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Saturday, June 11, 2011

Band of Brothers soldier uniforms on display...

Band of Brothers is a ten-part World War II television mini-series from 2001 and these original costumes from the show, produced by Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks, were photographed on display at the London Film Museum on January 25, 2011.

Original costumes from Band of Brothers on display
Band of Brothers TV costumesAmerican Ranger Band of Brothers TV uniformBand of Brothers TV uniformsGerman soldier Band of Brothers TV uniform
This American Ranger costume and German soldier uniform were designed by Anna B. Sheppard, whose work can also be seen in Hannibal Rising, Inglourious Basterds and Captain America: The First Avenger, to name but a few films.
Band of Brothers TV poster
Band of Brothers TV poster

Tuesday, February 2, 2010

Original Ingrid Bergman and Humphrey Bogart Casablanca movie costumes...

In February 2010 the ArcLight cinema in Sherman Oaks is celebrating the History of Warner Bros. Studios with special screenings of some of their most famous movies, including Casablanca, The Jazz Singer, Cool Hand Luke and East of Eden.

To make these screenings even more special they have exclusive displays from the Warner Bros. Museum including these fantastic original costumes from director Michael Curtiz's 1942 classic, Casablanca.

Original costumes worn by Ingrid Bergman and Humphrey Bogart
in Casablanca on display at ArcLight Sherman Oaks cinema
Original Casablanca movie costumes
Actual Casablanca movie costumes
These actual outfits were worn by actress Ingrid Bergman as 'Isla Lund' and actor Humphrey Bogart as 'Rick Blaine'.

Casablanca movie poster
Casablanca movie poster
Casablanca is set in unoccupied Africa during the early days of World War II and in 1944 the motion picture won three Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director and Best Writing/Screenplay (for Julius J. Epstein, Philip G. Epstein and Howard Koch).

Humphrey Bogart's suit from Casablanca
Rick Blaine Casablanca movie costume
The movie received four other Oscar nominations including one for Humphrey Bogart for Best Actor in a Leading Role.

Original movie costume worn by Humphrey Bogart
as 'Rick Blaine' in Casablanca
Humphrey Bogart Casablanca movie costume
Humphrey Bogart suit from Casablanca movie
The outfit worn by Ingrid Bergman in the movie was designed by Australian Orry-Kelly.

Original costume worn by Ingrid Bergman
as 'Ilsa Lund' in Casablanca
Ingrid Bergman Casablanca movie costume
Orry-Kelly won three Oscars for Best Costume Design in his career, for the 1951 film An American in Paris (shared with Walter Plunkett and Irene Sharaff), for the 1957 movie Les Girls and for 1959's Some Like It Hot.

Original Orry-Kelly designed movie costume from Casablanca
Casablanca Ingrid Bergman movie outfit
Casablanca
He was also nominated for another Academy Award for Best Costume Design for 1962's Gypsy.

Even though I get to showcase a lot of interesting outfits and props from new movies here at Hollywood Movie Costumes and Props, it's always fascinating and a thrill to see such classic costumes from movies that have shaped cinematic history.

Actual Casablanca movie outfits on display
Actual 1942 Casablanca movie costumes
Finally here's a short video of the two costumes on display in the foyer of ArcLight Sherman Oaks on february 2, 2010.


Casablanca film poster
Casablanca film poster
Buy the classic movie in the USA: Casablanca [Blu-ray]

Wednesday, August 19, 2009

Snake Eyes and other G.I. Joe movie costumes and props...

In addition to the fantastic selection of costumes and props on display at the Cinerama Dome in Hollywood, including Storm Shadow's costume, you could also find more original outfits and props from G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra on display in the cinema foyer at ArcLight Sherman Oaks on August 18, 2009.

Original G.I. Joe movie costumes and props
on display at ArcLight Sherman Oaks
GI Joe movie costume and props display
Actual GI Joe movie outfits
GI Joe film costumes
Actual GI Joe movie costumes
GI Joe movie costume and prop exhibit
This selection of costumes include two outfits for G.I. Joe ninja operative Snake Eyes, including covert Arctic gear, female camouflage uniforms like those worn by Agent Scarlett and Cover Girl, plus G.I. Joe body armour.

G.I. Joe: the Rise of Cobra - Snake Eyes movie poster
GI Joe Snake Eyes movie poster
The two Snake Eyes costumes on display highlighted his trademark visor, in black and white.

Original G.I. Joe movie 'Snake Eyes' costume
GI Joe Snake Eyes ninja movie costume
Original GI Joe movie costumes
Ellen Mirojnick was responsible for Costume Design on the movie.

G.I. Joe: the Rise of Cobra - Snake Eyes film poster
GI Joe Snake Eyes movie poster
I'm not sure how covert your uniform is though when you have G.I. Joe printed all over it as part of the camouflage design.

Actual Snake Eyes Arctic outfit from G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra
GI Joe Snake Eyes Arctic movie costume
GI Joe Snake Eyes Arctic film costume
Snake Eyes Arctic GI Joe movie costume
GI Joe film costume displayActual GI Joe film costumes

G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra movie billboard
GI Joe Snake Eyes movie billboard
The costume and prop exhibit at ArcLight Sherman Oaks also included a female G.I. Joe uniform, as worn when Agent Scarlett is at the secret base 'The Pit' under the Sahara Desert.

