Pitch Black (2000) -Hunter Gratzner Cryo-Pod Miniature

A miniature cryogenic locker with puppet used in the production of the science fiction film Pitch Black starring Vin Diesel. A deep space transporter crash-lands on a desolate planet circled by three suns. Among the survivors are pilot Carolyn Fry, mystic Abu `Imam’ al-Walid, cop William J Johns and convicted criminal Richard B Riddick, and their first thoughts are of survival and escape. Then Fry finds out that the planet suffers a total eclipse every 22 years, which is when the hibernating, flesh-eating inhabitants awake and hunt.

This screen used cryogenic Locker was one of the hero filming miniatures ripped out of the cargo container in the crash of the merchant vessel Hunter Gratzner in the opening crash sequence in the film Pitch Black (2000). Each fiberglass and epoxy miniatures was rigged with pneumatically actuated pull cables that launched each cryogenic locker out of the cargo container at the point of the spaceship’s impact. This incredible, handmade resin miniature includes a puppet.measuring 20″ tall x 11″ wide a 1:6 ratio.is from the celebrated collection of Academy Award winning New Deal Studios.

This item comes with a Hero Prop Certificate of Authenticity.