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Originally Posted by Hoke Moseley
I think the guy doing all the special effects died before they were completed, and that seems like a pretty valid excuse to me.
In regards to the news of this thread, I'm very excited. ALI is a great movie and one of Mann's best and most underrated.
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Wally Veevers did indeed die during post-production but that didn't prohibit a theatrical release or keep this film from being released on videotape and laserdisc back in the day.
Although Mann's visual strengths are fully in evidence here, the story and characters are murky at best, and I suspect Mann knows that.This can't be remedied with stronger special-effects, which I still maintain are the least of this film's problems.