Video Business, August 12th, 1994
After actor Brandon Lee was accidentally killed on the set of The Crow, Edward R. Pressman Films enlisted Dream Quest Images to save the Gothic fantasy.
"We were working on the project before the accident," said Mark Galvin, executive producer for Dream Quest. "But after the accident, the work changed."
The filmmakers needed to place Lee in scenes that had never been filmed, Galvin noted. They asked the Simi Valley, Calif., digital-technology company whether it could be done, and, Galvin recalled, "We said sure we could do that--if they had the money."
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