This is a list of movies released since the year 1960 that I know ( because I have watched them) or I believe ( 'cause I've read about them but not seen them...yet?) have shots of model ships in them. I will be adding to this list from time to time as my research progresses, so this page is always under construction. Please let me know (using the comment system) of any I have might have missed, particularly from European and Japanese films of which I know very little about and would like to know a great deal more.
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| Movie Title | Year of release | Releasing Company | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| 1960's | |||
| Storm Over the Pacific AKA Hawai Middowei daikaikûsen: Taiheiyô no arashi | 1960 | TOHO | Eiji Tsubaraya |
| Sink the Bismarck | 1960 | Twentieth Century Fox | |
| Swiss Family Robinson | 1960 | Disney | Peter Ellenshaw |
| Kidnapped | 1960 | Disney | Peter Ellenshaw |
| The Wackiest Ship in the Army | 1960 | ||
| Mysterious Island | 1961 | Columbia | Ray Harryhausen |
| Gorgo | 1961 | King Bros | Tom Howard |
| The Guns of Navarone | 1961 | Columbia | Bill Warrington |
| Atlantis, the LostContinent | 1961 | MGM | A Arnold Gillespie |
| Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea | 1961 | Twentieth Century Fox | L B Abbott |
| Pirates of Tortuga | 1961 | Twentieth Century Fox | |
| The Black Galley / Die Schwarze Galeere | 1962 | DEFA | |
| Seige of Syracuse | 1962 | Paramount | |
| H.M.S. Defiant (Damn The Defiant U.S. title) | 1962 | Columbia | Howard Lydecker |
| In Search of the Castaways | 1962 | Disney | Peter Ellenshaw |
| Mutiny on the Bounty | 1962 | MGM | |
| Atragon (Kaitei gunkan) | 1963 | TOHO (AIP) | Eiji Tsuburaya |
| Carry on Jack | 1963 | Anglo Amalgamated | |
| Captain Sinbad | 1963 | Tom Howard | |
| Cleopatra | 1963 | Twentieth Century Fox | L B Abbott |
| Jason and the Argonauts | 1963 | Columbia | Ray Harryhausen |
| The Longships | 1964 | Columbia | Syd Pearson, Bill Warrington |
| McHales Navy | 1964 | Universal | |
| Flight From Ashiya | 1964 | Eugène Lourié | |
| McHales Navy Joins The Air Force | 1965 | Universal | |
| The Heroes of Telemark | 1965 | John P Fulton | |
| In Harm's Way | 1965 | Paramount | |
| Lord Jim | 1965 | Columbia | Cliff Richardson, Wally veevers |
| The Bedford Incident | 1965 | Columbia | |
| The Great Race | 1965 | Warner Brothers | Linwood Dunn, Film Effects of Hollywood. |
| Morituri | 1965 | Twentieth Century Fox | L.B. Abott |
| Assault on a Queen | 1966 | Paramount | Lawrence Butler |
| Around the World Under the sea | 1966 | MGM | Jim Danforth |
| Batman the Movie | 1966 | Twentieth Century Fox | L B Abbot |
| Brides of Fu Manchu | 1966 | Hammer Films | |
| Double Trouble | 1967 | MGM | J. McMillan Johnson Carroll L. Shepphird |
| Doctor Dolittle | 1967 | Twentieth Century Fox | L B Abbot |
| A Twist of Sand | 1968 | Bill Warrington | |
| Submarine X-1 | 1968 | United Artists | |
| The Lost Continent | 1968 | Hammer Films | Cliff Richardson |
| Attack on the Iron Coast | 1968 | United Artists | |
| Ice Station Zebra | 1968 | MGM | |
| Admiral Yamamoto | 1968 | TOHO | Eiji Tsuburaya |
| King Kong Escapes | 1968 | Universal | |
| Nihonkai Daikasen (Battle for the sea of Japan) | 1969 | TOHO | Eiji Tsuburaya |
| Krakatoa East of Java | 1969 | Cinerama | Eugene Lourie, Alex Weldon |
| Captain Nemo and the Underwater City | 1969 | MGM | Jack Mills George Gibbs Richard Conway |
| Latitude Zero | 1969 | Toho | Eiji Tsubaraya |
| 1970's | |||
| Hell Boats | 1970 | Oakmont Productions | |
| Tora Tora Tora | 1970 | Twentieth Century Fox | L.B. Abbott |
| The Light at the edge of the world | 1971 | National General pictures | |
| Murphy’s War | 1971 | Paramount | |
| Kidnapped | 1971 | Omnibus | Cliff Culley |
| The Poseidon Adventure | 1972 | Twentieth Century Fox | |
| Fear Is The Key | 1972 | Derek Meddings | |
| The Golden Voyage of Sinbad | 1974 | Columbia | |
| The Neptune Factor | 1973 | ||
| The Land That Time Forgot | 1975 | American International Productions (AIP) | |
| Midway | 1976 | Universal | |
| Shout at the Devil | 1976 | American International Productions (AIP) | |
| People That Time Forgot | 1977 | American International Productions (AIP) | Ian Wingrove |
| Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger | 1977 | Columbia | Ray Harryhausen |
| The Spy Who Loved Me | 1977 | United Artists | Derek Meddings |
| The Deep (TV release) see The Wreck of the Mary Deare 1959 | 1977 | Columbia | |
| Warlords of Atlantis | 1978 | Columbia | |
| Killer Fish | 1978 | ||
| Gray lady down | 1978 | Universal | Howard A. Anderson Company |
| 1941 | 1979 | Universal, Columbia | |
| NorthSea Hijack (aka ffolkes) | 1979 | Universal | John Richardson |
| 1980's | |||
| Raise the Titanic | 1980 | ITC | John Richardson |
| The Sea Wolves | 1980 | Lorimar Productions | Nick Allder Kit West |
