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Omen 3: The Final Conflict- why 2 DPs?


Guest Tim Partridge

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Does anyone know why The Omen 3 is credited to 2 DPs? The then ubiquitous Robert Paynter is credited alongside Phil Meheux, who was still a little known name after British independent films like LONG GOOD FRIDAY and SCUM.

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Good question.

 

Yesterday I saw Badlands for the first time and it is credited to three DPs: Brian Probyn, Tak Fujimoto and Stevan Larner, so I wondered what happened on that shooting.

 

Damien: Omen II began production with screenwriter Mike Hodges as director and Gil Taylor as cinematographer. I believe they shot the opening scene in Israel and then, Hodges was fired and replaced by Don Taylor. Taylor left the film too and Bill Butler took over the cinematography. Two years later both Hodges and Taylor did Flash Gordon for Dino de Laurentiis.

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