"Agent Smith" life-size puppet figure created for The Matrix: Reloaded....

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"Agent Smith" life-size puppet figure created for The Matrix: Reloaded. (Warner Bros., 2003) Life-size, fully costumed, free-standing figure of "Agent Smith", super-villain from the Wachowskis' Sci-Fi franchise. This hyper-realistic figure stands a full 6 ft. 4 in. tall. Dressed in a black suit with matching jacket and pants, white dress shirt, black necktie with metal tie clip, black leather loafers and signature dark sunglasses. Created for the scene during the "Agent Smith" (Hugo Weaving) vs. "Neo" (Keanu Reeves) fight in the rain when the replicated Agent Smiths line both sides of the street, watching the event. Actors in Smith makeup would stand between two life-size puppets, operating the heads of each flanking puppet, creating the illusion that the whole street was lined with living Agent Smiths. The head and hands of the figure are cast in silicone with highly detailed and life-like hand-painting, painted blue eyes (concealed by glass), lace wig hair, and embedded eyebrows. The body form of the figure is a hollow mannequin with open back, accessed through an 18 in. slit in the suit jacket. An 11 in. aluminum post extends from the figure's head, through the neck of the body, into the cavity of the mannequin, by which the head can be puppeted to turn from side to side and to nod. Exhibiting some distress to chin and staining to white shirt. In production used good condition. Accompanied by an original Warner Bros. Studios Certificate of Authenticity.

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