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From career-ending disasters to personal trauma, these films had devastating consequences. Join us as we count down the movies that changed lives for the worst. Our list includes films that led to injuries, ruined reputations, inspired real violence, and even caused deaths. Which film's impact shocked you the most?
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00:00Where's this Peck?
00:01Hey, I am Walter Peck, sir, and I'm prepared to make a full report.
00:05Welcome to WatchMojo, and today we're looking at the most negative, unforeseen effects a movie has had on the cast, crew, or audience.
00:13The gun was supposed to be empty. I was told I was handed an empty gun.
00:17Siriana, George Clooney.
00:19Complicated. You know, I may have really screwed up at work.
00:24How?
00:26I was supposed to keep my mouth shut and I didn't.
00:28Considering he took home the Golden Globe and the Academy Award, it's safe to say George Clooney left it all on the table in this political drama.
00:35But he doesn't remember the experience all that fondly.
00:38During a flubbed stunt, Clooney fell over and hit his head hard, causing the actor agonizing headaches and memory loss.
00:45He later admitted that the pain got so bad, he contemplated ending his career right then and there.
00:51And I fell over and I tore my spine and my door up in two places, you know, about an inch and a half in one and, you know, a half an inch in the other.
00:59While recent years have seen him in much higher spirits, something tells us Oscar Gold wasn't worth all that Siriana took from him.
01:07And it's really unbearably painful and you have to lay down and you can't get up.
01:11And it's, I thought I had a stroke, honestly.
01:14Psycho.
01:14Janet Leigh.
01:15If you were scared out of your mind during Marion Crane's iconic death scene, don't worry, you weren't alone.
01:21Actress Janet Leigh was right there with you.
01:24The performer was so frightened by the final cut of Marion's demise, she couldn't stomach the idea of showering ever again.
01:30It is not PR. It is true. I stopped taking showers. I will not go into a shower.
01:37Of course, Leigh eventually had to wash herself, but allegedly she always made sure doors, windows and other exits were locked right before stepping into the tub.
01:46Unless there's no other way to bathe and then the doors are open, I have something right close by and I'm facing the door and, you know, there's no curtain.
01:54The floor looks like a swimming pool, but that is the truth.
01:58It's a testament to the shower scene's visceral nature.
02:01Still, it's a shame it came at the cost of Leigh's peace of mind.
02:08The Deer Hunter, Russian Roulette Players.
02:16Michael Cimino's epic war drama is a brilliant depiction of life as a soldier.
02:20At its core is the simple game of Russian roulette, which serves as a captivating metaphor about the unpredictable stakes of battle.
02:34However, in hindsight, the film may have been a bit too emphatic with this device.
02:39In the years since the Deer Hunter's release, it's been linked to around 25 different deaths of those who were inspired to play Russian roulette because of its role in the film.
02:48There's no denying it's a great part of an even greater movie, but given the fallout, you have to wonder if it was worth the cost.
03:04Cleopatra, Elizabeth Taylor.
03:06Forget her career, Elizabeth Taylor blew up her entire life in the making of this movie.
03:11To start, her busy schedule and frequent health issues ballooned Cleopatra's budget well past the point of reasonable.
03:24Then, without the studio to back her up, there was nothing to stop the ensuing news story of the century.
03:30Taylor was having an extramarital affair with her co-star Richard Burton.
03:34Already the subject of intense media scrutiny, this scandalous turn of events marred Taylor's image beyond the point of repair.
03:52While she still acted in the coming years, it was never under the same spotlight she had before Cleopatra.
03:58What could I do? Where could I go?
04:05Rosemary's Baby, Mia Farrow.
04:07The film that catapulted Mia Farrow back to stardom is also the one that ruined her first marriage.
04:13This is no dream, this is really happening!
04:16When Farrow said, I do, to Frank Sinatra, it was under the agreement that she would retire from acting.
04:21But having grown bored with the life of a housewife, Farrow later signed on for Rosemary's Baby.
04:26It caused a massive rift in their marriage, boiling over until eventually Farrow was served divorce papers while on set.
04:34What are you talking about? What about what's fair to me?
04:38Career-wise, taking Rosemary's Baby was definitely the right call.
04:42But in terms of Farrow's personal life, that's still up for debate.
04:45I had done one movie and actually two and a TV series before that, but nothing as demanding as that film was in every scene for months and months.
04:58Reefer Madness. Pharmaceutical Reform Supporters.
05:01Long before the War on Drugs, a very vocal church decided to produce a cautionary tale about the effects of a very popular kind of recreational substance.
05:10There is no doubt that there is an organized gang distributing the narcotic to students, not only in my school, but all over the city.
05:19It was later picked up for distribution, re-edited, and turned into a cult classic by the name Reefer Madness.
05:26The movie follows a gang of high schoolers who, after indulging in the devil's lettuce, commit all sorts of morally reprehensible acts.
05:34It ranges from robbery to murder and beyond.
05:36Mary Lane was in the way. She had found him out. In a moment of anger, he deliberately and willfully killed her.
05:46Nowadays, the film's over-the-top nature has made it something of a cult hit in certain circles, but at the time, it only intensified the stigma against medical use of pharmaceuticals.
05:56I know what you want. You want to kill me. You're crazy. Take it easy, kid. I just want to talk to you.
06:09The Alamo. Lejean Etheridge.
06:11They say there are no small roles, only small actors, but sadly for Lejean Etheridge, her boyfriend, Chester Harvey Smith, disagreed.
06:20The two were both cast as extras in the John Wayne western The Alamo.
06:24However, reports claim Etheridge was given a slightly better part, the fact that Smith was none too pleased with.
06:31Will Travis. Just who do you think you are?
06:33Fearing Etheridge would leverage her fame to leave him, their relationship escalated into a bitter argument, one Etheridge never walked away from.
06:42I swear I was beginning to think these Texicans wasn't as neighborly as they might be.
06:46Allegedly, Wayne himself was called in to testify during the trial.
06:50You can't help but wonder if this could have all been avoided if Etheridge just hadn't taken the part.
