David McCloskey
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Very Hollywood.
Very Hollywood.
And he and Mendes are thick as thieves.
So Mendes first met Chambers in the early 70s.
on the set of a spy-themed TV show.
And Chambers had won an honorary Academy Award in 1969 for the makeup work on the original Planet of the Apes.
Very good film.
Very good film while researching this.
The Best Makeup Oscar didn't exist until 1981.
So, up until that point, honorary awards were given out on a case-by-case basis.
And because Planet of the Apes was such an amazing achievement in makeup, Chambers got the honorary award.
He invented the foam latex prosthetic techniques that were being used in pretty much every sci-fi film of the 70s.
He developed Mr. Spock's prosthetic ears.
Right.
Or real footage of the actual Bigfoot, depending on your persuasion.
We should.
So Chambers may have faked Bigfoot, and he'll also play a role in staging a CIA rescue operation.
So he's an interesting character.
Back to Argo.
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