Return to Oz : I Killed The Nome King : Claymation Documentary 2020 Edition : Doug Aberle
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- “No, I Killed the Nome King!” - CZcams, The OzConnection Channel
Director/Animator Doug Aberle gives insight into his role part of the team at Will Vinton Studios that helped create the Oscar-nominated effects for the 1985 Disney motion picture Return to Oz-namely, the clay animation that brought the Nome King and his minions to life.Doug animated the Nome King in
the destructive “Ornament Room” sequence, for which he can claim that “I killed the Nome King!”
I remember watching Return to Oz on home video in the early 1990s (My mom took me to see the film when it was in theaters, but it turned out to be too intense for two-year-old me, so we had to leave halfway through!) and thinking "how did they do that with the rocks and the Nome King?" I was impressed, even though it didn't look much like the Nomes as they were illustrated in the Oz books, which I was a big fan of. Another, quite humorous side effect of watching this was that I had to explain to my sister that the term "the face of the rock" usually referred to the surface of a rock formation, not literal faces in the rock, as seen in the movie!
I was not allowed to go to the cinema as I was about 6 when it came out and my Mum though I was too young to see as it might be scary.
I instead rented every month and more from the video store in the late 80’s and early nighties. I loved it and it introduced me to more Oz and the books. Nome kings seen hold up well compared to other stop motion! - Colin
What an incredible chapter of history of this incredible if somewhat underground film! To think one can actually visit the Deadly Desert!
The Desert that Doug used in his video will be beach near to Portland for a bit of fun as the actual Desert was a set. :)
I just read L. Frank Baum's Wikipedia entry...his final words were "Now we can cross the Shifting Sands."
I LOVE the Mysterious Stranger segment. Very dark, but yet very deep in the philosophy of Good and Evil.
This was so enjoyable!
27:02 has anyone visited the actual location of The Deadly Desert?
The Deadly Desert was filmed as a set at the Elstree Studio. It was originally intended to be the Sahara Desert but budget cuts prevented this.
It's so cool to see how you made and killed the Nome King. Return to Oz is one of my favorite movies.
Awesome!!! I love this movie
It’s a great movie :)
When Dorothy wakes up on the coop and the camera scans around the deadly desert, that was in Oregon?! I thought it was all England
It was filmed as a set in England for the deadly desert.
Elstree studios & a couple of location in the UK, i worked on it for 18 months. Trained the live billena's, got Fairuza to handle them which was the easy part as she caught on quick.
@@kevinparker461 You were part of the crew of Return to Oz, how about some proof? No offence
I remember watching this back in 2015 ... and I'm so glad to be seeing this again since then!!
Thank you for re-sharing us this again!!
It was good adding a vital update or two to the end, Thanks especially!!
I'm so glad youtube recommended this to me! It was really cool to see you guys bringing the gnome king to life!!
Return to Oz was and still is one of the best movies I've ever seen.
This was an amazing close look to the production, thank you! 🙂
I love this. Dude, I want to hear more.
Thanks. This was fun to watch.
This movie is a great memory for me as a child of the 80s. Its visuals gave me some of the most imaginative dreams of wonder and possibility! Thank you for this video and seeing the story of creation of this epic movie. I am thankful for people like you who inspired a generation of kids by exposing us to the world of OZ!
Will Vinson actually looks a bit like L. Frank Baum.
Really great video, thanks for making it!
Thank you for watching :)
This film was one of the more impactful films on my childhood. As an adult, I now work professionally in Stop Motion in Los Angeles, and definitely thank this movie for planting those seeds. Out of curiosity, what type of clay was used to animate the rock scenes? Thanks so much for making this! ~ Amber
Bless you for your skill and dedication!
DUDE! YOU’RE A BONEFIDE LEGEND!!!!!!! And you scared the crap out of six year old me - cheers 😂
Fantastic!
Omg! LOVED THIS
Beautifully produced. Thank you!!!
This is absolutely fantastic, very enjoyable watch! :)
We’re glad you enjoyed it! Doug does a great fun job!
Fascinating video. Thanks for posting!
Glad you enjoyed it!
one of my favorite movies
I ❤❤❤ this film in my childwood and staying love now!
I just finished "return to oz", thank you for your insight and the work behind the scenes! I'll be sure to reccomend this movie to all my friends!
Rest in Peace Will Vinton. He inspire many artist in the early computer graphic character animation days with the Raisins. Great video. i remember being in a theater and seeing a power for Return to OZ. Wish I had seen it. Great knowing the history now. Great video and history. Love you Attitude about the many changes in life that we all hold dear. Thanks. It helps.
What a wonderful video! And Doug is an absolute charmer
We agree!
AWSOME Documentary and Brilliant work on this ICONIC movie! This is one of my fave movies of all time !
This was so fascinating to watch!
Doug did a great job!
What a great movie. Thank God the filmmakers Doug Aberle, Will Vinton Walter Murch, et al had the good sense to make The Nome King a mountainous, distorted, rock monster. When The Nome King started to look human, he was a bearded stone gargoyle. (great performance by Nicol Williamson too) Equally awesome was that the Nome King's servants were grotesque Jack O'Lantern faces in walls & gnarly stone gargoyle type rock monsters reaching out.. I had always pictured gnomes as little old men with long beards & pointed caps associated with Vernors ginger ale so I was wary of this film. It's such a relief this film didn't have a bunch of little old bearded men running around. That would've been awful.
Here because of the Forbidden Worlds Film Festival :)
I trained the live chickens used on Oz at Elstee studios, i used to get about a dozen eggs a week, never eaten so many omelettes in my life!, not poisonous that's for sure!
We love this! :)
Kevin if you would be open to talking about this we love for you tell this story in a video interview over zoom for the channel. Please email me at colin@flyingsofamedia.com
This is a brilliant video, no idea why it doesn’t have many views
Hey Doug it's Gary can't tell you how surprised I was to run across your
CZcams video. Yep the Upshur st. building has been recently demolished
too. Hey do you have a copy of the crew photo I had one but have not been
able to find it.
My favorit chacter is the Nome King
I love this! and i love return to oz!
It’s a favourite of so many Oz fans! :)
Love it.
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