Diving into the seedy underbelly of the moviemaking is fascinating, heartbreaking, angering but also fascinating. And your enthusiasm is just like mine! I recommend "Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse" which is a documentary about the making of "Apocalypse Now". Also, the death of Sal Mineo (an Oscar nominated actor ("Rebel Without a Cause", "Giant"). The death of his co-star Natalie Wood (from "Rebel") which remains a mystery to this day (Christopher Walken was on the boat!). The curse of "The Poltergeist" movie.
Shree,the other movie tragedy in my recent memory was "The Crow".Actor Brandon Lee son of Actor and Martial Arts legend Bruce Lee.Brandon lost his life with a real bullet which people on the set thought the gun had blanks.You would think after tragedy of The Crow,that the directors,producers,prop crew of the movie "RUST"would make extremely sure that the gun did not contain real ammunition.😢
That was so tragic :( It's true, what happened on the set of Rust was unforgivable given all the safety measures put in place because of Brandon Lee's death.
Shree, it's interesting that you would post this because I had been thinking about Vic Morrow last night. As I told you in another post, I'm a 64 year old black man who loves films. Vic Morrow was my ultimate hero growing up because of watching him in the Combat series. He and Bruce Lee were my absolute favorite people on earth!! When I learned of Morrow's tragic and unnecessary death, I was devastated and later outraged! I'm tearful as I write this, but thank you so much for this expose even though I'm very familiar with the content. I still miss Vic and Bruce!!❤❤❤😊😊😊
Jennifer Jason Leigh's (Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Hateful 8 and others) dad. I remember him most as the jerk baseball coach on the original The Bad New Bears. I remember seeing the accident on a documentary a long time ago. It was quite shocking.
Very tragic that vic morrow and those kids died like that RIP. Ive seen the video on youtube of that accident a year or two ago and that was horrendous.
Looking forward to watching your video on this Shree. You always do such well researched content. Yes, the event was so tragic (I remember the aftermath very well because it was all over the news for a long time) that it has affected director John Landis, who was director of the opening/closing & segment 1 (which was the segment of when the accident occurred), along with the other segment 3 & 4 directors, Joe Dante & George Miller, executive producer & segment 2 director Steven Spielberg, the other actors and crew who worked in the film, Jennifer Jason Leigh (daughter of Vic Morrow), the parents & family of the children, other cast & crew members who were on the set when the accident happened, as well as the studio head executives at Warner Bros for years (and for many, it still affects them to this day). Various saftey standards and safety procedures within the movie industry were changed & improved upon because of the tragedy and subsequent court cases (probably one of the few good things to come out of it all)....Still the anthology film itself (although overshadowed by the accident) did honor the classic 50s tv series and it's creator Rod Sterling. As well as it did achive a small profit at the box office and on home video (although ironically not one of the five segments - 3 remakes of classic Twilight Zone episodes & 2 original segments made for the film, were at all written by creator Rod Sterling himself) plus it was popular enough that did later spawn a 80s revival/reboot of the tv series which lasted for 3 seasons (1985-1989) on CBS, which I personally did enjoy watching on TV every week back in the day (which goes to show ya how old I am, lol).
As kids me and my brothers were obsessed with the TV show 'Combat'...a WW2 show starring Vic Morrow. We were all stunned that he and the other two actors died on set. It never occurred to us that a movie set could be dangerous.
@@ShreeNation I've worked on sets/locations before. Yes time is money, but every shoot I was on safety was a priority. But the people we worked with were professionals, everyone knew their job, and everything went (mostly) smoothly. Corners were never cut. Granted we used the same people generally, so the crews were small and people worked together for years. What were they thinking? It was bad enough the chances they took...but hiring minors illegally? Not informing the guardians about the danger? That Vic Morrow died trying to save the children was even more heartbreaking. That the filmmakers tried to blame him for being killed was infuriating.
Truly one of more tragic episode in the long history of American Cinema. I recall seeing a T.V. documentary series about this airing sometime in the early 2000’s called E! True Hollywood Story or something similar to that. Namaste 🙏.