06:55Ghostbusters. William Atherton.
06:57I'm Walter Peck. I represent the Environmental Protection Agency, the 3rd District.
07:03Great. How's it going down there?
07:04Walter Peck is a real piece of work, and a large part of that comes from William Atherton's slimy work in the role.
07:11However, it seems he did too good a job.
07:13In the years following Ghostbusters' smashing success, Atherton's easygoing lifestyle was routinely interrupted by hecklers and overzealous fans.
07:22And would the storage facility be located on these premises?
07:25Yes.
07:26And may I see this storage facility?
07:30No.
07:31They couldn't separate the character from the actor, and the constant ridicule made Atherton resentful of the franchise.
07:38Rumor has it, when he ran in to director Ivan Reitman, he greeted him with an argument instead of a hug.
07:43Excuse me, just where do you think you're going?
07:46Step aside, miss, or I'll have you arrested for interfering with a police officer.
07:49Oh, no, hold on. I've seen TV. I know you can't come in here without a warrant or a writ or something.
07:53It's no surprise Atherton didn't return for Ghostbusters 2.
07:57Everything was fine with our system until the power grid was shut off by d*****s here.
08:01They caused an explosion!
08:04Is this true?
08:06Yes, it's true.
08:07This man has no d*****.
08:10Jesus!
08:10Hey, hey, hey!
08:12Apocalypse Now. Cast and crew.
08:15Whether you were on camera or behind it, it was hard to walk away from this set completely unscathed.
08:21Hey, Chief, man. You guys just got blown off that bridge.
08:24You hang on, man. You're gonna be okay.
08:26For starters, it took over a full calendar year just to film the thing.
08:30Principal photography was only supposed to last five months, but Apocalypse Now was besieged by a never-ending slew of disasters.
08:37Kurtz's patrols in the Highlands coming under frequent ambush. The camp started falling apart.
08:43Storms destroyed sets, star Martin Sheen had a near-fatal heart attack, and Marlon Brando showed up to work not knowing his lines.
08:52Horror has a face.
08:56And you must make a friend of horror.
09:00Horror and moral terror.
09:03Numerous reports called it an intense, grim shooting environment, reflective of the film's gritty subject matter.
09:10If there's any silver lining, it's that Apocalypse Now is often considered one of the greatest films ever made.
09:16Heaven's Gate. Michael Cimino and future directors.
09:19After the Oscar-winning success of 1978's The Deer Hunter, visionary Michael Cimino had a blank check for his eagerly-awaited follow-up.
09:28Unfortunately, he spent all that capital on Heaven's Gate, a film so universally despised, it didn't just ruin his career, it ruined the entire framework of Hollywood.
09:41You people make me sick.
09:43By going way over budget with nothing to show for it, executives looked at Heaven's Gate as a failure of the director-driven approach to filmmaking.
09:51So, to save their bottom line, they shifted to making movies by committee, ensuring no one person could sync a film like Cimino did with Heaven's Gate.
10:01Whenever a director complains about a lack of creative control, you know who to blame.
10:06You can't fire me, Charlie.
10:11But I just quit.
10:13Transformers Dark of the Moon.
10:15Gabriella Cedillo.
10:16It's a total anarchy around here.
10:18The live-action robots in disguise are known for their overblown action sequences.
10:23But in a tragic turn of events, one sequence in Dark of the Moon became all too real for stuntwoman Gabriella Cedillo.
10:30The aspiring actress was hired as a driving extra for a chase scene.
10:34You gotta move faster, faster, mate!
10:36Go!
10:39Only for a malfunctioning wire to leave her with sky-high medical bills and permanent brain damage.
10:45Cedillo sued for damages, claiming the stunt had improper safety precautions and that the production lacked a permit for explosives.
10:53Her accusations must have held some merit because in the end, she walked away with an $18 million settlement.
11:00Cuties.
11:01May Munadupure and the cast.
11:03As early as the first trailer, online reactions lambasted this film for sexualizing its young cast.
11:11The most interesting part is that the reviews were actually good, glowing even.
11:15But the questionable subject matter was too much of a sticking point for many, with over 600,000 Netflix users vowing to cancel their subscription over the film's release.
11:25The film has recently drawn a lot of attention, with split opinions on whether or not scenes were age-appropriate for the young actors.
11:32The young cast became the center of a media storm they had little to no control over.
11:37However, it's director May Munadupure who got the worst of it, having received piles of death threats.
11:43You could say the backlash to this movie was anything but cute.
11:47Buck says the movie, quote,
11:48creates an environment that encourages the exploitation of children.
11:52I Spit on Your Grave, Camille Keaton.
11:55Town is too peaceful.
11:58I don't hear any exciting news.
12:00For an agonizing, controversial half-hour, this horror film presents the despicable reality of a woman in peril.
12:08It's a harrowing watch through and through.
12:10And understandably, actress Camille Keaton wondered if this was the best way to kickstart her career.
12:15And, well, the verdict is a mixed bag.
12:17I started looking at the script, and I thought, wow, this is a great opportunity to show my range of emotions.
12:27While the intense scandal surrounding I Spit on Your Grave catapulted Keaton to the top of the pop culture zeitgeist,
12:33its enduring legacy has made it difficult for her to step out of its shadow.
12:37She's still a busy actress, but for better or worse, she'll always be Jennifer Hills.
12:42The Blues Brothers
12:43John Belushi
12:45One of cinema's greatest comedies has a tragic story behind the scenes, and it all surrounds John Belushi.
12:51Well, thank you, Al.
12:54The day I get out of prison, my own brother picks me up in a police car.
13:00The movie was basically made atop a mountain of pharmaceuticals.
13:04In fact, writer and star Dan Aykroyd claims part of Blues Brothers' budget was set aside for that very thing.
13:11We need 5,000 bucks fast.
13:145,000 bucks?
13:16What do you think you are?
13:17The Beatles?
13:18However, its prevalence on set only worsened Belushi's reliance on the stuff, leading to many intense standoffs and arguments with cast and crew.
