Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) Movie Review

Analog Jones is back to discuss Terminator 2: Judgment Day (the greatest action movie ever made). We also discuss our favorite special effects master, Stan Winston! 

Terminator 2: Judgment Day Quick Facts

Directed by James Cameron
Produced by James Cameron
Written by James Cameron, William Wisher
Music by Brad Fiedel (Returning from The Terminator)
Cinematography by Adam Greenburg (Returning from The Terminator)
Edited by Conrad Buff, Mark Goldblatt, and Richard A. Harris
Production Company: Carolco Pictures, Pacific Western Productions, Lightstorm Entertainment (James Cameron and Lawrence Kasanoff’s production house), and Le Studio Canal + S.A. (This company owns the third-largest film library in the world [bought Carolco Pictures, De Laurentiis, Canon films, Hammer and Miramax-international])
Distributor: TriStar Pictures
Released: July 3, 1991
Budget: $94-102 million
Box Office: $520.8 million

Starring:
Arnold Schwarzenegger as Model 101 aka T-800, “The Terminator”
Linda Hamilton as Sarah Connor
Robert Patrick as T-1000
Joe Morton as Miles Dyson
Earl Boen as Dr. Silberman
Edward Furlong as John Connor
Jenette Goldstein as Janelle Todd Voight

Notes on Stan Winston: 

• Born in Richmond VA, 1946, died 2008 at age 62
• Attended California State University, Long Beach
• Moved to Hollywood in 1969 to become an actor. Struggling to find an acting job, he began a makeup apprenticeship at Walt Disney. 
• In 1972, at age 26, won his first Emmy Award for his effects work on the CBS TV movie, Gargoyles (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aiT-2zOLFRo)
• In 1982, at age 36, Winston received his first Oscar nomination for Heartbeeps (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GrGBmi3BVfo). This is one of Stephen’s favorite movies to show people, it’s a WEIRD ONE with Any Kaufman. He lost to Rick Baker with “An American Werewolf in London”. 
• In 1987, at age 40, Winston won his first Oscar for Best Visual Effects (along with Robert Skotak, John Richardson, and Suzanne Benson) on another James Cameron film, Aliens. Other nominees included Lyle Conway, Bran Ferren, and Martin Gutteridge with “Little Shop of Horrors”....Richard Edlund, John Bruno, Garry Waller, William Neil with Poltergeist II: The Other Side. 
• Directed three films
  • 1988-Pumpkinhead
  • 1990-A Gnome named Gnorm
  • 1996-T2 3-D: Battle across time
• Won two more Oscars in 1992, at the age of 46, for Best Makeup (Jeff Dawn) and Best Visual Effects (Dennis Muren, Gene Warren Jr, and Robert Skotak) for Terminator 2: Judgment Day. Other nominees were Hook, Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country, and Backdraft. 
• Won his last Oscar for Best Visual Effects in Jurassic Park, 1994, at the age of 48 (other nominees were Cliffhanger and The Nightmare Before Christmas).

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