First and foremost, bravo ! This was some of the best content that i have ever viewed on You tube. You put together something that is special. Thank you for uploading this terrible event and making this great Video and holding those involved accountable for their actions and standing up for Human life. I am impressed.
Nailed it again, Shree! As I was a huge fan of all things Twilight Zone from a very young age, I was always aware broadly of what had happened but not the extensive details from your research. Absolutely enthralling. Can't wait to see what's next.
This is an excellent documentary on a needlessly tragic event. I remember seeing this in the theater when I was 21. I had heard briefly of the tragedy on the news but this was way before RUclips and social media and I knew very little about what happened or what the original plot was supposed to be. I do remember thinking on my first viewing that first segment was cliched, repetitive and ultimately bad as it was in the movie... it seemed like the Twilight Zone was unnecessarily cruel to this character, and especially disturbing considering the fate of the actor. I actually kind of loved the rest of the film, though...but my big takeaway was -and still is - Jerry Goldsmith's haunting, evocative score which I still occasionally listen to. Thank you for your great research and work on this. As far as other subjects go...I would love to see a tribute to the matte artists of classic Hollywood who gave us painted images of fantastic scenes including the Emerald City in The Wizard of Oz...it is something I considered pursuing when I was young.
Everyone was excited about the "Twilight Zone" movie being made. Then news of the helicopter crash, and on set deaths was released. Some people thought the production was cursed. When the film was released, there was a morbid curiosity about the film, that alone drove the ticket sales. It was truly a weird time for Hollywood. 😮
Wow, thanks for sharing the audience reception to the film. I hadn't even considered it 😯 I just knew the critics didn't like it as much as the series LOL... Hope you enjoy the video! ❤🙏
*_RUST_** SHOOTING WAS NOT AN ACCIDENT----- IT WAS MURDER, A PURPOSEFUL SHOOTING BY BALDWIN FOR REVENGE AGAINST HER.... HE WAS STILL ANGRY, CRAZY ANGRY OVER HER PLAN TO SHUT DOWN PROUCTION OVER _BALDWIN NEVER FIXING THE SAFETY VIOLATIONS* He pointed & shot to get her out of his hair..... that is 100% how this needs to be re-investigated.
Wow.. i heard from this but not detailed.. geez. Next time: The Tunguska inciedent - about several strong explosions on June 30, 1908 in Siberia, which have not yet been fully clarified to this day.
Thanks Shree for another great mini-documentary. It makes me angry how absolutely unconcerned with safety Landis seemed during the entire filming process. But it's almost worse how many other directors came to his defense and said he'd done nothing wrong. I get it, most of them probably knew him personally, and maybe they were thinking about how they'd done similarly shady things in their own work that never became public because nobody died. But you can't even manage something like "He let his quest for art overcome his common sense", or something like that that at least shows you understand he did something wrong? Anyway, hope you're doing well Shree, and I'm looking forward to your next video.
I grew up a big fan of John Landis's movies. An American Werewolf in London, Trading Places, Spies Like Us and Coming to America were the highlights for me. I was an adult before I became aware of this incident and, ever since then, rewatching any of these films carries a pang of guilt, because I can never entirely avoid the association with a man who not only did this but, inexplicably, got away with it. Whenever I rewatch Twilight Zone: The Movie, to this day, I will invariably skip the John Landis segment - I see no reason to taint the work of Spielberg, Dante and Miller by having it preceded by that episode. Part of me thinks, 'How in the hell was the episode that killed Vic Morrow even left in?' Out of respect they shouldn't have even included it. Just like I will never watch Alec Baldwin's Rust, I will never watch that episode again.
Agreed, they should've never kept that segment in. But I guess they knew some people were buying tickets *just* to see that part and wanted those profits :/ I'm still interested to watch Landis' films although not for his direction but more so for the actors and the writing. Thanks for watching! ❤
You are proving to be SO good at this documentary/research stuff! Please keep it up! I do remember seeing this movie in the theater as a kid and then a few years later hearing that one of the actors died in a helicopter crash. That was about all the general public understood, I think... especially in pre-Internet days. This is wild stuff. Thanks for your hard work in providing a fascinating (but obviously sad) documentary!
This all happened on John Landis' watch. It permanently ended Steven Spielberg's friendship with him. Should not ever have happened. And why John Landis was not sent to prison for this, to this day I cannot figure out why not. I was about 12 or 13 when Entertainment Tonight covered the trial. If it were up to me, they should retry the case and send John Landis to prison.
Try the movies I grew up ( if you haven't already) like the 1979 " The Warriors " - (1979 ) The Muppet Movie - Creech And Chong Up In Smoke - The Deer Hunter - Bugsy Malone ( 1976)
So Landis's career fell apart after 1988, when he was 37 (years after this). That's a drug problem (not a surprise, given who he was hanging out with in the 80s)
Great dive into a tragedy that never shoud have happened. I knew of the incident, but had never looked into the details, so this was very informative (and now I feel the need to watch Gremlins 2 to see John Landis meet a terrible fate) I hope your research didn't sour you on The Twilight Zone Movie 😅 Other horror anthologies worth checking out - Trick R Treat, Creepshow 1-3, Bodybags, Tales From The Darkside, Tales From The Hood
Thank you so much 😇 🙏 No I'm definitely looking forward to watching the rest of the segments directed by the other 3 directors. Thanks for the recommendations!
I hope you get a chance to check out the Original Twilight Zone Series...That show was before it's time...I still stream episodes from from time to time
OK, "I took a Moment to Collect MY Thoughts" (LOL) and I think I'd said everything that needed to be said🤔because I am almost Speechless after that!🤭This whole Story is Shocking indeed, and Your Presentation makes the Impact even more Stunning! In Fact, I was so Invested here today that I was Honestly Sad when the Video Ended!😢(LOL) That Brilliant Mind of Your's continues to Impress: "Bravo, Beautiful"🥰and Thank You!👍
The truth is that the John Landis segment should have been entirely removed from the film. I found it very disrespectful that they included it after such a tragedy, and even more so if we see the fate of his character in the edited segment that was left in the final cut. They should have filmed a new segment, although it could have been expensive. In any case, the movie is a mess. Spielberg's part is boring, Joe Dante's part more or less rescues the spirit of the original Twilight Zone episode, but the cartoonish style and bad special effects ruins it, and the only worthwhile segment is the one filmed by George Miller. Because of this and the unfortunate accident, the film failed miserably at the box office.
I agree so much! They definitely should have removed the first segment or filmed it with a different actor and director. But I guess profits mattered more to the studios 🙄
"Let's learn something together" - love it! / Outstanding encapsulation of The Twilight Zone.....something I've never been able to do. And you've never even seen the actual show! 😂 / You are right, no piece of art is worth it. And this wasn't even a piece of art, it was a piece of crap! You saw the segment, right? Like.....this WASN'T "Apocalypse Now"! Again, it would be inexcusable on any film set, but Vic Morrow must have been thinking that night, "Jeez, this gig sucks." People take actors for granted, they put themselves in danger all the time, and obviously stunt men too. Since the earliest days of movies, actors, crew people and stunt people have died or gotten seriously hurt. You always hear about actors breaking ribs, or getting a broken nose, or hurting their knee or ankle, doing a routine fall. And they go through it because they want to make it look good. For us! It doesn't matter if it's a great movie or a crappy one! They have to give 100%! This is why so many early movie stars, like Judy Garland or Mabel Normand got addicted to pills. The studios would give 'em to you in case you got hurt, so you could work through the pain. Or simply to keep you awake, working through long hours. One thing obviously led to Landis' hubris: if you look at ALL his previous movies, they're filled with wild stunts. Have you seen The Blues Brothers? The most spectacular car crashes ever. He had done a "guerrilla-style" shoot for American Werewolf In London, where he positioned cameras from rooftops and in one take, filmed a big car crash sequence....without getting a single permit. So he obviously was feeling over-confident, because he'd directed so many jaw dropping, mind-blowing stunt scenes. He flew too close to the sun! GREAT VIDEO!!!!!!!!!!!! Congratulations!!!!!
