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Bert Ira Gordon (born September 24, 1922 in Kenosha, WI) was an American film director most famous for such science fiction and horror B-movies as The Amazing Colossal Man and Village of the Giants. Most of Gordon's work was in the idiom of giant monster films, for which he used rear-projection to create the special effects. His nickname "Mister B.I.G." was a reference both to his initials and to his preferred technique for making super-sized creatures. Gordon held a degree from the University of Wisconsin–Madison. He began his career directing television commercials before moving to film in 1954 to produce Serpent Island. In 1957, he began his prolific association with American International Pictures. In 1960, he wrote, produced and directed The Boy and the Pirates, starring then active and popular child star Charles Herbert alongside Gordon's own daughter, Susan. The trio appeared together in the celebrity lineup at the 2006 Monster Bash in Pittsburgh, as The Walt Disney Company's Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006) spiked interest in previous "pirate" films. Empire of the Ants (1977) featured a pre-Dynasty Joan Collins, who later said of the film that it was her worst acting experience, but by then the loosely-based modernized H. G. Wells tale had been elevated to cult film status. While none of his films received significant critical attention, his work attained popularity in some circles. Cult TV series Mystery Science Theater 3000 (MST3K) has featured several of his films, which the accompanying episodes are often regarded as some of the show's best. Gordon passed away on March 8, 2023, at 100 years old. Description above from the Wikipedia article Bert I. Gordon, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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The Fantastic Shrinking Girl was the abandoned sequel to the 1957 film adaptation of Richard Matheson's The Shrinking Man titled The Incredible Shrinking Man. Never went into production. The picture was penned by Matheson himself, planned, but was scrapped. Why? The script is available to read, and was published in an anthology, Unrealized Dreams. The theoretical release date remains unknown. Was it going to be released in the late 50s? Were the original actors going to be apart of it? I personally made to be around the late 50s. http://shrinking.freehostia.com/Stories/FantasticShrinkingGirl.html Louise Carey returns home, like her husband before she also shrinks down and joyously reunites with her now-microscopic husband, and both eventually return to normal...
