The Great Film Accident of the 80s

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00:00This director killed three people and never went to jail.

00:04During the production of 1983 film adaptation The Twilight Zone,

00:08on July 23rd, 1982, while filming the segment Time Out,

00:12a helicopter stunt went wrong.

00:14The actor Vic Morrow, as well as two child actors,

00:16Mika Den Lee and Renee Shin Yee Chin.

00:19A helicopter had to fly low over the actors

00:21as they ran through a simulated Vietnamese village.

00:24The helicopter, which was not supposed to fly below a certain height,

00:27collided with some cables and crashed by Morrow, Lee and Shin.

00:32The accident was caused by the failure of the production team

00:35to properly plan and execute the helicopter stunt

00:38and a subsequent investigation revealed

00:40that the production had violated several safety regulations.

00:44Landis and several members of the production team

00:46were charged with involuntary manslaughter as a result of the accident.

00:50Not guilty of involuntary manslaughter.

00:52Or were eventually acquitted in court.

00:54Is this about The Twilight Zone or is this, what is this about?

00:57No, I'm just, no, no, no, no, no, no.