13:26Famous success is really difficult. I think people really embraced John and demanded a great amount from him.
13:32Considering Belushi succumbs to his substance use disorder just two years later, it's hard not to see his work in Blues Brothers as a final, desperate cry for help.
13:41The Lord works in mysterious ways.
13:45Yep.
13:45The Island of Dr. Moreau. Everyone.
13:48And I... I've almost achieved perfection.
13:52Man, you just have to feel bad for those involved in this movie.
13:56Grieving over his recent divorce, Bruce Willis dropped out of the project at the last minute.
14:00Willis' replacement, Val Kilmer, was served divorce papers partway through filming, causing bursts of rage.
14:07Then there's Marlon Brando, who was dealing with his own issues and almost never bothered learning his lines.
14:13He never would learn his lines, and he had Carol and his assistant read lines from the trailer into his little earpiece.
14:24And that's if he showed up to set at all.
14:27Oh, my word. You startled me.
14:30Combine all of that with a director replacement, and it makes sense why The Island of Dr. Moreau is such a career-ending dumpster fire.
14:37For the reputation of those involved, it probably would have been better if it hadn't been made at all.
14:43The Shining. Shelley Duvall.
14:45Are you a Wendy or a Freddie?
14:48I'm a Wendy.
14:49Oh, Wendy. That's nice. That's the prettiest.
14:52In order to turn The Shining into the cinematic staple it's revered as today, director Stanley Kubrick pushed everyone to their absolute limit.
15:00But none more so than star Shelley Duvall.
15:03Kubrick clashed with the actress over her delivery and technique, creating an extremely toxic work environment.
15:09Some claim Duvall was forced to do takes dozens, if not hundreds, of times until Kubrick was satisfied, a feat that eventually led to the actress collapsing from exhaustion.
15:19What do you want to talk about?
15:20I... I can't really remember.
15:32You can't remember.
15:34Even worse, much of Duvall's role was left on the cutting room floor anyways.
15:38Beloved film or not, that's tough to justify.
15:41No!
15:42No!
15:43Cannibal Holocaust.
15:49The Crew.
15:50Oh, good lord.
15:52It's...
15:53It's unbelievable.
15:55It's...
15:56It's horrible.
15:57In a weird kind of backwards compliment, this horror film was so ridiculously brutal, it actually got the filmmakers arrested.
16:04That's no hyperbole.
16:06Cannibal Holocaust follows a documentary crew's graphic run-in with a tribe of, you guessed it, cannibals.
16:11However, this early example of found footage proved too real for audiences of the time.
16:16Stuff they shot could really gut punch you.
16:18Yeah, I can imagine.
16:20Their ratings were fantastic, you know, higher than most of the big comics.
16:24And did they know how to play an audience?
16:26Alan especially.
16:27The film was banned from several countries, and the Italian government charged the director, screenwriter, and producers with obscenity.
16:34While Cannibal Holocaust has since garnered a surprisingly large underground following, we can't help but wonder whether the filmmakers think it was worth it or not.
16:43Stalker.
16:44Cast and crew.
16:45In this psychedelic think piece, three people embark on a thought-provoking journey through a hazardous wasteland, in order to achieve their deepest desires.
17:05Only the hazards the team faced along the way weren't just for the camera.
17:09It started as a breakout of allergies, and then a few years after Stalker wrapped, several members of the cast and crew were suddenly diagnosed with lung cancer.
17:26As it turns out, the chemical plants they shot Stalker at weren't sets, but real, actual biohazard facilities.
17:33While it's impossible to ever definitively know, the evidence all points to Stalker's production being ground zero.
17:49The Wizard of Oz.
17:51Judy Garland.
17:52Follow the yellow brick road, all the way to Hollywood infamy.
17:56That's right.
17:57Despite The Wizard of Oz's irrefutable place in cinema history, it's now overshadowed by the abhorrent treatment of Judy Garland.
18:04The film was produced smack dab in the middle of the studio's attempts to mold her into the quintessential It Girl, no matter how much it damaged her mental state.
18:13You're a very bad man.
18:16Oh, no, my dear.
18:17I'm a very good man.
18:19Garland found no support on set, with the cast and crew either harassing her further or ignoring her altogether.
18:26You're just like all the other ones.
18:30You sit on the sidelines and you watch the show.
18:35If you're wondering how on earth she looks so happy when singing over the rainbow, it's because she was on a mandatory cocktail of uppers.
18:43To her, Oz wasn't a dreamland, it was a nightmare.
18:46Judy, I'm sorry, but that is not what I'm trying to do.
18:48I'm trying to help you.
18:49Don't Judy me.
18:50You're not my friend.
18:52Rust.
18:53Helena Hutchins.
18:54In 2021, a film set turned deadly when a prop gun discharged a live bullet in the middle of a scene.
19:01The victim, stuntwoman Helena Hutchins, suffered fatal injuries, igniting a media storm the likes of which the film industry hadn't seen in years.
19:09This is a crime scene.
19:10Dozens of crew members were interviewed who paint a picture of what happened on set.
19:14Reportedly, neither actor Alec Baldwin or first assistant director David Hall were aware the prop gun was loaded.
19:21That didn't help their case, though, and only stirred up more conversation about negligence on film sets.
19:27Both Baldwin and armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed were charged with involuntary manslaughter, with the latter being found guilty.
19:35The distraught 24-year-old is seen with investigators, second-guessing her time on the set.
19:40Wish I would have checked it more.
19:41The film eventually re-entered production, with Helena's husband serving as executive producer, and was formally released in 2025.
19:49The Passion of the Christ.
19:51Jim Caviezel.
19:52Life I...
19:53And I stick I...
19:56Like I...
19:59Some find Mel Gibson's interpretation of Jesus' crucifixion inspirational.
20:03Others see it as a relentless test of endurance.
20:06For Jim Caviezel, the experience was a bit of both.
20:09As a devout Catholic, Caviezel was dedicated to his role.
20:12But Jesus' on-screen torment isn't far from what the actor faced.
20:16In addition to getting pneumonia and hypothermia, Caviezel was accidentally lashed, dislocated his shoulder, and got struck by lightning.
20:24Which was actually half the amount of times production assistant Jan Michelini was struck.
20:29Although the film broke box office records, Hollywood essentially turned its back on Caviezel.
20:33While Caviezel has since found success, with a Passion sequel in development, his on-set injuries and the film's effects on his career remain a cross to bear.
20:42I was on a lot of medication until 2009 was my first surgery.
20:48Napoleon Dynamite.
20:49Carlos and Efren Ramirez.
20:51How long did it take you to grow that mustache?
20:54A couple of days.
20:56I wish I could grow one.
20:58Going from Sundance darling to a surprise phenomenon, Napoleon Dynamite turned its cast into icons.
21:04For Pedro actor Efren Ramirez, this extended to his identical twin brother, Carlos.
21:10In what sounds like something out of a 90s sitcom, Carlos began making public appearances as Efren.
21:16Carlos claimed he initially had his brother's blessing, since Efren couldn't be everywhere.
21:20Over time, though, Carlos started impersonating his brother without permission.
21:25Carlos was also resentful regarding a girl Efren was dating.
21:28Efren eventually sent a cease and desist, threatening to sue Carlos for $10 million.
21:34Carlos stopped and expressed a desire to reconcile with his brother.
21:38Still, he suspected that the magnitude of Napoleon Dynamite, and everything that has come along with it, has ruined his relationship with his twin.
21:45If you vote for me, all of your wildest dreams will come true.
21:52Taxi driver.
21:53James Brady.
21:54Now I see it clearly.
21:56My whole life is pointed in one direction.
21:59I see that now.
22:01There never has been any choice for me.
22:04This Martin Scorsese classic centers on Travis Bickle, a veteran compelled to assassinate a presidential candidate.
22:10While Bickle backs out, the film inspired John Hinckley Jr. to shoot then-President Ronald Reagan.
22:16Reagan was only wounded, but Officer Thomas Delahanty, Agent Tim McCarthy, and Press Secretary James Brady were caught in the crossfire.
22:24Where McCarthy fully recovered, nerve damage forced Delahanty into early retirement.
22:29Brady also survived, but his life changed the most.
22:32In addition to requiring a wheelchair, Brady was left with slurred speech, partial paralysis, and short-term memory impairment.
22:39Although his career in the White House was over, Brady became a major gun control advocate, leading to the Brady Bill.
22:46Brady's life nonetheless ended tragically, with the gunshot wound taking its toll in 2014.
22:51James Brady has died, the press secretary to President Reagan, who was wounded during the 1981 assassination attempt on the president.
23:00Life for Brady was never the same.
23:02Death in Venice, Bjorn Andersen.
23:05Go away immediately, don't delay.
23:07Please, I beg you.
23:10Take, take that seal and your daughters.
23:14I implore you.
23:15This drama from Italian director Lucchino Visconti turned relative newcomer Bjorn Andersen into, quote, the most beautiful boy in the world.
23:23As the headlines put it, in the film, Andersen played Tadzio, the young object of an aging composer's affection.
23:30Andersen was only a teenager at the time, feeling in retrospect that Visconti had sexualized him.
23:36Despite his young age, Andersen became a sex symbol and an LGBTQIA plus icon.
23:42Andersen isn't gay, but many assumed he was.
23:44The crew even took him to a gay nightclub.
23:47The unwanted attention the role brought stayed with Andersen, who grappled with substance use, depression, and trauma in the years that followed.
23:54But you can't expect life to illuminate the target and steady your aim.
24:01The creation of beauty and purity is a spiritual act.
24:05The Birds, Tippi Hedren.
24:07Daddy, there were hundreds of them.
24:10No, I'm not hysterical. I'm trying to tell you this as calmly as I know how.
24:13Although Melanie Daniels would be a star-making role for Tippi Hedren, her fame essentially began and ended with Alfred Hitchcock.
24:20Not only did the phone booth scene leave her with cuts, Hitchcock decided to switch out the mechanical birds with real ones at the 11th hour, putting Hedren through five days of terror.
24:30The two nevertheless reunited for the film Marnie, which is where Hedren claims Hitchcock started making unwanted sexual advances.
24:38Hedren finished the film, but she was done with Hitchcock afterward.
24:41A few more roles came Hedren's way, albeit none on par with Melanie or Marnie.
24:46While acting continued to run in her family, it's debatable whether the Birds made Hedren's career or prevented her from reaching greater heights.
24:54What did he say to you?
24:55He said, I'll ruin your career.
24:57Wow.
24:58I said, do what you have to do, and out the door I went.
25:02Roar.
25:02The cast and crew.
25:04Say hello to Henry the jaguar, would you?
25:06Not today.
25:06Remember when we said Tippi Hedren appeared in several other projects after ditching Hitchcock?
25:11One was Roar, which she made with husband Noel Marshall to spotlight African wildlife.
25:16After the Birds, you'd think Hedren would avoid working with live animals again.
25:20For Roar, though, the filmmakers used actual lions, tigers, and other large cats.
25:25Untrained ones, we might add.
25:27It's been estimated that 70 people were injured working on the film, with cinematographer
25:32Jan de Bont getting scalped.
25:35A lion bit Hedren in the neck, and an African elephant fractured her ankle, giving her gangrene.
25:40Marshall also got gangrene following multiple life-threatening animal attacks.
25:45Even Hedren's daughter Melanie Griffith was mauled, requiring facial surgery.
25:50There were no fatalities, but the scars left a lasting impression.
25:54Oh, that's Johnny Lyon.
25:55You never have to worry about John.
25:58The Blair Witch Project.
25:59Heather Donahue.
26:00Witches in days gone by were roasted just like my Vienna sausage.
26:05Flames are licking you like the devil there, Josh.
26:08We're still baffled that Heather Donahue won a Razzie for The Blair Witch Project.
26:12Her committed performance is one of the reasons so many believed the film was a legitimate documentary.
26:17Of course, when the truth came out, some audiences felt deceived, giving the film an infamous reputation.
