The best Dean Cundey’s documentary movies
If you love cinema, you will share this ranking of the best Dean Cundey’s movies, although you may have ordered them differently. In any case, we hope you love it and with a little luck discovering a movie that you still don’t know about Dean Cundey.
Return to Jurassic Park
7.2/10
A multi-part documentary about the making of the Jurassic Park trilogy. Each part walks through the making of part of one of the films, including the hurricane during the shooting of the first film, and how advances in CGI for Jurassic Park helped change the world of special effects forever. All interviews for these retrospective documentaries come with comments from Spielberg, Johnston, Neill, Dern, Goldblum, the effects crews, the child actors, and Peter Stormare. This documentary is broken into five parts: Dawn of a New Era (25 min) Making Prehistory (20 min), the Next Step in Evolution (15 min), and the Third Adventure (25 min), Finding the Lost World (28 min), and Something Survived (16 min).
The Making of 'Jurassic Park'
7.6/10
This documentary treats film fans to a behind-the-scenes look at the making of Jurassic Park, one of the 90's biggest hits and a milestone in special effects development. Narrated by James Earl Jones, it includes footage of the filming process, as well as interviews with director Steven Spielberg, and other members of the cast and crew, who give their insights into what it was like working together on this project and the efforts it took to bring the film to completion.
Back in Time
6.3/10
Cast, crew and fans explore the 'Back to the Future' time-travel trilogy's resonance throughout our culture—30 years after Marty McFly went back in time.
Clapboard Jungle
6.5/10
Following five years in the life and career of independent filmmaker Justin McConnell, this documentary explores the struggles of financing, attracting the right talent, working with practical effects and selling the finished product in the hope of turning a profit. Featuring interviews with a range of industry luminaries, not only are technical aspects and interpersonal skills discussed but also the emotional stamina and little-known tips needed to survive in the low budget film industry.
Halloween: The Inside Story
7.9/10
This feature-length documentary takes a look at one of the most successful film franchises of all time as it goes behind the scenes of John Carpenter's Halloween, the frightfest that redefined the horror genre in the late 1970s.
Halloween: 25 Years of Terror
7.4/10
A documentary that follows the evolution of the 'Halloween' movies over the past twenty-five years. It examines why the films are so popular and revisits many of the original locations used in the films - seeing the effects on the local community. For the first time, cast, crew, critics and fans join together in the ultimate 'Halloween' retrospective
Cinematographer Style
6.9/10
110 of the world's top cinematographers discuss the art of how and why films look the way they do.
Halloween: A Cut Above the Rest
7.5/10
Using original interviews with director John Carpenter, stars Jamie Lee Curtis and P.J. Soles, and crew members, Halloween: A Cut Above The Rest unveils the production of the horror classic and how the ingenuity of Carpenter and his team, coupled with the shoestring budget of $325,000, drove the filmmakers to create one of the most influential horror films of all time.
Tales from the Future
7.9/10
Six-part retrospective on the making of "Back to the Future" (and its two sequels) for the film's 25th anniversary.
The Thing: Terror Takes Shape
7.7/10
An in-depth look at the making of John Carpenter's cult classic sci-fi horror The Thing, telling the story of a group of researchers in Antarctica who encounter a parasitic extra-terrestrial life-form that assimilates, then imitates other organisms.
The Nightmare Isn't Over! The Making of Halloween II
6.7/10
Retrospective documentary about the making of "Halloween II."
Purgatory: Entering John Carpenter's 'Escape From New York'
6.8/10
A brand new retrospective documentary produced by Ballyhoo Motion Pictures and featuring interviews with writer Nick Castle, cinematographer Dean Cundey, composer Alan Howarth, production designer Joe Alves, special visual effects artist/model maker Gene Rizzardi, production assistant David De Coteau, photographer Kim Gottleib-Walker, Carpenter biographer John Muir, visual effects historian Justin Humphreys, and music historian Daniel Schweiger.
Dreams and Memories of Where the Red Fern Grows
8.9/10
A retrospective look at the film Where the Red Fern Grows.
Tales from the Mist: Inside 'The Fog'
6.3/10
Retrospective documentary on the making of the 1980 horror film "The Fog."
Stand Alone: The Making of "Halloween III: Season of the Witch"
7.4/10
Retrospective documentary on the making of "Halloween III: Season of the Witch."
Retribution: Uncovering John Carpenter's The Fog
A brand new retrospective documentary produced by Ballyhoo Motion Pictures and featuring interviews with cinematographer Dean Cundey, production designer/editor Tommy Lee Wallace, photographer Kim Gottleib-Walker, make-up effects artist Steve Johnson, Carpenter biographer John Muir, music historian Daniel Schweiger, visual effects historian Justin Humphreys and assistant Larry Franco
1982 - Hollywood Summer
6.3/10
In the 1980s, Hollywood cinema was revolutionized. Especially the summer of 1982 changed the entertainment cinema with nine grand films forever, as the documentary shows.
