The original Tin Man was Buddy Ebsen.
Actually, I was thinking it would be sort of like a pet. You know, we could...we could name her Trixie, or Miss Kitty Fantastico, or something.
Tara ,'Empty Places'
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Dana - Mar 30, 2012 1:13:52 pm PDT #19123 of 30000
I haven't trusted science since I saw the film "Flubber."
Hil R. - Mar 30, 2012 1:17:30 pm PDT #19124 of 30000
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
I probably would have included Adventures of Milo and Otis on that list. There are several shots in that movie where there's really no way to get the shot other than by actually killing some animals, and the animal-welfare reports from the filming are really sketchy and vague.
§ ita § - Mar 30, 2012 1:23:57 pm PDT #19125 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I probably would have included Adventures of Milo and Otis on that list
I think if you expand the list very globally, you hit an issue of numbers even before you hit the issue of different regulations and animal welfare expectations.
We're all probably sure we shouldn't kill people to make a better movie. Perhaps.
Sean K - Mar 30, 2012 1:36:46 pm PDT #19126 of 30000
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
My understanding is that all of those stories are true.
Amy - Mar 30, 2012 1:39:48 pm PDT #19127 of 30000
Because books.
I knew about the Hitchcock and Kubrick stuff, as well as the Buddy Ebsen story.
Matt the Bruins fan - Mar 30, 2012 1:48:35 pm PDT #19128 of 30000
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
From what I'd read previously, the shooting of Cannibal Holocaust was alleged to have filmed actual rape and brutalization of some of the native extras, not simulated. Don't know if that's true, or how the filmmaker escaped conviction if so.
I've heard the part about Apocalypse Now from other sources.
Sue - Mar 30, 2012 3:00:59 pm PDT #19129 of 30000
hip deep in pie
Most of that stuff about Apocalypse Now is in the documentary Hearts of Darkness, made by Coppola's (ex?) Wife. There was a a scene where Coppola is arguing on the phone with producers in Hollywood against making Sheen's heart attack publicly known. At one point he's yelling into the phone "Marty's dead when I say he's dead!!"
Sophia Brooks - Mar 30, 2012 3:08:34 pm PDT #19130 of 30000
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
What is a little scary to me is that I really don't find much of it shocking (except lettng the extras die, WTF?) Appalling, but not surprising
Connie Neil - Mar 30, 2012 3:14:22 pm PDT #19131 of 30000
brillig
What Sophia said. Very little actually surprises me anymore.
le nubian - Mar 30, 2012 3:48:37 pm PDT #19132 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
I concur. Most of these stories I already had heard about. Not hyperbole.