Thank you so much for watching 🙏❤ Yes I saw the prologue and the first 2 segments, the Spielberg directed segment was somewhat wholesome but the first 2 parts were awful! The prologue wasn't scary at all and Bill Connor's segment was even worse. And I had no idea Landis was so careless with his stunts! I don't think I've seen his films except for the Thriller music video, and now I gotta check out the behind the scenes! 🤔
@@ShreeNation He's a great comedy director, I won't lie. "American Werewolf In London" is one of my favorite horror movies, and I love "Animal House" and "Blues Brothers". But those were both all before "Twilight Zone"! I actually just came here to tell you that I'm watching an interview with one of the actors from "Veep", and he gets asked if it bothers him when stuff gets cut out that he wishes got kept in. And he said: "The only thing that sucks is when you're in a movie and they make you jump in, like, a cold lake.....and then you see the movie, and they don't even use it." And it just made me think of your video and this tragedy......and also every single scene where a character in a movie falls in the mud, or into the water, or gets spit on, or falls down and just all the stuff that happens to people in movies. I take it for granted! The history of movies is filled with stories of actors being asked to do extreme things. Malcom McDowell in Kubrick's "A Clockwork Orange" had his cornea torn! OUCH!
Oh damn, that sounds terrible! Eyes are so fragile and I can only imagine the pain :( You're right, actors and especially stuntmen aren't appreciated enough for giving their whole body to their performances.
@@ShreeNation Well,in America it could buy a 1 bed,1-bath,small mobile home the kind that has wheels.Now as for transportation,might have to call a Uber Driver to go places,😂because all the money went into mobile home.I live in one,my great grandfather owned some small mobile homes.He became a "thousand-naire." He sold them for 75 to 80 K.I have mines from a will,trust fund he left for his great grandkids.No rent which is very good I might add.His motto: No Home,No Living No Life" RIP Grandpa "BIG TUBBY"😭
I am not only disgusted by John Landis for not accepting responsibility (and for showing up at the funerals) but at the jurors who apparently set him free. This is bringing back memories of O.J. Simpson Please don't let this real-life horror story taint in any way the truly great work by Rod Serling and the talented writers and directors of the original "Twilight Zone" series
Are there any topics you'd like me to cover? Leave in the comments below :)
Diving into the seedy underbelly of the moviemaking is fascinating, heartbreaking, angering but also fascinating. And your enthusiasm is just like mine!
I recommend "Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse" which is a documentary about the making of "Apocalypse Now".
Also, the death of Sal Mineo (an Oscar nominated actor ("Rebel Without a Cause", "Giant"). The death of his co-star Natalie Wood (from "Rebel") which remains a mystery to this day (Christopher Walken was on the boat!).
The curse of "The Poltergeist" movie.
@@sarahwhite4906 Thank you so much!!
Shree,the other movie tragedy in my recent memory was "The Crow".Actor Brandon Lee son of Actor and Martial Arts legend Bruce Lee.Brandon lost his life with a real bullet which people on the set thought the gun had blanks.You would think after tragedy of The Crow,that the directors,producers,prop crew of the movie "RUST"would make extremely sure that the gun did not contain real ammunition.😢
That was so tragic :( It's true, what happened on the set of Rust was unforgivable given all the safety measures put in place because of Brandon Lee's death.
Shree, it's interesting that you would post this because I had been thinking about Vic Morrow last night. As I told you in another post, I'm a 64 year old black man who loves films. Vic Morrow was my ultimate hero growing up because of watching him in the Combat series. He and Bruce Lee were my absolute favorite people on earth!! When I learned of Morrow's tragic and unnecessary death, I was devastated and later outraged! I'm tearful as I write this, but thank you so much for this expose even though I'm very familiar with the content. I still miss Vic and Bruce!!❤❤❤😊😊😊
Thank you for your comment, I'm so glad to hear that you liked the video ❤🙏 I am definitely watching Combat after this!
