Ernie, You missed your opportunity to give the Vulcan salute and say, "Live long and prosper!"
Mark Minton mmin...@caver.net On Fri, February 27, 2015 3:23 pm, via Texascavers wrote: > When the movie, "Star Trek-the Motion Picture" was filmed, I as working > for Boss Films, a special effects studio in Los Angeles. There were two > days of fliming close-ups of Mr. Spock, one scene where he had bright > lights flashing at this face. I had been asked if I had any large > flashbulbs they could use for the shoot, and I did. It was the remenants > of flashbulbs and a reflector I had dragged through some of the caves in > Cuetzalan, Mexico while doing some cave photography. There was a worry > that some of the bulbs could be cracked, in which case they would explode > when fired, but luckily, none of them did during the several takes it > took to film it. I worked in the darkroon and there was a sliding door > leading to the front office and a hallway. As I opened the door one day, > I was startled to find Lenard Nimoy leaning against the wall smoking a > cigarette; he was in costume with his pointy ears, and all I could think > of saying was, "Hi, I understand you are from Boston." How lame, but > still a notable recollection. > >--Ernie Garza _______________________________________________ Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/ http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers
