Butcher, Baker, Nightmare Maker (DVD) Year:1982: Director: William Asher : Running Time: Release Date: The movie tells of bigoted police detective (Bo Svenson. Researchers have long-known that benzodiazepines can cause brain damage Last week, Britain's Independent newspaper published a bombshell for psychiatry and medicine. En Peliculotas nos dedicamos a subir peliculas completas en espa. Hollywood's health and safety nightmare. It was the middle of the afternoon when the emergency call came from Pinewood Studios in Buckinghamshire. A 7. 1- year- old man had injured his ankle “in an incident involving a garage door”. Paramedics on the air ambulance sent to ferry him to the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford were amazed to discover their patient was no ordinary pensioner, but Hollywood actor Harrison Ford. His ankle had been smashed by a door falling from the Millennium Falcon, the spaceship his character Han Solo flies in the original Star Wars trilogy. The week’s most popular albums across all genres, ranked by album sales, audio on-demand streaming activity and digital sales of tracks from albums, as compiled by. By Tamara Kaplan, The Pennsylvania State University 'Public Relations is the management function that establishes and maintains mutually beneficial relationships. No 7. 1- year- old, however fit, rich and famous, is going to recover quickly from such an injury. Ford is expected to miss at least eight weeks of filming on Stars Wars: Episode VII.
But many more have gone largely unreported. In fact, it’s the film industry’s dirty secret that accidents – even fatal ones – on film sets are . Factor in the constant time and money pressures, the fact that nearly everyone is freelance and working on a temporary structure, and it’s actually surprising more disasters don’t happen.” A viral image created by Twitter user Q- Tizzle after Harrison Ford's 'Star Wars' accident (@Quebec. Tango/INF/ Twitter) The majority of accidents involve falls, fight sequences and trips and slips. The most dangerous work, unsurprisingly, involves helicopter crashes, which have killed 3. US film and television workers (no British figures are available) – nearly one a year – since 1. He managed to save himself by grabbing a rail. In 2. 00. 4 a similar accident killed a crew member of 2. The Phantom of the Opera. For the rest of his career, Lloyd hid his missing fingers with a prosthetic glove. The same year, actress Lillian Gish lost the tips of her fingers to frostbite while being filmed floating on an ice floe towards Niagara Falls. Three men drowned, another lost a leg and dozens were injured, including Marion Morrison – better known by his stage name, John Wayne. During filming of 1. The Wizard of Oz, the Wicked Witch of the West, Margaret Hamilton, was badly burnt during the scene when she “vanished” in a burst of flame and smoke, when the trap door that should have removed her from the explosion was late opening. Her stunt double was injured in a scene involving a smoking broomstick, while Buddy Ebsen, originally cast as the Tin Man, had to leave the production after an allergic reaction to his make- up, resulting in a collapsed lung and lifelong breathing problems. READ: Worst film ever: the legend of Eldorado But the public became truly aware of the dangers of movie making only in 1. Twilight Zone: The Movie, a helicopter flying just eight metres off the ground got caught in the pyrotechnics and span out of control, killing actor Vic Morrow and two child actors, aged six and seven, who were being paid in cash to circumvent laws banning children from working at night. Morrow’s line, which he never got to deliver, was, “I’ll keep you safe, kids. Nothing will hurt you, I swear to God.” Investigators concluded there had been 3. In the aftermath, numerous new safety codes were implemented. Over the next four years, accidents on set fell by almost 7. While filming a Pepsi commercial in 1. Michael Jackson’s hair was set on fire by a faulty pyrotechnic, resulting in second and third- degree burns to his scalp and body. After this he became addicted to painkillers, a condition which contributed to his death in 2. Several stars, including Linda Hamilton in Terminator 2 and Bruce Willis in Die Hard, have suffered permanent hearing damage after firing guns without using earplugs. During recent filming of the third Hunger Games film, Jennifer Lawrence nearly choked to death when a fog machine suffered a “horrific” malfunction. Jennifer Lawrence, who nearly choked during filming the latest Hunger Games film (REX) Unsurprisingly, far more at risk than the stars are professional stuntmen and women, with Hollywood recording 3. Since then, increased use of computer- generated imagery in films has meant the riskiest feats can be simulated. But stunt people remain in the front line, with many unwilling to turn down jobs for fear of being blacklisted. In 1. 99. 5, respected stuntwoman Sonja Davis was killed when she hit her head making a 4. Vampire in Brooklyn. Friends said she’d refused the job initially, but then accepted after being offered more money, worried a refusal would render her unemployable. Just last month, a stuntwoman began legal proceedings after receiving “severe” burns during the making of Face Off, an American reality show in which prosthetic make- up artists compete against each other to create the sort of prostheses found in science fiction and horror films. Investigations into safety standards on Peter Jackson’s The Lord of the Rings franchise and King Kong, filmed in New Zealand, revealed that one model- maker was forced off work with permanent lung damage, allegedly after inhaling toxic chemicals. In February this year, 2. Sarah Jones was killed while filming for Midnight Rider, a biopic of singer Gregg Allman, starring William Hurt. The accident happened during a dream sequence filmed on a railway bridge; with no warning, a freight train approached. Cast and crew ran for their lives but Jones, known for her indefatigability, was mown down, apparently as she tried to rescue equipment. In a letter to the American Society of Cinematographers, Jones’s father wrote: “The industry apparently needs safer film sets, which. Also being sued is Gregg Allman, who insists he had nothing to do with choosing the train- track location and who had begged producers (eventually successfully) to abandon the film after Jones’s death. Midnight Rider's director, producer and production manager have now been charged with involuntary manslaughter, and could face up to 1. Everyone on set is always telling each other: . In an industry where nearly everyone is self- employed you daren’t stick your neck out.” “It’s absolutely true that the nature of freelance employment means no one wants to be a troublemaker,” says Martin Spence. There are idiots out there, but there are also decent producers, who will respect that.” Recently, a video went viral from the British set of a low- budget film He Who Dares 2. It appeared to show a flying door narrowly missing an actress after an explosion. Message boards were filled with anonymous posts from film workers describing similarly dangerous incidents they’d experienced or witnessed, not to mention numerous complaints about low or no pay, and appalling working conditions. When someone, especially higher- ups, decide to be reckless it becomes like playing Hacky Sack with a bag of unstable chemicals.” The film’s producer promptly had his lawyers take the clip down, and reportedly threatened crew members tempted to talk with legal action. The only time they visit is when there’s been a near miss or some other incident.” While some crew members demand statutory shorter hours, others rely on overtime earned during long days. Others worry that lobbying for tighter regulations will . In 1. 98. 8, British actor Roy Kinnear died after falling from a horse in The Return of the Musketeers. Kinnear, 5. 4, expected a double to be used for the riding sequences but, at the last minute, he wrote to his wife, Carmel: “Oh, gosh, darling. I’ve been called on to do a stunt.” Brandon Lee, who was killed while filming The Crow (REX) “Actors are inclined to take undue risks with their lives,” Carmel said later. They don’t want to hold production up. They don’t want to look silly in front of other people.” The film’s director, Richard Lester, whose credits included Superman II and A Hard Day’s Night, was so distressed he retired from film. The movie, however, was still released. Actor Brandon Lee died aged 2. The Crow in 1. 99. The film’s firearms expert had earlier been sent home. Filming continued, with Lee’s fianc. Its director, John Landis, who was eventually cleared of involuntary manslaughter, went on to direct hits such as Trading Places and Coming to America. Some speculated Ford would be filmed from the waist up, and, in the meantime, producers frantically altered schedules to keep filming on time. He has had only one safety briefing in five years of working on big shoots.
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