THE HYPE SPECIAL ALL-SIMIAN EDITION GORILLAS IN OUR MIDST FOR VALLEY 'APES' ENTHUSIASTS, A COSTUMED LARK HAS EVOLVED INTO A SECOND CAREER.The entertainment buzz this week is focusing on director Tim Burton's ``Planet of the Apes'' remake, but there's a guy at the Makeup and Monsters special effects special effects, in motion pictures, cinematographic techniques that create illusions in the audience's minds as well as the illusions created using these techniques. shop in Chatsworth who just can't let go of the old Charlton Heston version. Brian Penikas and some of his buddies at Reseda High School Reseda High School, established in 1955, is located in the Reseda section of Los Angeles, California, United States. The current principal of Reseda High is Alfredo Tarin. The mascot of Reseda High is the Regent, a lion welding a crown and a scepter. (class of '81) used to dress up in ``Planet of the Apes'' costumes, first as a lark, then as sci-fi convention buffs. For old times' sake, they decided to drag the gear out of mothballs in 1996 for a high school reunion High School Reunion
Early life McDowall was born in Herne Hill, London, to Thomas Andrew McDowall, a Merchant Mariner of Scottish descent, and Winsfriede L. , Kim Hunter and other stars. Penikas and his furry friends found themselves seated with the actors in the VIP area. ``I'd never actually seen the film in a theater before,'' Penikas said. ``I'd seen it many times on TV and video, but never on a big screen. No. 1, it was at the academy, No. 2 with the cast and No. 3 I'm in makeup. I thought, 'I've got to be the biggest kid in the world right now.' '' What started as a quirky hobby has mushroomed into a solid side industry for Penikas and others in Apemania, who make public appearances and even hawk some old-style ape merchandise on their Web site, www.apemania.com. (The troupe includes professional actors, makeup artists, a Henson creature creator, a software designer and an advertising executive.) Penikas says for him, going ape never gets old. He's sort of personally indebted to the film. ``That movie's what inspired me to get into the business.'' Fox Consumer Products hopes the new film will provide inspiration of a different sort, compelling fans to dig deep into their wallets to buy themed merchandise. The studio has licensed more than 35 companies to manufacture everything from comic books, posters and action figures to bookends, slippers, cell phone covers, remote-controlled toys, shower caps, corkscrews and tattoos. The goods will carry the movie's logo and sometimes the likenesses of ape stars Tim Roth, Helena Bonham Carter Bonham Carter is an English family name. Notable Bonham Carters are:
Mark Robert Michael Wahlberg (born June 5 1971) is an Academy Award-nominated American actor and television producer. and Estella Warren Estella Dawn Warren (born December 23, 1978 in Peterborough, Ontario) is a Canadian actress, former fashion model, and a former synchronized swimmer. Biography Early life Warren's father was a used car salesman, and her mother an elementary school principal. . Fox gives a nostalgic nod to the 1968 original with metal lunchboxes complete with drink containers. - Valerie Kuklenski QUOTABLE quot·a·ble adj. Suitable for or worthy of quoting: a quotable slogan; a quotable pundit. quot ``I was issued a very long cigarette holder. I was always being warned, `You have to use your holder, because you will just go up in flames!' We had so many glues and so much rubber on our bodies.'' Helena Bonham Carter in Maxim magazine, about dressing as an ape in new ``Planet of the Apes'' CAPTION(S): 8 photos Photo: (1 -- 2) no caption (characters from ``Planet of the Apes'') (3) PENIKAS (4) Brian Penikas (top row, center) and his fellow ``Apemaniacs'' surround Roddy McDowall (bottom row, left), Kim Hunter and Charlton Heston in 1998. (5) New ``Planet of the Apes'' merchandise includes masks, action figures and a lunch box. Michael Owen Baker/Staff Photographer (6) Inter`PLANET'ary EXPEDITION It was ``Something old, something new ...'' as Charlton Heston, left, and Mark Wahlberg arrive for a special screening of the new ``Planet of the Apes'' Monday in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of . Wahlberg plays the human hero - the role that Heston played in the original - in the film that opens Friday. Stuart Ramson/Associated Press (7 -- 8) Helena Bonham Carter |
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