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For effect

28 November 1998

How did the film makers shoot Harrison Ford in the storm scene in Mosquito
Coast? Well, a wind machine blew the palm trees around and a series of outboard
motors churned up the otherwise calm sea. Special Effects should keep the kids
quiet when they show the old movies on TV over Christmas, £10.99, ISBN
0751353590.

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