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- Thunderbirds_Are_Go abstract "Thunderbirds Are Go is a 1966 British science-fiction film based on Thunderbirds, a 1960s television series starring marionette puppets and featuring scale model effects in a filming process dubbed "Supermarionation". Written by Thunderbirds creators Gerry and Sylvia Anderson, directed by David Lane and produced by AP Films, Thunderbirds Are Go develops the franchise with a plot focusing on the futuristic spacecraft Zero-X and its manned mission to Mars. When Zero-X suffers a mechanical failure during re-entry, it is up to International Rescue, with the aid of the Thunderbird machines, to save the astronauts on board before the spacecraft is obliterated in a crash landing.Filmed from March to June 1966 and premiering in December, Thunderbirds Are Go includes, in a first for an AP Films production, cameo appearances from puppets of real-life celebrities Cliff Richard and The Shadows, who also contributed to the musical score. It is also the first motion picture to have been filmed with an early form of video assist technology known as "Add-a-Vision", and incorporated landscape footage that was shot on location in Portugal. Special effects pieces, produced under the supervision of Derek Meddings and including rocket launch sequences, space shots and a miniature representation of the Martian surface, required six months to complete.Despite positive initial reviews, which praised the film as a well-made cinematic transfer of the Thunderbirds television series, Thunderbirds Are Go soon proved to be a box office failure for the Andersons. The disappointment of this outcome was intensified by the knowledge that Series Two of Thunderbirds would be cut down to six episodes and that AP Films' upcoming television project would be a brand-new series, which would later be titled Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons and screened from 1967. To add to the lukewarm public response, negative critical reception of Thunderbirds Are Go has targeted, besides other aspects, the characterisation of the puppet cast, the running time dedicated to model and effects shots, and the fantasy dream sequence starring Cliff Richard and The Shadows, which has been described as a poor scriptwriting idea on the part of the Andersons.Surprised by the underperformance of Thunderbirds Are Go, the United Artists distributors authorised the production of a sequel. However, Thunderbird 6 received a similarly unenthusiastic response on its release in 1968, and the Thunderbirds franchise was abandoned until the appearance of a reboot, starring live actors, in 2004. Meanwhile, the Zero-X astronauts featured in their own strip in the Anderson-related TV Century 21 comic until 1969.".
- Thunderbirds_Are_Go budget "250000.0".
- Thunderbirds_Are_Go director David_Lane_(director).
- Thunderbirds_Are_Go distributor Rank_Organisation.
- Thunderbirds_Are_Go distributor United_Artists.
- Thunderbirds_Are_Go musicComposer Barry_Gray.
- Thunderbirds_Are_Go producer Gerry_Anderson.
- Thunderbirds_Are_Go producer Sylvia_Anderson.
- Thunderbirds_Are_Go runtime "5580.0".
- Thunderbirds_Are_Go starring Bob_Monkhouse.
- Thunderbirds_Are_Go starring Bud_Tingwell.
- Thunderbirds_Are_Go starring Christine_Finn.
- Thunderbirds_Are_Go starring Cliff_Richard.
- Thunderbirds_Are_Go starring David_Graham_(actor).
- Thunderbirds_Are_Go starring Jeremy_Wilkin.
- Thunderbirds_Are_Go starring Matt_Zimmerman_(actor).
- Thunderbirds_Are_Go starring Neil_McCallum_(actor).
- Thunderbirds_Are_Go starring Paul_Maxwell.
- Thunderbirds_Are_Go starring Peter_Dyneley.
- Thunderbirds_Are_Go starring Ray_Barrett.
- Thunderbirds_Are_Go starring Shane_Rimmer.
- Thunderbirds_Are_Go starring Sylvia_Anderson.
- Thunderbirds_Are_Go starring The_Shadows.
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- Thunderbirds_Are_Go writer Gerry_Anderson.
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- Thunderbirds_Are_Go alt "A bold title in the centre of the image reads "Thunderbirds Are Go". A top caption spanning the width of this colourful film poster reads "Their First Big-Screen Adventure In Colour!" Between the title and the caption, three rocket-shaped vehicles—one blue, one green and one red—appear to blast outwards from the poster itself. Other images lining the sides of the poster include an exotic pink car, a snake-like rock creature apparently shooting fire from its mouth and, at the base, portraits of some of the principal cast members, who are marionette puppets.".
- Thunderbirds_Are_Go budget "250000.0".
- Thunderbirds_Are_Go caption "Film poster, depicting the Thunderbird machines and principal puppet cast".
- Thunderbirds_Are_Go cinematography "Paddy Seale".
- Thunderbirds_Are_Go country "United Kingdom".
- Thunderbirds_Are_Go director David_Lane_(director).
- Thunderbirds_Are_Go distributor Rank_Organisation.
- Thunderbirds_Are_Go distributor United_Artists.
- Thunderbirds_Are_Go editing "Len Walter".
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- Thunderbirds_Are_Go language "English".