26:24This made it harder for Donahue to find work, and even led to her being harassed.
26:28Retiring from acting in 2008, Donahue became a writer and recreational pharmaceutical enthusiast.
26:34She still struggled to separate herself from the film, sharing the same name as her character.
26:40For the 2016 Blair Witch sequel, which centers on Heather's brother, Lionsgate made a conscious
26:45effort not to mention Donahue's last name.
26:48Regardless, Donahue changed her name to Ray Hance in 2020.
26:52Let's see why you like this video camera so much.
26:56You do?
26:57It's not quite reality.
26:59Last tango in Paris.
27:01Maria Schneider.
27:02Go get the butter.
27:02When Maria Schneider was cast opposite Marlon Brando in this erotic romance, it seemed like
27:12a life-changing role.
27:13It was, but not for all the reasons Schneider hoped.
27:16While the actors were praised for their authentic performances, a particular scene hit too close
27:20to reality.
27:21Brando and director Bernardo Bertolucci devised an unscripted assault scene that Schneider only
27:27learned about right before filming.
27:29Brando's on-screen actions might have been staged, but Schneider's tears were real.
27:34The experience left her with a mix of anger, humiliation, and regret, feeling as if she
27:39had been assaulted.
27:40What followed was a spiral involving substance use, depression, and attempts on her own life.
27:45Schneider wished she had spoken up on set, but she became a prominent voice for women's
27:49rights.
27:50Wait a minute.
27:52Maybe there's jewels in it.
27:56Maybe there's gold.
27:57Resident Evil The Final Chapter
27:59Olivia Jackson
28:00Director Paul W.S.
28:02Anderson pushed the action with each of his Resident Evil adaptations.
28:06With the sixth and final installment, he pushed too far.
28:16Stuntwoman Olivia Jackson was doubling for Mila Jovovich when her motorcycle crashed directly
28:21into a crane-mounted camera.
28:24Seventeen days later, she awoke from a coma to learn that her left arm was gone.
28:28It would be years before she recovered from other injuries and facial reconstruction.
28:32What's the last thing you remember?
28:34I remember up until the very impact.
28:36It turned out that Anderson had made a slight camera adjustment without informing Jackson.
28:42That was all it took for disaster to strike.
28:44Jackson may have won a lawsuit in 2020, but there's no compensation for the loss of her
28:49career and old life.
28:50And Jackson has resumed activities that she loves.
28:54Martial arts, swimming, and riding a bike.
28:58The Amityville Horror
28:59Amityville Homeowners
29:00A house in Long Island's Amityville was the scene of Ronald DeFeo Jr.'s grisly famlicide
29:06in 1974, then alleged paranormal activity, the following year.
29:11This inspired a book that in turn inspired a film franchise spanning decades.
29:25The original house has had so many tourists that it's been passed through a number of owners.
29:30But with all of the residents scared off by the true terror of horror enthusiasts, the
29:35Lutz family cannot escape their fame over their supposed supernatural trauma.
29:39They've also filed multiple lawsuits over defamation and the use of their brand in unrelated
29:44Amityville horror sequels.
29:46George Lutz dislikes the recent film so much that he is suing its makers, MGM.
29:51This is the latest of many legal actions he has taken over the years.
29:55Though even the Lutzes debate the facts in their story, they and that house's other residents
30:00agree that they've been haunted by this franchise.
30:03It's the most documented event of its kind.
30:07American Me – Mafiosos
30:10Edward James Olmos took on the Mexican Mafia of Los Angeles with raw honesty.
30:15Of course, the Mexican Mafia felt that American Me was too honest.
30:19Except where it potentially defamed La M.A. legend Rodolfo Cadena.
30:24Until now, I would have thought it a sign of weakness to even listen to what you said to me that night.
30:30Danny Trejo, who consulted on the production, claims that about ten colleagues were murdered
30:35for their involvement.
30:36There were four out here, and about, I think, six in prison.
30:41It's at least confirmed that three active or former mafiosos were targeted specifically
30:46over a scene depicting male-on-male assault.
30:49This mob takes machismo very seriously.
30:51Never mind the veil of secrecy and menace that almost tore down.
30:56I'm sorry.
30:57According to American Me, these lives were already ruined by organized crime.
31:03Their being ended over a movie further exposes the madness that almost wanted to scare people
31:08away from.
31:16Sideways, Merlot Growers
31:17If they want to drink Merlot, we're drinking Merlot.
31:20No, if anybody orders Merlot, I'm leaving.
31:21Alexander Payne's dramedy about two wine connoisseurs touring Santa Barbara County had
31:26a surprising ripple effect.
31:28Audiences seem to have been paying close attention to the wine preferences of Paul Giamatti's
31:33character Miles.
31:34Why are you so into Pinot?
31:36I mean, it's like a thing with you.
31:41I don't know.
31:43I don't know.
31:44Um, it's a hard grape to grow.
31:47While sales of Pinot Noir, which he loved, saw a significant bump, those of Merlot, which
31:52he detested, fell by 2%.
31:54This proved financially disastrous in California's wine country, where Merlot accounted for around
32:0020% of sales.
32:01It took nearly two decades for the market to bounce back.
32:04In that time, many winemakers found their livelihoods compromised by one single movie.
32:09Sideways may be widely acclaimed, but it doesn't have as many fans in the wine industry as you'd
32:27think.
32:28The Goonies, Sandy Preston.
32:30The Walsh House in Astoria, Oregon is the treasure of adventurous Goonies fans around
32:48the world.
32:48One such fan, a woman named Sandy Preston, bought the property in 2001, but realized that
32:54her dream was actually a nightmare.
32:55The house soon became overwhelmed with visitors, some of whom even stole her wallpaper.
33:00Preston subsequently became much less welcoming, thankfully without resorting to the Fratelli's
33:06attitude toward trespassers.
33:08Hit puree!
33:09No!
33:10I'm too young!
33:12Now!
33:12I want to play the violin!
33:14Not my hand!
33:16She just briefly forbade visitors following the film's 30th anniversary event.
33:20In 2022, Preston listed the house for $1.65 million, and it was sold in just six days.
33:27While that might not make up for over 20 years of intrusion, we hope that the new owners get
33:32a better return on their investment.
33:33For Goonies around the world, just know this.
33:37This is our time.
33:38It's our time right now.
33:40The Conqueror, Cast and Crew
33:42Hollywood's dramatization of the rise of Genghis Khan was considered a disaster from the
33:47beginning.
33:48It's now best known for the shocking miscast of John Wayne as the fearsome Mongol leader.
33:53This day I have long awaited, and now I am beset by weaklings and traitors.
34:00But there was another horrifically misguided production decision.
34:03Because so much of The Conqueror was filmed downwind of a nuclear testing site in Utah,
34:08the cast and crew were exposed to radiation over extended periods.
34:12About 41% of the crew went on to be diagnosed with cancer.
34:16Half of them did not survive.
34:25They were among the countless so-called downwinders, who were contaminated by nuclear fallout from
34:31testing sites throughout the western United States.
34:33It turns out that The Conqueror is not just a bad movie, but was an actual disaster.
34:38Guard yourself well, my brother.
34:41What ventures without hazard?
34:44Deliverance
34:44The People of Raybun County
34:46Talk about genetic deficiencies.
34:50Isn't that pitiful?
34:52Who's picking a manger here?
34:53The groundbreaking thriller Deliverance practically made Georgia a highly sought-after film production
34:58destination.
34:59However, the movie still has a more mixed reputation among the residents of Raybun County, where it
35:04was shot.
35:05Well, gentlemen, we can talk this thing over.
35:07What is it you require of us?
35:09Well, we require that you get your goddamn ass up in them woods.
35:13All right, now, look.
35:14You hear me now, Tanner.
35:16Okay, all right.
35:17Sure, the economy flourished from tourism along the Chattooga River, but the local population
35:22has had to suffer overcrowding in their community and ruinous stigma beyond.
35:27Deliverance has been credited with widely popularizing, degrading, frightening stereotypes
35:32about the Deep South that persist today.
35:34The people of Raybun County are, of course, facing this fallout more directly.
35:39Don't come back up here.
35:42You don't have to worry about that, Sheriff.
35:44Banjo boy Billy Redden may still encourage his community to embrace their place in film
35:49history.
35:50For many of his neighbors, though, that's not worth the decades of negative perceptions.
35:54Can you play the banjo for us?
35:56Nope.
35:58You can't play it at all?
35:59Nope.
36:00The Blind Side, Michael Orr.
36:03For every fan of the sports biopic The Blind Side, there's a critic of its questionable racial
36:08representation.
36:09One of them is Michael Orr himself, whose life the film is based on.
36:13And I promise that I will be at every game cheering for you.
36:19Every game?
36:20Every game.
36:21The former NFL lineman felt that the movie belittled his intelligence and agency in his
36:26athletic career.
36:27He also alleged that this negatively affected his status on the field.
36:31When I could have dropped out in sixth, seventh grade, man.
36:34And when somebody else get that credit, yeah, it pisses you off.
36:38It pisses me off.
36:40Orr tried to set the record straight with an autobiography that elaborated on his disappointment
36:44in The Blind Side and its offensive liberties.
36:47But by then, the damage was seemingly already done.
36:50It's really, really sad.
36:56I think you just found something to write about, Michael.
36:58Just goes to show that even an underdog story with the best of intentions can apparently
37:03blindside its subject.
37:05The Conjuring.
37:06Gerald Helfrich and Norma Sutcliffe.
37:09Wanna play hide and clap?
37:10The Perrin family may have dealt with supernatural intruders in 1971, but Gerald Helfrich and
37:20Norma Sutcliffe were later haunted by many physical ones.
37:23We have no longer have any sense of peace.
37:27No privacy is totally gone.
37:29Ed and Lorraine Warren's paranormal investigation into the Perrin's farmhouse was the basis for
37:34the 2013 smash hit The Conjuring.
37:36This launched a film franchise and horror fan pilgrimage to the Rhode Island plot, then
37:42owned by Helfrich and Sutcliffe.
37:43The couple not only dealt with trespassers, but vandalism and threats of violence.
37:48Naming some 500 incidents, they sued the film's producers for damages in 2015.
37:53It is harassment, stalking, and that's how it comes across to us.
38:00Four years later, Helfrich and Sutcliffe finally sold the house to paranormal investigators who
38:05converted it into a museum.
38:07The nightmare was over, but with a family driven out of their home of 32 years.
38:11Natural Born Killers, Copycat Crime Victims
38:15Oliver Stone didn't pull any punches in condemning America's violence culture through the exploits
38:21of a serial killer couple.
38:26Now!
38:27There is no escape in here!
38:30Many critics didn't completely get the irony.
38:32Tragically, neither did some disturbed individuals.
38:36Natural Born Killers inspired a number of violent criminal acts and murder sprees by copycats.
38:41Most of them, teenagers.
38:43Hey, Jack.
38:45Nicky's back.
38:46Perhaps the most famous crime was the Columbine High School Massacre.
38:50Stone and Time Warner were hit with an incitement lawsuit that dragged on for six years before
38:55being dismissed.
38:56There are always much deeper catalysts for copycat criminals than where they get their twisted ideas.
39:02Still, while Natural Born Killers has an important message behind its horror,
39:06the way in which it was delivered was adapted to cause so much suffering.
39:10It's just murder, man.
39:12All God's creatures do.
39:14Erin Brockovich.
39:15Erin Brockovich.
39:16What can I do for you, Erin?
39:19Well, believe it or not, I'm on the prowl for some water records.
39:24You come to the right place.
39:26I guess I do.
39:27Single mother and paralegal Erin Brockovich saved a lot of lives by exposing groundwater
39:32contamination in Hinkley, California.
39:35The Julia Roberts-led film about her crusade was a massive success and made Brockovich a
39:39celebrity environmental activist.
39:41This newfound status, however, came to be a major burden.
