Ralph McQuarrie I still get fan mail — people wondering if I worked on "Episode I" or just wanting to have my autograph." McQuarrie's production painting of R2-D2 and C-3PO wandering in the desert on the planet Tatooine was the first to be completed. His early concept for C-3PO was visibly inspired by the Art Deco "Maschinenmensch" robot from Fritz Lang’s 1927 film "Metropolis". The painting had a particular impact on actor Anthony Daniels, who was about to turn down the part of C-3PO; ""He had painted a face and a figure that had a very wistful, rather yearning, rather bereft quality,
Beyond a Reasonable Doubt (2009 film) commercial failure. It has a 7% rating on Rotten Tomatoes, based on 28 reviews. "The New York Times" concluded that Amber Tamblyn looked "thoroughly bored" throughout the proceedings. "Variety" called the remake "entirely soulless". The "Los Angeles Times" wrote that "the leads can't lend either spunk or gravitas to what was already a preposterous yarn 50 years ago". Beyond a Reasonable Doubt (2009 film) Beyond a Reasonable Doubt is a 2009 American crime drama film and a remake of the 1956 film of the same name by Fritz Lang. Written, directed and filmed by Peter Hyams, the new version starred