Hands of Stone (Manos de Piedra) tells the story of the panamenian world champion boxer: Roberto "Hands of Stone" Durán.
One of our best project so far, we (ONER Vfx) were the only vfx facility producing more than 760 vfx shots on time! on budget! for this great production starring Robert De Niro, Edgar Ramírez, John Turturro, Ana de Armas, Usher and Rubén Blades.
After our work in the Academy Awarded "The Secret in their Eyes" we were hired to reproduce all the cg crowded stadiums that take place in the story, which was in the late 70's and in the early 80's. The monumental stadiums were the Madison Square Garden, New Orleans Superdome and Montreal Olympic Stadium while the actual shooting took place in small stadiums from Panamá City.
We built the best vfx team in Argentina and it worked like a charm. This is a selection of some highlight vfx shots for all fight scenes. Enjoy!.
Vfx Production Design & Direction: Rodrigo Tomasso
Vfx Executive Production: Marcelo García
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Production starts: 2013
Post-production: 2014/2015
Release: 2016
"FIGHTS" - VFX Breakdown