39:44And I could see that it was affecting my children, my relationship, my friends.
39:52I could see jealousy coming up.
39:55I could see anger.
39:56I could see frustration.
39:58I could see people's agendas.
40:01Exhausting public pressure and professional obligations frequently tore Brockovich away from
40:05her children.
40:06She even struggled to find time to support her daughter Elizabeth through struggles with
40:11substance use disorder.
40:12What happened was, it became more important to earn that next paycheck.
40:16It became more important, oh, I have to do an interview, than it was to see that I had
40:22a kid maybe in trouble.
40:24More than 20 years later, Brockovich is still fighting the good fight in the public eye.
40:29Her family is also in good health.
40:31But as tough as their lives were before they became movie stars, fame apparently didn't
40:35bring much fortune.
40:36Six.
40:37That's how old my other daughter is.
40:39Eight is the age of my son.
40:40Two is how many times I've been married and divorced.
40:43Sixteen is the number of dollars I have in my bank account.
40:46Eight, five, oh, three, nine, four, three.
40:48That's my phone number.
40:49And with all the numbers I gave you, I'm guessing zero is the number of times you're going to
40:53call it.
40:53The Message.
40:55B'nai B'rith Hostages.
40:56Mohammed, when I hunt the desert at night, I know God is not kept in the house.
41:06By the 1970s, misrepresentation of Islam was becoming widespread in Western media.
41:12Syrian-American filmmaker Mustafa Akkad responded with an epic dramatization of the religion's
41:17founding.
41:19The Prophet has seen you.
41:20You're not to rope or drag the prisoners.
41:22They have roped us.
41:23Cut them loose.
41:24The message was both critically acclaimed and controversial.
41:29Though Akkad was careful to avoid directly depicting the Prophet Muhammad, the extremist Hanafi movement mistakenly believed that Hollywood star Anthony Quinn was cast in the part.
41:39They retaliated with an armed siege of the Washington, D.C. chapter of the Jewish service group B'nai B'rith.
41:46This resulted in the message being temporarily pulled from theaters and failing at the box office.
41:51Worse, the hostage crisis ended in the loss of two lives and unimaginable trauma.
41:56Even today, the horror of it all still causes me feelings of pain and anxiety.
42:04Despite Akkad's noble intentions, this tragedy shows the consequences of any movie's message being misconstrued.
42:11Star Wars Episode I – The Phantom Menace – Ahmed Best
42:15Everyone knows the tragedy of The Phantom Menace wrecking Jake Lloyd's career and childhood.
42:20Not enough people recognize what Ahmed Best went through as the voice and motion capture performer of the near-universally hated Jar Jar Binks.
42:29What should have been Best's breakout role wound up a stain on his career and mental health.
42:41He even considered taking his own life.
42:43Instead, he continued to play Jar Jar with utmost professionalism.
42:47At least until his Annie Award-winning spoof on Robot Chicken.
42:51Best is now in a good place, teaching at Stanford University, and recast in Star Wars in the much more dignified role of Jedi Master Kelleran Beck.
43:04Still, that can't make up for his particularly painful years of Jar Jar Binks.
43:09Everything's gonna be alright, kid.
43:11Le Mans – David Piper
43:13This isn't just a thousand to one shot.
43:16This is a professional blood sport, and it can happen to you.
43:21And then it can happen to you again.
43:23As an avid motorsports enthusiast, Steve McQueen was heavily invested in the production of his 1971 film about the racing tournament 24 Hours of Le Mans.
43:32The project was plagued by multiple difficulties, and eventually bombed at the box office with polarized reviews.
43:39This was by no means its only tragedy.
43:42Veteran driver David Piper participated in one of the racing sequences, and crashed his signature Porsche 917 in the process.
43:50The resulting injuries were so severe that one of his legs had to be partly amputated.
43:55When people risk their lives, shouldn't it be for something very important?
44:06Well, it better be.
44:07Piper would go on to race again years later, but what should have been a small movie part, essentially turned out to be a life-changing tragedy.
44:14Darling, does it really matter?
44:18Yes, it does.
44:20But you're going to quit anyway?
44:22Yeah.
44:24But not this way.
44:26Dog Day Afternoon – John Wustowich
44:29On the afternoon of August 22, 1972, John Wustowich ruined his own life with a botched bank robbery in Brooklyn.
44:36At least he enjoyed celebrity status in prison when the story inspired the classic thriller Dog Day Afternoon.
44:42I'm a Catholic, and I don't want to hurt anybody, understand?
44:46After he did his time, however, that story cost Wustowich professional and financial security.
44:51Any hope of leaving behind his old life was gone.
44:54Moreover, he claimed that the morally ambiguous Sonny Wustowich was still defamatory.
44:59Say what you will about John, but at least he was loyal to his partner in crime.
45:03Wustowich died almost 20 years after prison, having been living on welfare and with his mother.
45:08It's no secret that crime doesn't pay, but sometimes true crime movies can be even more costly.
45:14And I wanted to be a security guard.
45:16I said I'm the guy from Dog Day Afternoon.
45:18Nobody's gonna rob the Dog's bank.
45:20Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
45:22Adriana Casalotti
45:24Children have dreamt of being a Disney princess since the 1930s.
45:27The very first one, however, found that it was nothing to wish for.
45:31Adriana Casalotti's enchanting voice work as Snow White should have guaranteed her lifelong stardom.
45:41But she was not credited in the movie, and was forbidden to promote herself.
45:45Casalotti sued Disney for a soundtrack stipend, and she was hardly heard from again.
45:50The theory is that her voice was too distinctive for her to get other roles.
46:05It's also rumored that Walt Disney had her blacklisted.
46:08Either way, aside from a few roles and reprising Snow White, Casalotti's acting career was stagnant.
46:14She found success in opera, but her film fantasies were crushed by the realities of working for Disney.
46:24A Clockwork Orange
46:26Linda Grimm and Linda Wardle
46:28Stanley Kubrick's examination of psychopathy in modern society is hailed as a masterpiece.
