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title: FX in movies
date: "2000-08-05T12:00:00Z"
categories:
  - links
wp_id: 2107
description: I highlight resources for movie special effects, including technical breakdowns from Visual Effects HQ and About.com. Discover the tools behind cinematic stunts and curious trivia, like the flying cow hidden in Speed 2.
keywords: [special effects, vfx, visual effects hq, filmmaking, speed 2, stunts]
---

Speed 2: Cruise Control. The climax. A tanker is getting blown up. Why, then, is a [cow flying out as debris](http://vfxhq.com/spotlight97/9711e.html)? If you're interested in special effects, [Visual Effects HQ](http://www.vfxhq.com/) is all about FX in movies. About.com [talks about the technology](http://filmmaking.about.com/movies/filmmaking/msub24.htm). Yahoo!, as usual, has a whole bunch of [deadly FX links](http://dir.yahoo.com/Entertainment/Movies_and_Film/Filmmaking/Special_Effects/).