Special Effects: Anything Can Happen
Directed by	Ben Burtt
Written by	Susanne Simpson Ben Burtt Tom Friedman
Produced by	Susanne Simpson Ben Stassen
Narrated by	John Lithgow
Cinematography	Pepi Lenzi Tak Fujimoto
Edited by	Ben Burtt
Music by	Christopher L. Stone
Production company	NOVA Giant Screen Films
Distributed by	IMAX Corporation
Release date	July 4, 1996 (1996-07-04)
Running time	40 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Special Effects: Anything Can Happen is an American documentary film directed by Academy Award-winning sound designer Ben Burtt and narrated by John Lithgow. It was released to IMAX theaters in 1996.

Overview

This documentary film is an exploration of special effects techniques used in motion pictures, including traditional special effects up to modern computer generated effects. It is also notable for featuring the making of the new digital effects created for the special edition version of Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope, which was released to theaters one year later in 1997.

The film was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short Subject,^[1] but lost to Breathing Lessons.