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Cinephobe Ep 190: Congo

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The Diamond Mine in Congo

The diamonds that they used in this movie came from a diamond mine in like new york okay and they weren't real diamonds they were just doubly terminated quartz crystals. The hippopotamus that attacks the team in the movie was a two and a half ton animatronic puppet controlled by off-camera puppeteers. contrary to popular belief the lava effects were not CGI why we're created in miniature using a methyl cellulose mixture and composited into the final shots bullshit i don't believe it i know cg i lava when i see itOkay it's like when adam samler said he didn't want to use a body suit or whatever so he actually worked on yeah that in shape

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