Finally, the Hi-Def edition of The Day of the Triffids hits UK stores and online (see links on the right). Packed with making of and interview featurettes, you can now see the hit BBC 1 mini-series as never before.
Check out this review from Dread Central for more…
Here’s an interesting little Triffids distraction that neatly illustrates how much CGI aids film production even when it’s not immediately obvious.
Matte Painting has been used both in a physical and digital form in creating films since the early 1900s. Here are some examples of Matte work from The Day of the Triffids, posting on a Matte Painting forum. For fans who want to know how the film makers created the illusion of a vast Triff Oil facility, follow the link and take a look
Triffids Blu-Ray out 22.02.2010
The Day of the Triffids on DVD 1st Feb and Blu-Ray 22nd FebPosted on: January 13, 2010
One of the highlights of the BBC’s 2009 Christmas TV schedule, John Wyndham’s classic 1951 post-apocalyptic bestseller The Day Of The Triffids comes to the screen as an epic, brand new, contemporary adaptation produced for BBC One by Power, producer of the Emmy-nominated “Virgin Queen” (also for the BBC), the hit ITV mini-series “Flood” (with Muse and Moonlighting) and “The Devil’s Whore” for Channel 4 (with Company Pictures).
Released as a two disc Ultimate Edition DVD on 1st February and single disc Blu-ray on 22nd February 2010, The Day Of The Triffids – an effects-laden CGI extravaganza about a world threatened by carnivorous, man-eating plants – boasts a star-studded cast that includes Dougray Scott (Desperate Housewives), Joely Richardson (Nip/Tuck), Eddie Izzard (Valkyrie; Ocean’s Thirteen), Brian Cox (The Bourne Supremacy), Vanessa Redgrave (Atonement; Evening), Jason Priestley (My Name Is Earl; Medium), Shane Taylor (Band Of Brothers) and Ewen Bremner (Hallam Foe).
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