Elisa Guimarães is a senior writer at Collider specializing in sci-fi, Doctor Who, Star Wars, and, occasionally, romance and horror.
The Big Picture While, nowadays, computer-generated imagery is commonplace in movies ranging from Disney’s Frozen to Martin Scorsese’s The Irishman, this hasn’t always been the case. Not three decades ago, computer-generated special effects were still rare in movies, appearing only in highly experimental films or bona fide blockbusters such as Steven Spielberg’s Jurassic Park.
Release Date May 26, 1995 Director Brad Silberling Cast Bill Pullman , Christina Ricci , Eric Idle , Ben Stein , Chauncey Leopardi , Spencer Vrooman Runtime 100 Main Genre Comedy Writers Joseph Oriolo , Sherri Stoner , Deanna Oliver 1995's 'Casper' Was The First Movie With a Fully CGI Main Character Yes, you read that right: the Christina Ricci-lead film about a ghost in search of a friend also deserves its own place in the chronicles of CGI history.
Related The 10 Best Family Movies About Ghosts, Ranked These movies are spooky, but in a kid-friendly way! Casper had a budget of $55 million, which covered not only the VFX but also stellar cameos from big names of the time, such as Clint Eastwood, Dan Aykroyd, and Mel Gibson. For comparison’s sake, Jurassic Park had a budget of $63 million.
“By the time they’d done a run-through, I’d have all the Caspers properly drawn. As the actors would walk through the scene, I’d advance through the drawings and click them forward: 1-2-3-4-5. Then they would play back the video with my drawings overlaid and check if the eyes were lining up and if the prop hand-offs were working and if everyone was in position."
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