Funeral for a 747 (VR)
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Each year, hundreds of airplanes reach the end of their lives and are crushed for scrap metal. At a facility in Arizona, a group of “undertakers” carries out this final act for a Boeing 747. Witness this spectacular destruction and rebirth of a jet airliner in 360-degree virtual reality, directed by Academy Award-winning documentary filmmaker Marshall Curry for The Wall Street Journal/Google/Scenic.
Marshall Curry is an Academy Award-winning filmmaker who writes, directs and edits his work. He won the Oscar for his narrative short, THE NEIGHBORS’ WINDOW, and previously was nominated three times for his documentary films: STREET FIGHT, about Cory Booker's first run for mayor of Newark, N.J.; IF A TREE FALLS: A STORY OF THE EARTH LIBERATION FRONT, which chronicles a radical environmental group; and A NIGHT AT THE GARDEN, about an American Nazi rally that filled Madison Square Garden in 1939. His other documentaries include RACING DREAMS, which tells the story of two boys and a girl who dream of becoming NASCAR drivers, and POINT AND SHOOT, about a controversial American who left home to join the Libyan revolution. Curry’s films have won top honors at Sundance and Tribeca, played in theaters and on television around the world, and earned two Emmy nominations and two Writer’s Guild of America Award nominations. Curry is currently developing a number of scripted TV and film projects.