UK - Le Maitre were asked to create the special effects for the UK premiere of the latest Hollywood blockbuster King Kong, at the Odeon cinema in Leicester Square.The crew of four Le Maitre technicians set up four Pyrotek Dragons, using eight heads, on the canopies on either side of the Odeon. The Dragons fired huge flames of up to 50ft into the air as the guests arrived and paraded down the red carpet, then continued to entertain the crowds throughout the three-hour screening of the film.The crew also rigged a 70ft wide pyrotechnic waterfall from the parapet at the top of the building using 4oz Gerbs. The 30-second waterfall was fired on the arrival of star Jack Black and for the switch on of the illuminated sign 'KING KONG Eighth Wonder of the World'.
(Lee Baldock)
