Richard Harris in 3rd movie?

[Steve <bboy_mn@yahoo.com>]

Chocobo wrote:
> That's not really the same thing at all though. They took an old
video and inserted a vacuum cleaner, that's easy enough. What they're
proposing now is to apply Richard Harris's face to footage that hasn't
been shot yet. 
> Chocobo

> 
> bboy_mn originally said:
> 
> Actually, it's already been done. An advertising agency resurected
> some  very famous dead American actors to make commercials. The one
> that I remember seeing was Fred Astaire .... edited...
> 
> bboy_mn

bboy_mn responds to Chocobo's comment:

The Fred Astaire commercial was alittle more complex that just some
movie footage with one of the characters removed and replaced with a
vacuum cleaner.

None the less, it is a technique that has already been used in a
modern unique film...

http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2002/12/08/1038950269990.html

"Warner Bros is struggling to find a replacement for Professor Albus
Dumbledore following the death of Richard Harris. Executives are even
considering manipulating out-takes from the first two instalments and
using computer imagery to keep Harris playing the character *** in the
same way Oliver Reed appeared in Gladiator***, despite dying of a
heart attack while filming the Oscar-winning feature."

While we may argue (...er... discuss) the technical methods, I think
we all agree that the idea pretty much sucks.

bboy_mn