| Close Encounters of the Third Kind the Special Edition see The Wreck of the Mary Deare 1959 | 1980 | Columbia | |
| For Your Eyes Only | 1981 | United Artists | Derek Meddings |
| Das Boot | 1981 | Columbia | |
| Fitzcarraldo | 1982 | ||
| The Winds of War (TV) | 1983 | Paramount Television | |
| Careful He Might Hear You | 1983 | ||
| The Bounty | 1984 | Orion Pictures | |
| Cocoon | 1985 | Twentieth Century Fox | Ken Ralston |
| War and Remembrance (TV) | 1988 | Paramount Television | |
| Deepstar six | 1989 | Tristar | |
| The Abyss Part 1 | 1989 | Twentieth Century Fox | |
| 1990's | |||
| The Hunt for red October | 1990 | Paramount | |
| Cape Fear | 1991 | Derek Meddings | |
| Far and Away | 1992 | John Richardson | |
| Frankenstein | 1994 | Tristar | |
| Crimson Tide | 1995 | Hoyt Yeatman | |
| Cutthroat Island | 1995 | Martin Gutteridge | |
| White Squall | 1996 | ||
| Down Periscope | 1996 | Twentieth Century Fox | Richard E. Hollander |
| Tomorrow Never Dies | 1997 | MGM | John Richardson |
| Titanic (1997) | 1997 | Twentieth Century Fox | |
| Sphere | 1998 | Warner Bros | Jeffrey A. Okun |
| Godzilla | 1998 | Columbia | |
| Virus | 1999 | Universal | |
| 2000's | |||
| U-571 | 2000 | Universal | |
| Enigma | 2001 | Jose Granell | |
| Below | 2002 | Peter Chiang | |
| K19 The Widowmaker | 2002 | Paramount | |
| Master and Commander | 2003 | Twentieth Century Fox | Richard Taylor |
| Alien Versus Predator | 2004 | John Bruno | |
| The Ladykillers | 2004 | Touchstone | Mathew Gratzner |
| War of the Worlds | 2005 | Paramount | ILM Dennis Muren, Pablo Helman |
| King Kong (2005) | 2005 | Universal | Richard Taylor |
| Underworld Evolution | 2006 | Fantasy II Film Effects Gene Warren Jr. | |
| 2010's | |||
| The Sino Japanese War at Sea 1894 | 2012 | ||
| Phantom | 2013 |
With regard to the submarine Seaview's diving bell used in the movie "Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea" (1961) and I presume also in the following tv series of the same name...
ReplyDeleteProfiles in History "Hollywood Auction 96" December 11-14, 2018
https://profilesinhistory.com/auctions/hollywood-auction-96/
Using their pdf catalog:
https://profilesinhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/96HollywoodSs.pdf
On page 303:
"1121. Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
miniature “Apple One” diving bell.
(Irwin Allen Prod., 1961) Vintage original
model miniature diving bell constructed
of cast metal and repurposed existing
components assembled and highly detailed
with light sconces, portals, grab-bar
ladders, rails and other features. The model
is primarily an orb affixed to a conical
base. The entire construction is expertly
studio painted in yellow with black base
and central black stripe with white hand
lettering reading, “NIMR” on either side of
the bell’s door. The model measures 6.75 x 7
in. Highly visible in multiple episodes of the
underwater Sci-Fi series. Exhibiting some
missing piece including the hatch door and
paint chipping, age and wear. In vintage
good condition. $7,000 - $9,000"
Entry includes one photo of the model and a film still.
Going by the trailer, the Disney Summer Movie, 'The Boatniks' which dates from 1970 has some underwater model footage of a minisub in it. From what can be seen in the trailer it looks to be a miniature in a fish tank.
ReplyDeleteHere is a link to the trailer on YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-aW6YA_FgGU
Wikipedia has a pretty good plot summary.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Boatniks
Have you seen the WW2 series "World on Fire"? In the trailer, there is a brief shot of something that sort of looks like a Tribal class destroyer. I'm not sure if it's a miniature or CGI.
ReplyDeleteAfter looking at the trailer I would say it is almost certainly CG, but thanks for the head's up.
ReplyDeleteThe question is. Now the mandalorian is making models of space ships.... should these also be mentioned in this lsit?
ReplyDeleteIf this list was for spaceships then yes, but its a list for ships that travel on or under a body of water on the planet earth so probably not. While I am a massive model spaceship nut and have thought about doing a modelspaceshipsinthecinema blog I felt that subject was already well catered for online by others, though not quite as comprehensively as I would like.
DeleteOne film you might want to check out is 1975's 'The Wind and the Lion' it's a John Milius film that's loosely based on some actual historical events. From the clips available on YouTube there might be some model US warships in it, then again it could be painted backgrounds.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the suggestion. I had a look at The Wind and The Lion and there are no model ships employed in the production. The only shots with ships in them, in this case the American fleet, are a matte paintings by Matthew Yuricich of Tangiers harbor. Look at this page down near the bottom.
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