Dedication
For the guys who brought big critters to
gigantic, scary life on the silver screen:
Willis O’Brien
Ray Harryhausen
Merian C. Cooper
Eiji Tsuburaya
Ishirô Honda
Haruo Nakajima
Katsumi Tezuka
Jiro Suzuki
And all the unsung heroes and heroines who painstakingly built miniatures and puppets, sweated over special effects, and sweated inside rubber suits.
Plus a rueful nod to Bert I. Gordon. Sorry, Mr. B.I.G., but filming a close up of an iguana and calling it a T-Rex doesn’t cut the giant monster mustard.