John Stears
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John Stears was an English special effects artist. A two-time Academy Award winner, nicknamed the "Dean of Special Effects," and "The Real Q", he was responsible for creating a host of iconic movie ga
The deadly, gadget-filled DB5 Stears created for Thunderball.
John Stears with his two Academy Awards and Saturn Award
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
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Chitty Chitty Bang Bang is a 1968 musical fantasy comedy film directed by Ken Hughes, produced by Albert R. Broccoli, and starring Dick Van Dyke, Sally Ann Howes, Lionel Jeffries, Gert Fröbe, Anna Qua
John Stears
…and a passenger-side ejector seat. He also created an avalanche for On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969) and built flying cars for the musical film Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968) and the Bond film The Man with the Golden Gun (1974). Stears grew disenchanted with the Bond franchise, and vowed never to do another one. He…
Theatrical release poster
The main car used for filming carried a valid UK registration of GEN 11.
Pond and village sign at Russell's Water geograph.org.uk 2891367
Cobstone Windmill