Jennifer Jason Leigh's (Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Hateful 8 and others) dad. I remember him most as the jerk baseball coach on the original The Bad New Bears.
I remember seeing the accident on a documentary a long time ago. It was quite shocking.
Wow, I didn't know that! Thanks for letting me know ❤
@@ShreeNation I remember him as the star of "Combat" for years in the 60s. He was also a juvenile delinquent in the movie "The Blackboard Jungle."
Very tragic that vic morrow and those kids died like that RIP. Ive seen the video on youtube of that accident a year or two ago and that was horrendous.
Looking forward to watching your video on this Shree. You always do such well researched content.
Yes, the event was so tragic (I remember the aftermath very well because it was all over the news for a long time) that it has affected director John Landis, who was director of the opening/closing & segment 1 (which was the segment of when the accident occurred), along with the other segment 3 & 4 directors, Joe Dante & George Miller, executive producer & segment 2 director Steven Spielberg, the other actors and crew who worked in the film, Jennifer Jason Leigh (daughter of Vic Morrow), the parents & family of the children, other cast & crew members who were on the set when the accident happened, as well as the studio head executives at Warner Bros for years (and for many, it still affects them to this day). Various saftey standards and safety procedures within the movie industry were changed & improved upon because of the tragedy and subsequent court cases (probably one of the few good things to come out of it all)....Still the anthology film itself (although overshadowed by the accident) did honor the classic 50s tv series and it's creator Rod Sterling. As well as it did achive a small profit at the box office and on home video (although ironically not one of the five segments - 3 remakes of classic Twilight Zone episodes & 2 original segments made for the film, were at all written by creator Rod Sterling himself) plus it was popular enough that did later spawn a 80s revival/reboot of the tv series which lasted for 3 seasons (1985-1989) on CBS, which I personally did enjoy watching on TV every week back in the day (which goes to show ya how old I am, lol).
Thank you so much 😇 I hope you enjoy!!
You will have My Full & Undivided Attention for this month's Historic Documentary🤔and it's always a Pleasure to see You again, My Beautiful Friend!👋🥰
Yesss!! So happy to hear that 😍 See you soon!
@@ShreeNation Well, I'm Here-Now if You'd Like to "Waste Some Time Together!"😉(LOL)
As kids me and my brothers were obsessed with the TV show 'Combat'...a WW2 show starring Vic Morrow. We were all stunned that he and the other two actors died on set. It never occurred to us that a movie set could be dangerous.
Indeed... While researching for this video it blew my mind how careless the filmmakers were during this scene.
@@ShreeNation I've worked on sets/locations before. Yes time is money, but every shoot I was on safety was a priority. But the people we worked with were professionals, everyone knew their job, and everything went (mostly) smoothly. Corners were never cut. Granted we used the same people generally, so the crews were small and people worked together for years.
What were they thinking? It was bad enough the chances they took...but hiring minors illegally? Not informing the guardians about the danger?
That Vic Morrow died trying to save the children was even more heartbreaking. That the filmmakers tried to blame him for being killed was infuriating.
Truly one of more tragic episode in the long history of American Cinema. I recall seeing a T.V. documentary series about this airing sometime in the early 2000’s called E! True Hollywood Story or something similar to that. Namaste 🙏.
Thank you. I go into even more detail during this episode, hope you'll enjoy 😇🙏
@@ShreeNation Well researched. Enjoyed it very much. 🙏
@@bryanlangerud7953 thank you so much 😍🙏🙏🙏
First and foremost, bravo ! This was some of the best content that i have ever viewed on You tube. You put together something that is special. Thank you for uploading this terrible event and making this great Video and holding those involved accountable for their actions and standing up for Human life. I am impressed.
Wow, thank you so much! That really means a lot 😍🙏
Nailed it again, Shree!
As I was a huge fan of all things Twilight Zone from a very young age, I was always aware broadly of what had happened but not the extensive details from your research. Absolutely enthralling.
Can't wait to see what's next.
