Men in Suits

Men in Suits is a 2012 documentary written and directed by Frank H. Woodward. The 99 minute film focuses on suit performers for film and television, including as creatures and animals, aliens and monsters, and full-bodied puppets. 
One portion focuses specifically on being a "body puppeteer," talking extensively with Michelan Sisti and about Jim Henson and the contributions of the Muppets and The Creature Shop. Sweetums is used as an example (with clips from episode 105 of The Muppet Show and The Muppet Movie). Brief clips of Big Bird also appear (Muppet Movie, Sesame Street), and more extensive footage from Labyrinth and Inside the Labyrinth, mainly of Ludo, and from The Dark Crystal and The World of The Dark Crystal. Sisti also discusses his own role as Michaelangelo in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
The documentary concludes by looking at the role of CG replacing suit performers and the shift to motion capture. Interviews with Misty Rosas and behind the scenes footage of Sid the Science Kid are used. Another veteran Creature Shop suit performer, John Alexander, is interviewed in other clips.
Other interview subjects include Haruo Nakajima (the original Godzilla and other kaiju characters), Doug Jones (Hellboy, The Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer), director Guillermo del Toro, Van Snowden (the second H.R. Pufnstuf and other Krofft characters), gorilla suit performer Bob Burns, and more.
==External links==
*Official upload by director
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Category:Documentaries