In 1982, John Landis ignored child labor laws and hired a six and seven-year-old to work on a stunt scene involving helicopters and explosives that filmed around midnight.
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Yes, the incident overseen by John Landis on the set of a Twilight Zone: The Movie that resulted in three deaths was an “accident,” but it was hardly a “fluke.” John Landis’ reckless disregard for the welfare of children, refusal to abide by child labor laws, and his carelessness in planning for a stunt created the perfect storm of conditions for the accident. Simpson’s kid saying that he didn’t murder their mother because a jury said so. To be honest, Max Landis defending his father because of an acquittal is like O.J.
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The fact that this accident, which claimed 3 lives and gave my father PTSD for my entire time of knowing him (I was born in 1985), is repeatedly retold with apocryphal elements and only cursory mention that there was a huge, well-prosecuted trial that ended in an ACQUITTAL based on YOU KNOW IT BEING AN ACTUAL FLUKE ACCIDENT and that being unequivocably proven in court is horrifying to me. In fact, go to Reddit, and see how many times it is mentioned in the context of Max Landis, so much so that a few years ago, Max Landis lashed out at Redditors: Occasionally, just occasionally these days, the internet still makes me a little sick to my stomach. Go ahead: Try and find an interview or a profile of Landis from the last decade, check the comments, and see how many times Twilight Zone was mentioned (often gruesome). The reality is, in the social media era, it’d be almost impossible for John Landis to work, because 35 years after the Twilight Zone movie, it’s the only thing people talk about online when the name of John Landis comes up. By the time that Max had written Chronicle, John was four years removed from directing an episode of Psych.
While I’m sure that Max Landis’ last name got him in the door, I’m not entirely sure that his father had enough pull left in Hollywood to get Max steady work. Max is the son of John Landis, best known for directing a string of successful movies in the late ’70s and early ’80s, including American Werewolf in London, Animal House, Blues Brothers, Trading Places, and ¡Three Amigos!, among others, before his career faded into oblivion long before Max Landis began steady work. People have been saying for years that the only reason that Max Landis - accused of emotional and sexual abuse by eight women yesterday and dropped by his management today - even had a career, to begin with, was because of his last name. ( The following is being republished because of interest generated by Shudder’s Cursed Films, and specifically a recent episode on the Twilight Zone deaths.)
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