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This analogy was invented
by Harold Ramis...
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as a way to explain the enormity
of the psychokinetic energy levels...
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Spengler is detecting within the city.
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"We were delighted with the notion that
this script could be so out there...
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and yet still have a scientific
and parapsychological plausibility.
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From a physics point of view,
Dan was always talking about things...
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like 'holes in
the plausibility envelope.'
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Well, I didn't know
what that would mean to an audience...
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so I came up with this Mr. Wizard
kind of analogy...
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that then led them into this analogy."
- Harold Ramis
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More than 40 matte paintings were used
in the film's optical effects.
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The mammoth rooftop temple was built
in Stage 16 at the Burbank Studios.
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It cost more than a million dollars.
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The electrical storm effects were
created with wind and smoke machines...
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crackling spark generators
and postproduction sound effects.
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The "breakout claw" was a rod-and-cable
mechanism operated by stagehands.