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    Pan's Labyrinth
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    Casino Royale
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    • Joe Letteri
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    King Kong
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    Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire
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    Charlie And The Chocolate Factory
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    • Dean Wright
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    The Chronicles Of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe
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    • Janek Sirrs
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    Batman Begins
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    • Karen E Goulekas
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    The Day After Tomorrow
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    • John Dykstra
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    • Angie Lam
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    House Of Flying Daggers (Shi Mian Mai Fu)
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    • John Richardson
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    Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban
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    • Rob Legato
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    The Aviator
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    • Joe Letteri
    • Jim Rygiel
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    The Lord Of The Rings: The Return Of The King
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    • John Knoll
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    Pirates Of The Caribbean: The Curse Of The Black Pearl
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    • Stefen Fangmeier
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    Master And Commander: The Far Side Of The World
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    • Tommy Tom
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    Kill Bill Vol 1
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    • Kevin Mack
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    Big Fish
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    • John Dykstra
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    • Scott Farrar
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    • Jim Mitchell
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    • Bruce Steinheimer
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    Gangs Of New York
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    • Jim Rygiel
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    Ken Bielenberg

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    • Dennis Muren
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    The Perfect Storm
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    • Kent Houston
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    Vertical Limit
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    • Rob Hodgson
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    • John Nelson
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    • Paddy Eason
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    • John Gaeta
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    • John Knoll
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    • Jimmy Mitchell
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    • Bill Reeves
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    • Stefen Fangmeier
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    Saving Private Ryan
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    • Micheal J McAlister
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    The Truman Show
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    • Bill Westenhofer
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    Babe: Pig In The City
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    • Ken Bielenberg
    • Philippe Gluckman
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    Antz
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    • Mark Stetson
    • Karen E Goulekas
    • Nick Allder
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    • Nick Dudman

    The Fifth Element
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    • Robert Legato
    • Mark Lasoff
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    • Michael Kanfer

    Titanic
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    • Eric Brevig
    • Rick Baker
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    Men In Black
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    Peter Chiang

    The Borrowers
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    • Stefen Fangmeier
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    • Henry Labounta
    • Habib Zargarpour

    Twister
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    Jon Farhat

    Nutty Professor
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    • Eben Fiske Ostby
    • William Reeves

    Toy Story
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    • Tricia Ashford
    • Volker Engel
    • Clay Pinney
    • Douglas Smith
    • Joseph Viskocil

    Independence Day
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    • Robert Legato
    • Michael Kanfer
    • Matt Sweeney
    • Leslie Ekker

    Apollo 13
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    • Michael McAlister
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    • Robert Spurlock
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    Waterworld
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    • Chris Corbould
    • Derek Meddings
    • Brian Smithies

    Goldeneye
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    • Scott E Anderson
    • Neal Scanlan
    • John Cox
    • Chris Chitty
    • Charles Gibson

    Babe
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    • Ken Ralston
    • George Murphy
    • Stephen Rosenbaum
    • Allen Hall
    • Doug Chiang

    Forrest Gump
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    • John Bruno
    • Thomas Fisher
    • Jacques Stroweis
    • Patrick McClung
    • Jamie Dixon

    True Lies
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    • Boyd Shermis
    • John Frazier
    • Ron Brinkman
    • Richard Hollander

    Speed
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    • Scott Squires
    • Steve Williams
    • Tom Bertino
    • Jon Farhat

    The Mask
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    • Dennis Muren
    • Stan Winston
    • Phil Tippett
    • Michael Lantieri

    Jurassic Park
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    • Roman Coppola
    • Gary Gutierrez
    • Michael Lantieri
    • Gene Warren Jr

    Bram Stoker's Dracula
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    • William Mesa
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    The Fugitive
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    • Don Paul
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    Aladdin
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    • Stan Winston
    • Dennis Muren
    • Gene Warren Jr
    • Robert Skotak

    Terminator 2: Judgement Day
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    Stan Winston

    Edward Scissorhands
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    • Frans Wamelink
    • Eve Ramboz
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    Prospero's Books
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    • Allen Hall
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    • Clay Pinney
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    Backdraft
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    • Ken Ralston
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    Back To The Future II
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    • George Gibbs Michael McAlister
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    • Derek Meddings
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    Batman
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    • Kent Houston
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    The Adventures Of Baron Munchausen
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    • George Gibbs
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    • Gino De Rossi
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    • Rob Bottin
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    • Peter Kuran
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    • Michael Lanteri
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    • Chris Walas
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    • Louis Craig
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    The Fly
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