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    The Winston Effect; Special Effects Legend Stan Winston

    For the past 30 years, Stan Winston's Studio has built some of the scariest and most memorable film effects by hand.  But are digital effects rendering Winston's old-fashioned movie magic obsolete--or indispensable?

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    By Claude Brodesser-Akner • Apr 9, 2007 • 30m Listen

    For the past 30 years, Stan Winston's Studio has built some of the scariest and most memorable film effects by hand. But are digital effects rendering Winston's old-fashioned movie magic obsolete--or indispensable?

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      Claude Brodesser-Akner

      Star-Ledger / NJ.com

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      Matt Holzman

      Producer, 'The Document'

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