46:33But upon its release, A Clockwork Orange was condemned for going too far with its graphic violence.
46:38Alleged copycat crimes became so rampant that Kubrick personally had the movie banned from the UK in 1973.
46:49You proved to me that all this ultraviolence and killing is wrong, wrong, terribly wrong!
46:56Nonetheless, the most high-profile case was in 1989 and 2002, when Peter Foster murdered his wives Linda Grimm and Linda Wardle.
47:04The so-called Clockwork Orange Killer had a history of violence against women, but it escalated after he saw his favorite movie.
47:11Despite his self-censorship, Kubrick always held that disturbed minds are fundamentally responsible for copycats.
47:17Whatever would have inspired such ultraviolence otherwise, Grimm and Wardle suffered for their husband's love of one movie.
47:24He was a menace. We put him away for his own protection, and also for yours.
47:29War Games
47:31Aaron Swartz
47:32Wouldn't you prefer a good game of chess?
47:36Later. Let's play. Global Thermonuclear War.
47:44The dangers of computer hacking went mainstream with the 1980s cult classic War Games.
47:48It even influenced the United States' Computer Fraud and Abuse Act.
47:52The punitive measures the bill outlines might not be unreasonable for a hacker who nearly triggers a nuclear war.
47:58Alas, its broad definition of unauthorized computer access meant tragedy for internet activist Aaron Swartz.
48:06I mean, what do you believe needs to be done to modernize that law?
48:10Well, at the moment, that law makes it a felony for you to give your password to HBO to a friend. That has to be changed.
48:19In 2011, Swartz was charged with hacking into MIT's network to download academic articles.
48:25The university didn't want to file charges.
48:28But with federal prosecutors taking over, Swartz was likely to face devastating fines and prison time.
48:34Just before his trial, he took his own life.
48:37Do you believe that if the criminal justice system hadn't failed Aaron, do you believe he'd be alive today?
48:44Without question.
48:45Hacking may be no game.
48:47But this was just the most high profile of many extreme legacies of the so-called War Games scare.
48:53Citizen Kane, William Randolph Hearst, Marion Davies, and Orson Welles.
48:59Hello, Jedediah.
49:05Hello, Charlie.
49:08I didn't know we were speaking.
49:11Sure we're speaking, Jedediah.
49:15You're fired.
49:16Newspaper tycoon William Randolph Hearst's yellow journalism was rarely as sensational as his own villainy.
49:22This was the main inspiration for Orson Welles' Citizen Kane.
49:25No, I don't know many people.
49:27I know too many people.
49:28I guess we're both lonely.
49:32Despite Hearst's efforts to suppress it, the film has become recognized as one of the greatest ever made.
49:37Hearst's true character was also popularly immortalized.
49:40Of course, his lover, Marion Davies, suffered more as the model for Charles Foster Kane's talentless trophy wife.
49:48Herself a renowned entertainer, Davies saw her personal career and legacy permanently tarnished.
49:54As for Welles, he was very open about his dramatic, artistic, and financial decline ever since his feud with Hearst.
50:01Citizen Kane did indeed show how the mighty truly fall.
50:04While Hearst thrived despite his reputation, the innocent Davies and noble Welles fell hardest.
50:11You know, Mr. Bernstein, if I hadn't been very rich, I might have been a really great man.
50:21The Crow, Brandon Lee.
50:23If the people we love are stolen from us, the way to have them live on is to never stop loving them.
50:29The Crow is about a musician whose life is cut tragically short, but he returns as an immortal symbol.
50:35This story hauntingly mirrored reality in ways nobody could have predicted.
50:39Lee's performance solidified him as a cinematic icon, but he didn't live to see the ensuing success.
50:45As production neared end, the crew still needed to film a scene where Lee's character gets shot.
50:50The scene seemingly went as planned until the filmmakers realized Lee wasn't getting up.
50:54The prop gun hadn't been properly prepared, amounting to a fatal blast.
51:00Actor Michael Massey, who fired the revolver, was traumatized, enduring nightmares over a decade later.
51:06Twilight Zone The Movie.
51:08Vic Morrow, Rene Shin-Yi Chen, and Mika Dinli.
51:12While here at home, a freak accident turns a war movie set into real-life disaster, killing veteran actor Vic Morrow.
51:17The Twilight Zone is an iconic show, but its film counterpart is best known for one of the most notorious tragedies in Hollywood history.
51:26In a segment directed by John Landis, a set piece involving a helicopter claimed the lives of star Vic Morrow and two young performers, Rene Shin-Yi Chen and Mika Dinli.
51:36Some chalked the crash up to a freak accident, although others believed Landis prioritized his artistic vision over the safety of the actors.
51:45Landis and others involved were acquitted, although Warner Brothers would award $850,000 each to Morrow's daughters, one of whom is Jennifer Jason Lee.
51:55Steven Spielberg, who directed another segment, also severed ties with Landis.
51:59Where ever the blame lies, multiple lives were ruined that day.
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52:26The birth of a nation. The American people.
52:29D.W. Griffith's dramatization of the American Civil War and Reconstruction gave birth to the Hollywood blockbuster.
52:36But the Southern aristocrat had a disturbing view of that period.
52:46The birth of a nation promoted pro-Confederate rhetoric and horrifying anti-black stereotypes, culminating in the quote-unquote heroic rise of the Ku Klux Klan.
52:56This film is not just another offensively outdated classic. It was massively controversial at the time, yet no one fully anticipated its impact.
53:13The birth of a nation was linked to an escalation in racial hostility and segregation policies, as well as a popular resurgence of the KKK.
53:20Griffith may have revealed the technical power of movies, but with his hand in widespread hatred and terrorism, he also showed their political power in the worst way.
53:30What other movies have ruined the life? Let us know if we missed any in the comments below.
53:40But of course I'm not high class like you, and I never went to any swell school.
53:45Or be enough, Susan.
53:46Uh, we'll get it.
53:47See you soon.
53:48mobstered
53:49Bulldog
54:02ivity
54:03Timothy
54:05Philip
54:08John
54:11John
54:12John
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