Thank you so much!! Appreciate your kind words 😍🙏
This is an excellent documentary on a needlessly tragic event. I remember seeing this in the theater when I was 21. I had heard briefly of the tragedy on the news but this was way before RUclips and social media and I knew very little about what happened or what the original plot was supposed to be. I do remember thinking on my first viewing that first segment was cliched, repetitive and ultimately bad as it was in the movie... it seemed like the Twilight Zone was unnecessarily cruel to this character, and especially disturbing considering the fate of the actor. I actually kind of loved the rest of the film, though...but my big takeaway was -and still is - Jerry Goldsmith's haunting, evocative score which I still occasionally listen to. Thank you for your great research and work on this. As far as other subjects go...I would love to see a tribute to the matte artists of classic Hollywood who gave us painted images of fantastic scenes including the Emerald City in The Wizard of Oz...it is something I considered pursuing when I was young.
Thank you so much for watching, and for the topic recommendation ❤ 🙏
Everyone was excited about the "Twilight Zone" movie being made. Then news of the helicopter crash, and on set deaths was released. Some people thought the production was cursed. When the film was released, there was a morbid curiosity about the film, that alone drove the ticket sales. It was truly a weird time for Hollywood. 😮
Wow, thanks for sharing the audience reception to the film. I hadn't even considered it 😯 I just knew the critics didn't like it as much as the series LOL... Hope you enjoy the video! ❤🙏
YES I DID SHREE! Can't wait for more!!@@ShreeNation
@@e.d.2096 Thank you so much, glad to hear it 😍🙏
I'm sure if the parents knew the danger the children were to be placed, they would not have agreed to their involvement in the film.
Definitely!
I remember this infamous Twilight Zone case thanks for bringing this back to my attention. This on set case/deaths were beyond tragic and shocking.
I agree. Thanks for watching 😇 🙏
@@ShreeNation Thanks for posting 🙏🏾
*_RUST_** SHOOTING WAS NOT AN ACCIDENT----- IT WAS MURDER, A PURPOSEFUL SHOOTING BY BALDWIN FOR REVENGE AGAINST HER.... HE WAS STILL ANGRY, CRAZY ANGRY OVER HER PLAN TO SHUT DOWN PROUCTION OVER _BALDWIN NEVER FIXING THE SAFETY VIOLATIONS* He pointed & shot to get her out of his hair..... that is 100% how this needs to be re-investigated.
Wow.. i heard from this but not detailed.. geez.
Next time: The Tunguska inciedent - about several strong explosions on June 30, 1908 in Siberia, which have not yet been fully clarified to this day.
Thank you for watching, and for the topic as well! I'll be looking into it right away 🙏🙏
Thanks Shree for another great mini-documentary. It makes me angry how absolutely unconcerned with safety Landis seemed during the entire filming process. But it's almost worse how many other directors came to his defense and said he'd done nothing wrong. I get it, most of them probably knew him personally, and maybe they were thinking about how they'd done similarly shady things in their own work that never became public because nobody died. But you can't even manage something like "He let his quest for art overcome his common sense", or something like that that at least shows you understand he did something wrong? Anyway, hope you're doing well Shree, and I'm looking forward to your next video.
I agree so much, at least a little acknowledgement from the other directors would've meant a lot. Thanks for watching, hope you're doing well too! 😇🙏
Sheesh all this because a director felt like doing a realistic war movie in a modern Twilight Zone episode!
I grew up a big fan of John Landis's movies. An American Werewolf in London, Trading Places, Spies Like Us and Coming to America were the highlights for me. I was an adult before I became aware of this incident and, ever since then, rewatching any of these films carries a pang of guilt, because I can never entirely avoid the association with a man who not only did this but, inexplicably, got away with it.
Whenever I rewatch Twilight Zone: The Movie, to this day, I will invariably skip the John Landis segment - I see no reason to taint the work of Spielberg, Dante and Miller by having it preceded by that episode. Part of me thinks, 'How in the hell was the episode that killed Vic Morrow even left in?' Out of respect they shouldn't have even included it. Just like I will never watch Alec Baldwin's Rust, I will never watch that episode again.
