Premium Members RonBaldwin Posted March 13, 2004 Premium Members Report Share Posted March 13, 2004 in the behihind the scenes of The Wall, the first Matrix, and I think Ghostbusters (uncle Teddy) you can see the ops working with panaglides. I was talking to Hugo about an Aussie op with a panaglide...he said he thought it is not an "actual" one, but a copy made at a machine shop many moons ago. Ron Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pbalsdon Posted March 14, 2004 Report Share Posted March 14, 2004 The Aussie operator you are refering too is probably Rob Agganis, who did the steadicam on the first Matrix. He built his own rig, but it's no more a copy of a Panaglide than any other rig. Rob is very smart with engineering as well a great operator and is always improving his rig. He has however told me he feels he would have been taken more seriously as an operator had he bought a rig. I know this is true as a while back I was shooting on a commercial and the (American) DP said he was pleased to see an op with a real rig as the other day another op had brought a home made rig onto his set. Beats me, it was good enough for The Matrix and many other films. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dustinlucht Posted March 16, 2004 Report Share Posted March 16, 2004 In the behind the scenes stuff on the Back To The Future DVD. There is two brief shots of Ray Stella (?) operating Panaglide on Part III. -Dustin Lucht Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Members Erwin Landau Posted June 1, 2006 Author Premium Members Report Share Posted June 1, 2006 Here a nice one of Ted Churchill with the Panaglide. I believe that Charles Papert made this picture. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Members Charles Papert Posted June 1, 2006 Premium Members Report Share Posted June 1, 2006 Here a nice one of Ted Churchill with the Panaglide. I believe that Charles Papert made this picture. I believe I did, too! Snapped on the set of "Falling in Love" in 1984, NYC. Teddy was really excited that day because he was shooting a scene in a construction elevator with Robert DeNiro and Harvey Keitel, who he hadn't thought had worked together since the "Mean Streets"/"Taxi Driver" days. Somewhere around this time I was at his place and he came running in with a package he had just received; a Model 3 post engineered to mount to the Panaglide base. I believe the primary advantage of this was that he could use his own gimbal (he was already using his own vest and arm already), this was just another piece in the puzzle to replace the lesser parts of the Panaglide. I seem to remember hearing that the rig was actually lighter than the 3, though...? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Members Eric Fletcher S.O.C. Posted June 1, 2006 Premium Members Report Share Posted June 1, 2006 I seem to remember hearing that the rig was actually lighter than the 3, though...? It was, by something like 2 or 3 lbs due to the integrated 12/24V battery and the lack of monitor electronics in the base. Glides flew very well when they were nicely modded Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Members Erwin Landau Posted March 1, 2007 Author Premium Members Report Share Posted March 1, 2007 I re-watched the movie 'Crocodile' Dundee II (1988) a couple of days ago. And for the first time realized it had some BTS footage as bonus. There are 4 scenes of Geoffrey Wharton (he also did 'Crocodile Dundee' (1986) )shooting with the Panaglide... it was even a very early model with 3A arm and Gimbal... I was sure that Panavision had destroyed all Panaglides before 1988... I guess not. Credits are as follows: Geoffrey Wharton .... panaglide operator: Australia Larry McConkey .... steadicam operator: New York (as Larry McConky) Which makes me to believe that the Panaglides was kept alive longer and got sold and not cut up as I raised that suspicion about 'The Matrix' (1999) in another post, as it looked as if a Panaglide was used... It turned out to be a Panaglide/homemade deal... Robert Agganis .... steadicam operator Anyhow, Just wanted to share for the Steadicam History buffs, Erwin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Members Charles Papert Posted March 2, 2007 Premium Members Report Share Posted March 2, 2007 I think it is somewhat common knowledge that bits and pieces of Panavision gear have found their way into private ownership over the years. I have heard rumors of a Panaflex that lives at a production company on the east coast. All fun and mysterious types of things. A number of years ago I came across a set of 2C Steadimags at a rental house in San Francisco that appeared to have been built for the original Panaglide (i.e. non-sync sound version). No-one there could say how they came to have them, and they wouldn't sell them either! They were nice looking mags, the 70's Panavision logo emblazoned across the side, and they were milled out of a single block from the look of them (predating the SL Cines by a number of years), but I'm willing to bet that they suffered from the same torque issues that plagued all other Steadimags before the SL version. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Members Kareem La Vaullee Posted March 3, 2007 Premium Members Report Share Posted March 3, 2007 About the Panaglide : I really like Garrett's website new look and included pictures. K. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Alec Jarnagin SOC Posted March 3, 2007 Moderators Report Share Posted March 3, 2007 That is a great new site from GB. Especially love the link to the site "two voices" (www.twovoices.com). Great to hear some of those old radio spots (i.e. Molson Golden) that I grew up on not having a clue who Garrett was! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Members Erwin Landau Posted March 5, 2007 Author Premium Members Report Share Posted March 5, 2007 I received that picture from Michael Tsimperopoulos... sorry my e-mail is acting up again... for people that e-mailed my but have not received an answer... Panaglide: Die Hard 3 (1994) Operator: Craig DiBona Erwin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Members Kareem La Vaullee Posted March 8, 2007 Premium Members Report Share Posted March 8, 2007 Panaglide & Robocop : K. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Members Erwin Landau Posted March 8, 2007 Author Premium Members Report Share Posted March 8, 2007 Nice one Kareem... Wait there was one more yesterday... what happened? A picture from a workshop with all guys and a couple of model ones and twos and the Panaglide... who took it down??? Bring it back! Confused... Erwin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Members JobScholtze Posted March 8, 2007 Premium Members Report Share Posted March 8, 2007 lol, that was me, i found it on DavidAllenGrove Website. Look at the steadicamguild website. I cant post them without asking David, but i also found some other. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Members Erwin Landau Posted March 8, 2007 Author Premium Members Report Share Posted March 8, 2007 Now we are talking... Thank you Job. Erwin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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