Very cool Ernie, thanks for sharing! He was a great man and will be missed.
On Fri, Feb 27, 2015 at 1:31 PM, Mark Minton via Texascavers < texascavers@texascavers.com> wrote: > 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 >
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