Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World

During the Napoleonic Wars, a brash British captain pushes his ship and crew to their limits in pursuit of a formidable French war vessel around South America. Much of the movie takes place on the high season, often in stormy weather. ILM had proven its ability to create digital water for The Perfect Storm, but for…

Jurassic Park 3

A decidedly odd couple with ulterior motives convince Dr. Alan Grant to go to Isla Sorna (the second InGen dinosaur lab.), resulting in an unexpected landing…and unexpected new inhabitants on the island.

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Iron Man

Billionaire industrialist and genius inventor, Tony Stark, is kidnapped and forced to build a devastating weapon. Instead, Tony builds a high-tech suit of armor and escapes captivity. ILM worked on over 400 shots — with many of them dedicated to creating Iron Man’s suit — and along with director, John Favreau, set flawless photorealism as…

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

Indiana Jones teams up with the industrious Mutt Williams to find the Crystal Skull of Akator. In an effort to keep with the themes and feeling of the original trilogy, ILM worked closely with director Steven Spielberg to capture the essence of the action-adventure genre: stunt work, special effects, and visual effects blended together seamlessly to facilitate…

The Perfect Storm

An unusually intense storm pattern catches some commercial fishermen unaware and puts them in mortal danger. Director Woflgang Petersen’s vision for The Perfect Storm was going to require a seamless integration of complex computer-generated simulations and imagery with blue-screen photography that utilized elaborate practical effects. Because the film’s story is largely based on a real…

Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl

Blacksmith Will Turner teams up with eccentric pirate “Captain” Jack Sparrow to save his love, the governor’s daughter, from Jack’s former pirate allies, who are now undead. The Curse of the Black Pearl introduced new uses of motion-capture technology to create computer-generated characters. During various sword fight scenes where actors fight undead pirates, ILM made it possible for…

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest

Jack Sparrow races to recover the heart of Davy Jones to avoid enslaving his soul to Jones’ service, as other friends and foes seek the heart for their own agenda as well. After their experience with motion-capture technology in Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, ILM knew it was time for…