Original G.I. Joe movie 'Agent Scarlett' costume
GI Joe Agent Scarlett camouflage uniform
Female GI Joe Agent utility belt movie costume
Other male costumes include body armour suits as worn by G.I. Joe Agents Duke, Ripcord and Heavy Duty in the movie. This particular outfit looks quite large so I wonder if it's the one worn by Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaye as the muscular 'Heavy Duty'.

Original G.I. Joe Agent body armour movie costume
GI Joe body armour movie costume
GI Joe actual film costumes

G.I. Joe: the Rise of Cobra - Ripcord film poster
GI Joe Ripcord film poster

Actual G.I. Joe movie costume
GI Joe Agent body armour costume

G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra movie poster
GI Joe movie poster
In addition to the fantastic selection of costumes from the movie, there was also a wonderful array of original props on display at the cinema.

Actual G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra movie props
Original GI Joe movie props
Some of the props included G.I. Joe Agent Scarlett's crossbow weapon (bottom left-hand corner of the display case).
Actual GI Joe gun and sunglasses movie props
The exhibit also included guns wielded and sunglasses worn by Sienna Miller as Cobra Agent The Baroness.
Actual GI Joe film props
Amongst the props were also ninja throwing stars, grenades and wrist communication devices.
GI Joe weapon movie props
Plus futuristic looking guns (which I think may belong to Cobra Agent Storm Shadow) and other weapons.
Original GI Joe movie weapon prop
GI Joe movie props
Finally enjoy this short video clip of the movie exhibit at ArcLight Sherman Oaks.


Visit Jason in Hollywood for a film review of G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra.

You'll also want to see these photographs of actual vehicles used in the live-action G.I. Joe movie.

Tuesday, August 11, 2009

Fantastic movie costumes and props from G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra...

This wonderful selection of original costumes and props from the live-action G.I. Joe movie were on display at ArcLight Hollywood's Cinerama Dome on August 10, 2009.

Actual G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra movie costumes and props
Actual GI Joe movie costume and props
GI Joe movie props and body armour costume
Included in the display was the costume worn by Cobra agent and martial arts expert 'Storm Shadow', played by Byung-hun Lee in the film.

Original G.I. Joe movie 'Storm Shadow' costume
Storm Shadow costume from GI Joe movie

G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra - Storm Shadow movie poster
GI Joe Storm Shadow movie poster

Actual 'Storm Shadow' costume displayed
at the Cinerama Dome in L.A.
GI Joe film Storm Shadow costume
GI Joe movie Storm Shadow costume

G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra - Storm Shadow film poster
GI Joe movie Storm Shadow film poster
Ellen Mirojnick was Costume Designer on the movie and you can also see her work in Starship Troopers and The Chronicles of Riddick.

G.I. Joe movie weapon prop - Storm Shadow's sword
GI Joe movie Storm Shadow sword
GI Joe movie weapons props
In addition to the costume worn by Storm Shadow, they also had one of his swords, plus another belonging to G.I. Joe Agent 'Snake Eyes', played by Ray Park.

G.I. Joe movie weapon prop - Snake Eyes sword
Snake Eyes sword and GI Joe movie props

G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra - Snake Eyes movie poster
Snake Eyes GI Joe film poster
Other weapons from the movie on display included grenades, guns and the signature crossbow weapon used by G.I. Joe Agent 'Scarlett', played by Rachel Nichols.

G.I. Joe movie weapon prop - Agent Scarlett's crossbow
GI Joe movie weapons
Original GI Joe film weapon props
Also featured in these pictures in front of the white sword and to the left of Scarlett's crossbow is the disarming mechanism for the Nano-mite warheads.

G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra - Agent Scarlett movie poster
GI Joe movie Scarlett poster
Next up are the weapons that the G.I. Joe covert special operations team spend most of their time trying to protect, reclaim or destroy, the Nano-mite warheads.

G.I. Joe movie weapon prop - Nano-mite warheads
GI Joe movie props Nano-mite warheadsGI Joe movie props nano-mite warheads
The other costume on display at the Cinerama Dome was one of the combat suits worn by the film's heroes. It is the battle uniform worn by the likes of Duke (Channing Tatum) and Ripcord (Marlon Wayans) in the movie.

G.I. Joe movie protective body suit
Body armour suit from GI Joe movieGI Joe movie costume

G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra - Duke movie poster
GI Joe Duke movie poster

G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra - Ripcord movie poster
Ripcord GI Joe movie poster

Actual G.I. Joe movie costume
GI Joe movie combat suit
GI Joe film costume

G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra - Duke movie poster
GI Joe Duke movie poster

Original G.I. Joe movie masks and helmets
GI Joe movie McCullen ancestor mask prop
Next is a selection of original masks and helmets used in the movie, including the mask (which when it was red hot) used to disfigure the face of James McCullen's Scottish ancestor in the past.
GI Joe film masks and weapon props
Other masks include those worn by the evil Cobra Neo-Viper troopers.
Neo-Viper Cobra trooper mask from the GI Joe movie
Including a mask with one of Snake Eye's throwing stars embedded in its visor (which you see as part of the action in the Cobra ocean base under the Arctic in the movie).
GI Joe movie Neo-Viper helmet
GI Joe movie original props
Finally here are a collection of various other actual props used in the movie based on Hasbro's military toy franchise - guns, hand-scanners, masks, swords and warheads.

Original G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra weapons and props
GI Joe film weapons and masks
GI Joe movie Cobra props
If you like this array of outfits and props you'll also love pictures of actual movie vehicles from the G.I. Joe movie.