Tony Gardner
Biography: Tony Gardner is an American makeup designer, special effects designer and puppeteer. He has designed and created effects for many feature films, including the films Zombieland, 127 Hours, Smokin' Aces, Hairspray, Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa, The Addams Family, Seed of Chucky, Shallow Hal and There's Something About Mary. Gardner helped create the signature helmets for Daft Punk, as well as an animatronic robot for their "Technologic" music video. He wrote and directed Daft Punk's music video for the song "The Prime Time of Your Life" and associate produced and populated a world full of robots for the duo's feature-length directorial debut, Daft Punk's Electroma. Beyond the film-making arena, Gardner's special effects company Alterian, Inc. has also designed and created the popular GEICO Cavemen characters as well as the current iteration of Smokey Bear.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: September 25, 1965
Deathday: N/A
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Michael Jackson's Thriller
1983-11-14
Michael Jackson's Thriller
Overview: A night at the movies turns into a nightmare when Michael and his date are attacked by a horde of bloody-thirsty zombies. On top of the success of the Thriller album and Michael Jackson's electrifying performance at Motown 25, the short film/music video for "Thriller" established Jackson as an international superstar and global phenomenon. Thriller is credited for transforming music videos into a serious art form, breaking down racial barriers in popular entertainment, popularizing the making-of documentary format and creating a home video market. The success transformed Jackson into a dominant force in global pop culture. In 2009, it became the first music video inducted into the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as "culturally, historically or aesthetically significant". "Thriller" was also Jackson's seventh and final U.S. Hot 100 Top 10 hit from the Thriller album. It was the first album in history to have seven U.S. Top 10s.
Genres: Horror Music Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-11-14
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Living with Chucky
2022-08-13
Living with Chucky
Overview: A filmmaker who grew up alongside Chucky the killer doll seeks out the other families surrounding the Child's Play films as they recount their experiences working on the ongoing franchise and what it means to be a part of the, "Chucky" family.
Genres: Documentary Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2022-08-13
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More Brains! A Return to the Living Dead
2011-10-18
More Brains! A Return to the Living Dead
Overview: Retrospective documentary about the making of the horror cult classic "The Return of the Living Dead."
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-10-18
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Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa .5
2014-06-03
Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa .5
Overview: Bad Grandpa .5 gives you a whole new perspective on the world of Irving Zisman with bonus scenes and pranks also featuring Spike Jonze as "Gloria" and Catherine Keener as Irving's wife "Ellie", plus a look at the evolution of Johnny Knoxville's naughty alter-ego, the makeup effects, and a behind-the-scenes peek at the idiocy it takes to make a hidden camera movie in public.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-06-03
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Jackass 4.5
2022-05-20
Jackass 4.5
Overview: Through outrageous, never-before-seen footage, witness the making of the Jackass crew's last go at wild stunts.
Genres: Comedy Documentary Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2022-05-20
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Daft Punk Unchained
2015-06-24
Daft Punk Unchained
Overview: Daft Punk Unchained is the first film about the pop culture phenomenon that is Daft Punk, the duo with 12 million albums sold worldwide and seven Grammy Awards. Throughout their career Thomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo have always resisted compromise and the established codes of show business. They have remained determined to maintain control of every link in the chain of their creative process. In the era of globalisation and social networks, they rarely speak in public and neither do they show their faces on TV. This documentary explores this unprecedented cultural revolution revealing a duo of artists on a permanent quest for creativity, independence and freedom.
Genres: Music Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-06-24
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The Dollhouse
2017-10-13
The Dollhouse
Overview: Kyra Gardner's loving tribute to growing up in the world of the psycho killer doll, Chucky.
Genres: Horror Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-10-13
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Making It Stick: The Makeup Effects of Stuck on You
2004-04-20
Making It Stick: The Makeup Effects of Stuck on You
Overview: We find notes from the Farrellys, Damon, Kinnear, Thomas, Wessler and special make-up designer Tony Gardner. The latter participant dominates the show as he lets us know about the design of the conjoined rig, the various challenges and its execution. We also learn about general issues and the way the actors related to each other.
Genres: Documentary Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-04-20
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Shallow Hal: Seeing Through the Make-up
2002-07-02
Shallow Hal: Seeing Through the Make-up
Overview: This short documentary provides discussion of how the fat suits and other make-up effects were done for the film as well as considerations of exactly the look. There's also some test footage of the make-up effects and interviews with Paltrow, Black, the Farrellys, Paltrow and Paltrow's body double, Ivy.
Genres: Documentary Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-07-02
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Being 'Shallow Hal'
2001-11-06
Being 'Shallow Hal'
Overview: The HBO special is hosted by star Brooke Burns, who spends more time talking to people on the street about what it means to be shallow than discussing the film itself.
Genres: Documentary Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-11-06
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Darkman
1990-08-24
Darkman
Overview: Dr. Peyton Westlake is on the verge of realizing a major breakthrough in synthetic skin when his laboratory is destroyed by gangsters. Having been burned beyond recognition and forever altered by an experimental medical procedure, Westlake becomes known as Darkman, assuming alternate identities in his quest for revenge and a new life with a former love.
Genres: Action Science Fiction Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-08-24
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Seed of Chucky
2004-11-12
Seed of Chucky
Overview: This time around, Chucky and his homicidal honey, Tiffany, are brought back to life by their orphan offspring, Glen. Then the horror goes Hollywood as Chucky unleashes his own brand of murderous mayhem!
Genres: Comedy Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-11-12
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Doc of Chucky
2024-11-01
Doc of Chucky
Overview: The story of the cult horror empire through interviews with cast, crew, and horror icons such as Don Mancini, Brad Dourif, Jennifer Tilly, Catherine Hicks, Chris Sarandon, John Waters, Fiona Dourif, Perrey Reeves, Gerrit Graham, David Kirschner, and dozens more.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2024-11-01
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