Agreed, they should've never kept that segment in. But I guess they knew some people were buying tickets *just* to see that part and wanted those profits :/ I'm still interested to watch Landis' films although not for his direction but more so for the actors and the writing. Thanks for watching! ❤
You are proving to be SO good at this documentary/research stuff! Please keep it up!
I do remember seeing this movie in the theater as a kid and then a few years later hearing that one of the actors died in a helicopter crash. That was about all the general public understood, I think... especially in pre-Internet days. This is wild stuff. Thanks for your hard work in providing a fascinating (but obviously sad) documentary!
Thank you so much, that means a lot 😍🙏
btw, shree, you ASMRed me talking about this debacle and I fell back asleep. So I'm catching up now.
Haha, I love this! I'm glad my voice was soothing enough 😌😄
Limited liability kind of has the same effect on an economy as leprosy has on a person..
I hadn't heard about this, so I was surprised when I knew who Landis was. No Spielberg, but a seriously fun resume, plus BHC3
I guess when you sign up to be a stunt double, you know what youre getting into, you have to do dangerous stunt
There are definite dangers, but there should never be permanent bodily harm or death.
This all happened on John Landis' watch. It permanently ended Steven Spielberg's friendship with him. Should not ever have happened. And why John Landis was not sent to prison for this, to this day I cannot figure out why not. I was about 12 or 13 when Entertainment Tonight covered the trial. If it were up to me, they should retry the case and send John Landis to prison.
Kick The Can - the first tragic story , the airplane story comes from an orig Twilight Zone . Some of these stories were from the orig show.
Try the movies I grew up ( if you haven't already) like the 1979 " The Warriors " - (1979 ) The Muppet Movie - Creech And Chong Up In Smoke - The Deer Hunter - Bugsy Malone ( 1976)
Awesome
Thank you 🙏
So Landis's career fell apart after 1988, when he was 37 (years after this). That's a drug problem (not a surprise, given who he was hanging out with in the 80s)
Great dive into a tragedy that never shoud have happened. I knew of the incident, but had never looked into the details, so this was very informative (and now I feel the need to watch Gremlins 2 to see John Landis meet a terrible fate)
I hope your research didn't sour you on The Twilight Zone Movie 😅
Other horror anthologies worth checking out - Trick R Treat, Creepshow 1-3, Bodybags, Tales From The Darkside, Tales From The Hood
Thank you so much 😇 🙏 No I'm definitely looking forward to watching the rest of the segments directed by the other 3 directors. Thanks for the recommendations!
I do remember watching the trial.
I hope you get a chance to check out the Original Twilight Zone Series...That show was before it's time...I still stream episodes from from time to time
Will do definitely!!
OK, "I took a Moment to Collect MY Thoughts" (LOL) and I think I'd said everything that needed to be said🤔because I am almost Speechless after that!🤭This whole Story is Shocking indeed, and Your Presentation makes the Impact even more Stunning! In Fact, I was so Invested here today that I was Honestly Sad when the Video Ended!😢(LOL) That Brilliant Mind of Your's continues to Impress: "Bravo, Beautiful"🥰and Thank You!👍
That makes me so happy to hear that you enjoyed, it's why I love making these videos 😍 Thank you so much as always for watching and for your support 🙏
@@ShreeNation You're Welcome💝and My Pleasure!🫂'Til next time...👌
The truth is that the John Landis segment should have been entirely removed from the film. I found it very disrespectful that they included it after such a tragedy, and even more so if we see the fate of his character in the edited segment that was left in the final cut. They should have filmed a new segment, although it could have been expensive.
In any case, the movie is a mess. Spielberg's part is boring, Joe Dante's part more or less rescues the spirit of the original Twilight Zone episode, but the cartoonish style and bad special effects ruins it, and the only worthwhile segment is the one filmed by George Miller. Because of this and the unfortunate accident, the film failed miserably at the box office.
