August 24, 2011
It may not be flying, but...
"It's safe to say that no one has ever done a sequence like this in any other film. At least not with a pig."
Jim Henson, in a memo to his staff, regarding shooting the water ballet "Piggy pool" sequence for The Great Muppet Caper, involving, among other preparations, a bubbleless underwater breathing apparatus for puppeteer Frank Oz, a full-size pig costume for the child/actor performing long shots of Miss Piggy diving into the pool, a water choreographer, twelve non-pig swimmers, and a special 50x80x8-foot pool built for the shoot on a soundstage outside London.
Posted by Brenden at August 24, 2011 10:20 AMComments
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