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Classic Quickie: The Special Effects of Darby O’Gill and the Little People Posted by Michelle Higa Fox Motionographer Classic Quickie: Peter Ellenshaw’s special effects in Disney’s Darby O’Gill and the Little People (1959). Part 1 (matte painting) and Part 2 (forced perspective). Posted on 27 February 2012 \| Tags: classic quickie 2 thoughts on “Classic Quickie: The Special Effects of Darby O’Gill and the Little People” Stefano Bellinazzi on March 1, 2012 at 5:50 am said: WTF! This is awasome… now we do all these vfxs pressing Ctrl+t !!!!! Luana Moura on March 24, 2012 at 4:12 pm said: This is fantastic! Thanks for this videos!