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Special Effects: Anything Can Happen
Directed byBen Burtt
Written bySusanne Simpson
Ben Burtt
Tom Friedman
Produced bySusanne Simpson
Ben Stassen
Narrated byJohn Lithgow
CinematographyPepi Lenzi
Tak Fujimoto
Edited byBen Burtt
Music byChristopher L. Stone

Production
company

NOVA Giant Screen Films

Distributed byIMAX Corporation

Release date

  • July 4, 1996

Running time

40 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Special Effects: Anything Can Happen is an American documentary film directed by Academy Award-winning sound designer Ben Burtt and narrated by John Lithgow. It was released to IMAX theaters in 1996.

This documentary film is an exploration of special effects techniques used in motion pictures, including traditional special effects up to modern computer generated effects. It is also notable for featuring the making of the new digital effects created for the special edition version of Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope, which was released to theaters one year later in 1997.

The film was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short Subject,[1] but lost to Breathing Lessons.

  1. ^ "NY Times: Special Effects: Anything Can Happen". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. 2012. Archived from the original on 2012-10-16. Retrieved 2008-12-06.