rotate, and the model surface of a planet, likely Saturn. In addition to 2001, at least one of the 40 photos, a full-bleed image depicting Trumbull sitting behind a camera with Richard Yuricich, is from the production of Brainstorm. The photographs exhibit some curling and discoloration at the edges from age and handling. Dimensions: (each) 8" x 10" (20.5 cm x 25.5 cm)Visual effects pioneer Douglas Trumbull was born in Los Angeles in 1942. After abandoning architecture for technical drawing and cartooning, his talent for photorealism soon earned him work at Graphic Films, an esteemed Hollywood studio for which he designed groundbreaking cosmic effects for the 1964 New York World's Fair. After seeing Trumbull's work, director Stanley Kubrick hired him to create animations and VFX shots - including the iconic Star Gate sequence - for what would become his seminal masterpiece 2001: A Space Odyssey. From that film's success, Trumbull became one of the industry's most trusted photographic effects experts, designing and producing legendary screen moments in such sci-fi landmarks as Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Star Trek: The Motion Picture, and Blade Runner, all three of which earned him Academy Award& reg; nominations. In addition to directing the cult classics Silent Running and Brainstorm, Trumbull later received a Scientific and Engineering Award for his high-speed photography process Showscan in 1993, one of two specialty awards given to him by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences before his death in 2022. 60 years since he first made his mark on global cinema, Propstore today celebrates Douglas Trumbull by presenting a selection of rare memorabilia from his personal collection to the public.


Estimate: $2,000 - 4,000

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