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This is actually the only Thunderbird that we built
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that actually worked.
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It's a 28-foot, pink, six-wheeled,
450-horsepower limousine,
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designed by John Beard's team
in collaboration with Ford -
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you can see the brand on the front.
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The original Rolls-Royce in
Gerry Anderson's Thunderbirds was a Rolls
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but, for some reason,
Rolls thought better than to get involved.
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One of the great CG shots
as this engine comes out.
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Mike McGee and Mark Nelmes,
the visual effect supervisors,
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were with us from day one,
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and with Beard, who's a production designer,
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we all decided that the ships,
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particularly FAB 1, would have a certain logic.
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So that the boot, or the trunk if you're in America,
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would be big enough
to conceivably house a jet engine
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and that under the car
there could be telescopic wings.
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So it wouldn't be by magic
that this thing turned into a plane
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but there would be a certain logic
in which the design was rooted.
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And there's the theme.
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Hans Zimmer,
the Academy Award-winning composer,
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very tastefully peppered the Thunderbirds theme
through the picture,
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four, five, six times so it's not overkill
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but you're reminded and I think
it underlines the entrances of the ships.
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Bill Paxton as Jeff Tracy, perfectly cast.