- Thunderbirds_Are_Go music Barry_Gray.
- Thunderbirds_Are_Go name "Thunderbirds Are Go".
- Thunderbirds_Are_Go producer Gerry_Anderson.
- Thunderbirds_Are_Go producer Sylvia_Anderson.
- Thunderbirds_Are_Go quote "Alan's subplot lends the film psychedelic colour and a welcome dose of human drama, but mostly, Thunderbirds Are Go is about the hardware ... [[[Gerry Anderson|Gerry]]] Anderson and SFX designer Derek Meddings make the most of this cinema version's extra scope, filling the screen with bigger, shinier craft, while director [[[David Lane |David]]] Lane has more time to linger on the intricate detailing of the phallic models before they're blown to smithereens in the film's explosive action sequences. For the techno-fetishist, it's positively hardcore.".
- Thunderbirds_Are_Go quote "Believability was always my aim, no matter how outrageous or bizarre things got. I tried to keep the stories believable, if only for that particular moment. Of all the planets, the only one that might possibly sustain life was Mars, so, with everybody in science fiction wanting to talk about aliens or another race, Mars was the only planet that made any sense. Right up until the Americans landed the probe on Mars, there was speculation that there might be life there.".
- Thunderbirds_Are_Go quote "Everything about Thunderbirds Are Go is visibly a technological progression from the TV programmes; the whole production looks more polished. The visual effects became more impressive ... The puppetry also developed. It became markedly more restrained ... now movement was more subtle and realistic, less puppet-like ... The set design had also matured ... all sets were now comparable with the slickest designs in live-action.".
- Thunderbirds_Are_Go quote "I had scripted an ultramodern conference room for the top officials of the Martian Exploration Project around which the film is based ... I had to insist on just tangerine and black, continually assuring [the art department] that it would look effective. As a producer, I was entitled to do it my way and, although I do not think Bob [Bell] ever really approved, I stuck to my concept. The result was quite a stunning sequence that stood out for its simplicity and economy of colour.".
- Thunderbirds_Are_Go quote "It was a wonderful premiere and it was absolutely packed. Everybody cheered and I remember leaving the cinema and the manager said, "You get a picture like this and they start queuing up at four o'clock in the morning." We went back to the Hilton for a fabulous party, where they had made all the vehicles in ice. The head of United Artists said to me, "I don't know whether it's going to make more money than Bond or not, I can't decide" ... The next day, the Dominion at Tottenham Court Road had about ten people in it.".
- Thunderbirds_Are_Go quote "It was felt that we'd done the one with the hardware and that now we wanted to do something amusing. Out came this script with a Tiger Moth in it, which was as far removed from the hardware that was in Thunderbirds as anything I can think of.".
- Thunderbirds_Are_Go quote "One of the models we filmed for this test was a model of Thunderbird 1 that split in two so that you could get to the mechanism that operated the wings. When we projected it on the big screen, you could see the light coming right through the gap.".
- Thunderbirds_Are_Go quote "The advantages were great. All members of the unit could now study the set-up and watch rehearsals without having to move the camera operator, saving a lot of his time because he could then concentrate on his job without continual interruption from the director, continuity girl, art director and other technicians wanting to look through the camera.".
- Thunderbirds_Are_Go quote "When I spoke to John [Brown] again recently, he reminded me that I had rejected his first effort to re-create Cliff [Richard] ... I only remember that the final version, approved by me, was brilliant, and a great credit to John's talent and endless patience.".
- Thunderbirds_Are_Go quote "[Audiences] were watching a film that exuded the same inventive spark, witty flair and oddball scenarios as the series itself. Multiple plotting, a sprinkling of monsters and a pop fantasy sequence including Cliff Richard and The Shadows ... were bolted on to the basic story of Zero-X, which would propel man to Mars for the very first time.".
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- Thunderbirds_Are_Go source "John Marriott".
- Thunderbirds_Are_Go source "Stephen La Rivière".
- Thunderbirds_Are_Go starring Bob_Monkhouse.
- Thunderbirds_Are_Go starring Bud_Tingwell.
- Thunderbirds_Are_Go starring Christine_Finn.
- Thunderbirds_Are_Go starring Cliff_Richard.
- Thunderbirds_Are_Go starring David_Graham_(actor).
- Thunderbirds_Are_Go starring Jeremy_Wilkin.
- Thunderbirds_Are_Go starring Matt_Zimmerman_(actor).
- Thunderbirds_Are_Go starring Neil_McCallum_(actor).
- Thunderbirds_Are_Go starring Paul_Maxwell.
- Thunderbirds_Are_Go starring Peter_Dyneley.
- Thunderbirds_Are_Go starring Ray_Barrett.
- Thunderbirds_Are_Go starring Shane_Rimmer.
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- Thunderbirds_Are_Go writer "Gerry Anderson".
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- Thunderbirds_Are_Go subject Category:1960s_science_fiction_films.
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