I agree so much! They definitely should have removed the first segment or filmed it with a different actor and director. But I guess profits mattered more to the studios 🙄
"Let's learn something together" - love it! / Outstanding encapsulation of The Twilight Zone.....something I've never been able to do. And you've never even seen the actual show! 😂 / You are right, no piece of art is worth it. And this wasn't even a piece of art, it was a piece of crap! You saw the segment, right? Like.....this WASN'T "Apocalypse Now"! Again, it would be inexcusable on any film set, but Vic Morrow must have been thinking that night, "Jeez, this gig sucks." People take actors for granted, they put themselves in danger all the time, and obviously stunt men too. Since the earliest days of movies, actors, crew people and stunt people have died or gotten seriously hurt. You always hear about actors breaking ribs, or getting a broken nose, or hurting their knee or ankle, doing a routine fall. And they go through it because they want to make it look good. For us! It doesn't matter if it's a great movie or a crappy one! They have to give 100%! This is why so many early movie stars, like Judy Garland or Mabel Normand got addicted to pills. The studios would give 'em to you in case you got hurt, so you could work through the pain. Or simply to keep you awake, working through long hours.
One thing obviously led to Landis' hubris: if you look at ALL his previous movies, they're filled with wild stunts. Have you seen The Blues Brothers? The most spectacular car crashes ever. He had done a "guerrilla-style" shoot for American Werewolf In London, where he positioned cameras from rooftops and in one take, filmed a big car crash sequence....without getting a single permit. So he obviously was feeling over-confident, because he'd directed so many jaw dropping, mind-blowing stunt scenes. He flew too close to the sun!
GREAT VIDEO!!!!!!!!!!!! Congratulations!!!!!
Thank you so much for watching 🙏❤ Yes I saw the prologue and the first 2 segments, the Spielberg directed segment was somewhat wholesome but the first 2 parts were awful! The prologue wasn't scary at all and Bill Connor's segment was even worse. And I had no idea Landis was so careless with his stunts! I don't think I've seen his films except for the Thriller music video, and now I gotta check out the behind the scenes! 🤔
@@ShreeNation He's a great comedy director, I won't lie. "American Werewolf In London" is one of my favorite horror movies, and I love "Animal House" and "Blues Brothers". But those were both all before "Twilight Zone"!
I actually just came here to tell you that I'm watching an interview with one of the actors from "Veep", and he gets asked if it bothers him when stuff gets cut out that he wishes got kept in. And he said: "The only thing that sucks is when you're in a movie and they make you jump in, like, a cold lake.....and then you see the movie, and they don't even use it." And it just made me think of your video and this tragedy......and also every single scene where a character in a movie falls in the mud, or into the water, or gets spit on, or falls down and just all the stuff that happens to people in movies. I take it for granted!
The history of movies is filled with stories of actors being asked to do extreme things. Malcom McDowell in Kubrick's "A Clockwork Orange" had his cornea torn! OUCH!
Oh damn, that sounds terrible! Eyes are so fragile and I can only imagine the pain :( You're right, actors and especially stuntmen aren't appreciated enough for giving their whole body to their performances.
Excited ❤
Thank you, good sir 🙏
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Shree,how many rupees in India currency would $82,375 for the slap on the wrist "fine" be for The Twight Zone Movie Tragedy?
Adjusted for inflation, not even enough to buy a decent sized house. Maybe the price of a 2 bedroom apartment.
@@ShreeNation Well,in America it could buy a 1 bed,1-bath,small mobile home the kind that has wheels.Now as for transportation,might have to call a Uber Driver to go places,😂because all the money went into mobile home.I live in one,my great grandfather owned some small mobile homes.He became a "thousand-naire." He sold them for 75 to 80 K.I have mines from a will,trust fund he left for his great grandkids.No rent which is very good I might add.His motto: No Home,No Living No Life" RIP Grandpa "BIG TUBBY"😭
I am not only disgusted by John Landis for not accepting responsibility (and for showing up at the funerals) but at the jurors who apparently set him free.
This is bringing back memories of O.J. Simpson
Please don't let this real-life horror story taint in any way the truly great work by Rod Serling and the talented writers and directors of the original "Twilight Zone" series
Not at all I will definitely be watching the original series very soon :)