Scene from “Twilight Zone – the movie”
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The tragedy on the set of the 1983 film “The Twilight Zone,” which killed Vic Morrow and two child actors, has been the subject of much debate and litigation over the past four decades.
The accident occurred during the filming of the partial episode “Time Out”, in which a man travels back to the Vietnam War and has to protect two Vietnamese children, all of which are undisputed facts.
Director John Landis had cast seven-year-old Myca Dinh Le and six-year-old Renee Shin-Yi Chen for the roles, although he had not submitted the necessary paperwork for them to appear on camera.
“No film is worth dying for”
A helicopter crashed while filming an action scene. The rotor blades decapitated Morrow and Le. Chen was crushed to death. The scene was removed from the film, and years of legal battles followed. And while no one could be held criminally responsible for the incident, the lawsuits showed that basic safety precautions were not taken.
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“No film is worth dying for,” “Twilight Zone” producer Steven Spielberg said years later. “I think people are now more resistant than ever to producers and directors who charge too much. If something is not safe, it is the right and duty of every actor or crew member to ‘Cut!’ to scream.
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