Cornelius And Zira: January 2019

Saturday, 26 January 2019

Cornelius And Zira Live! Part 3

More animated screenshots from Cornelius And Zira (1977).

Aboro (Frank Seymour) in Zaius's office.

Milo (Gary Cook).

Milo (Gary Cook).

Milo (Gary Cook) in Zaius's office.

Cornelius (Dave Barclay) and Zira (Jackie Lawrence).

Liberty 1 in flight.

Cornelius (Dave Barclay) aboard Liberty 1.

Zaius (Ernest Morris) in his office.

Milo (Gary Cook).

Zira (Jackie Lawrence) and Cornelius (Dave Barclay).

Cornelius (Dave Barclay) aboard Liberty 1.

Milo (Gary Cook) and Cornelius (Dave Barclay).

The cave is a watercolour foreground miniature.

Cornelius (Dave Barclay).

This scene was filmed in Glentrool in Scotland.

Zaius (Ernest Morris).

Zira (Jackie Lawrence) and Cornelius (Dave Barclay).

Milo (Gary Cook).

Zira (Jackie Lawrence).

Milo (Gary Cook).

Cornelius (Dave Barclay).

Milo (Gary Cook) in the cave.

Cornelius (Dave Barclay) and Milo (Gary Cook) in the cave.

Saturday, 19 January 2019

Cornelius And Zira Live! Part 2

Another set of animated screenshots from Cornelius And Zira.

Milo (Gary Cook) searching for a safe place to cross the ditch.

The destruction of Milo's cave.

We achieved the explosion effect by scratching the emulsion off a few frames of film.

Cornelius (Dave Barclay) and Milo (Gary Cook).

Milo realises that Zira's find has been sabotaged by Zaius.

Milo (Gary Cook)

Liberty 1 in flight. Foreground miniature built by Dave.

Zaius (Ernest Morris) and Milo (Gary Cook) in Zaius's office.

Milo (Gary Cook)

Zira (Jackie Lawrence) investigates the mysterious hole in the wall.

Milo (Gary Cook), Zira (Jackie Lawrence) and Cornelius (Dave Barclay)

Cornelius (Dave Barclay) and Milo (Gary Cook) in the cave.

Zira (Jackie Lawrence) and Cornelius (Dave Barclay)

"I didn't know that cave existed!"

Zaius (Ernest Morris)

Milo (Gary Cook), Cornelius (Dave Barclay) and Zira (Jackie Lawrence).

Zira (Jackie Lawrence) examines her interesting find.

Milo (Gary Cook) aboard Liberty 1.

Zaius (Ernest Morris) examines Milo's map.

Cornelius (Dave Barclay), Zira (Jackie Lawrence) and Milo (Gary Cook)

Cornelius (Dave Barclay), Zira (Jackie Lawrence) and Milo (Gary Cook)

Zaius (Ernest Morris) and Milo (Gary Cook) in Zaius's office.

Zaius (Ernest Morris)

Milo (Gary Cook) from the opening titles.

Saturday, 12 January 2019

Cornelius And Zira Live! Part 1

Animated screenshots from Cornelius And Zira.

Cornelius (David Barclay) and Milo (Gary Cook)

Milo (Gary Cook) enters Liberty 1. Foreground miniature built by Dave.

"Ursus and I are going into the Forbidden Zone."

Zaius (Ernest Morris) and Aboro (Frank Seymour) in Zaius's office.

Dave Barclay as Cornelius in Milo's cave.

Zira (Jackie Lawrence) and Cornelius (Dave Barclay) leave Milo's cave.

Watercolour foreground miniature created by Dave.

Gary as Milo in Dr Zaius's office.

Aboro (Frank Seymour) in Zaius's office.

Don't look at the camera!

Gary as Milo.

Zira (Jackie Lawrence) and Milo (Gary Cook).

David Barclay as Cornelius.

Milo (Gary Cook) in his cave.

Gary as Milo.

Cornelius (David Barclay), Zira (Jackie Lawrence) and Milo (Gary Cook) on their way to the cave.

Liberty 1 in flight. Foreground miniature.

Cornelius (Dave Barclay) and Zira (Jackie Lawrence) board Liberty 1.

Milo (Gary Cook) in the cave.

Cornelius (Dave Barclay) greets Milo (Gary Cook) on his return from Ape City.

Milo (Gary Cook)

Zaius (Ernest Morris) in his office.

Cornelius (with bald hands) (Dave Barclay)

examines the remains of an extinct mammal in the cave with Milo (Gary Cook).

"Catch me if you can!"

Zira (Jackie Lawrence) and Cornelius (Dave Barclay).

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CORNELIUS AND ZIRA

CORNELIUS AND ZIRA

THE SIXTH OF THE "APES" FILMS - AND THE BEST! In 1977, a group of teenage friends from North London recreated the world of the Planet Of The Apes in a short 8mm film, made on a shoestring budget over the course of the year and featuring home-made makeup, costumes, props and scenery, Helmed by lifelong puppeteer David Barclay, who went on to bigger and better things as a world-famous animation, motion-capture and puppetry professional in such epics as The Empire Strikes Back, Return Of The Jedi, The Dark Crystal, Labyrinth, The Little Shop Of Horrors and Cats And Dogs among many others, CORNELIUS AND ZIRA forms a bridge between the sci-fi classics BENEATH THE PLANET OF THE APES and ESCAPE FROM THE PLANET OF THE APES and reveals the untold story of how Cornelius, Dr Zira and Dr Milo fled the imminent destruction of Planet Earth. The main cast comprises David Barclay as curious chimpanzee archaeologist Cornelius and Jackie Lawrence as his wife, animal psychologist Zira, with Gary Cook (your host) as Dr Milo, Ernest Morris as the devious Dr Zaius and Frank Seymour as gorilla soldier Aboro. Produced and directed by David Barclay, who also created the prosthetic makeup in the style of the legendary John Chambers. This blog contains a collection of photos and animated screenshots, some of which you might have seen on my main Apes blog, Archives Of The Apes. Bear in mind that the original movie is on 8mm film, and much of the material presented here is third- or fourth-generation copies, so the quality may sometimes be a bit ropy.

CORNELIUS AND ZIRA

THE SIXTH OF THE "APES" FILMS - AND THE BEST! In 1977, a group of teenage friends from North London recreated the world of the Planet Of The Apes in a short 8mm film, made on a shoestring budget over the course of the year and featuring home-made makeup, costumes, props and scenery, Helmed by lifelong puppeteer David Barclay, who went on to bigger and better things as a world-famous animation, motion-capture and puppetry professional in such epics as The Empire Strikes Back, Return Of The Jedi, The Dark Crystal, Labyrinth, The Little Shop Of Horrors and Cats And Dogs among many others, CORNELIUS AND ZIRA forms a bridge between the sci-fi classics BENEATH THE PLANET OF THE APES and ESCAPE FROM THE PLANET OF THE APES and reveals the untold story of how Cornelius, Dr Zira and Dr Milo fled the imminent destruction of Planet Earth. The main cast comprises David Barclay as curious chimpanzee archaeologist Cornelius and Jackie Lawrence as his wife, animal psychologist Zira, with Gary Cook (your host) as Dr Milo, Ernest Morris as the devious Dr Zaius and Frank Seymour as gorilla soldier Aboro. Produced and directed by David Barclay, who also created the prosthetic makeup in the style of the legendary John Chambers. This blog contains a collection of photos and animated screenshots, some of which you might have seen on my main Apes blog, Archives Of The Apes. Bear in mind that the original movie is on 8mm film, and much of the material presented here is third- or fourth-generation copies, so the quality may sometimes be a bit ropy.