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While the girl was bad, the kid who played her younger brother (Toad) was beyond horrible.Comment
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There are a lot more rules and safety procedures these days as a result of the Lee incident, but all live-fire guns used in movies are still very real. Semi/full-autos are blank-fire adapted as you described, but not due to any safety regulations... it's done so the firearm can properly cycle blank ammunition.
Revolvers, pump shotguns, bolt/lever action rifles, and grenade launchers are all completely unmodified and can fire live ammunition without incident. Most large prop houses also keep a stock of unmodified semi/full-autos for certain productions (Training actors, Mythbusters type shows, etc.)
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In the case of the Lee incident on the set of "The Crow", the gun being used was a revolver, so there was no BFA modification. The armorer was an idiot and made dummy rounds by simply removing the bullet, emptying the gunpowder, and replacing the bullet... the primer was still live however.
After filming a scene where an actor loaded the "dummy" rounds into the revolver, the hammer was dropped onto the live primer and moved the bullet into the barrel. Nobody cleared the gun properly between scenes, so when the blank round was loaded and fired in the next scene, the bullet in the barrel was dislodged and struck Brandon in the abdomen.
"Gentlemen, you can't fight in here! This is the War Room!"
You can trust me. I'm aarecrooman...aircroomen...airecrewmen... I fly on planes.Comment
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i know in his old movies he brought his own guns and holsters.Comment
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Clint is one of my all time favorites. I met him in Hawaii filming a movie not long ago. One of the Lieutenants talked to him during which he said he had surgery on his eyelids "in order to see where the **** I am going".
Oh and I agree, horrible acting in this movie.Raising a glass to the Willie McBrides of the world
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Its a great movie, captures the generational gaps pretty well. I love the line where the his son asks him why he moved the chair himself and his reply is because he wants it done now and not next week!Comment
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That movie had an ending I didn't expect. I sat there stunned at the end because I thought I knew how it was going to end. Wrong!Comment
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Milsurp has a good eye for that stopped up M1!
I saw "Gran Torino" just a few weeks ago. I liked it and thought I could tell what was going to happen too. Considering his condition, Walt's thoughtful decision made sense. But it still saddened me.
Just checked IDMb's page for the movie. Didn't know that the actor who played "Trey," the white kid accompanying Sue when she got accosted by some Black tough kids, is an Eastwood.
And imfdb's page on the movie's firearms is pretty good too: http://www.imfdb.org/index.php/Gran_...ective_Specialx
"Let those find fault whose wit's so very small,
They've need to show that they can think at all;
Errors, like straws, upon the surface flow;
He who would search for pearls, must dive below." -- John DrydenComment
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I guess my hint was too subtle in post #18
...because the journey is the worthier part...The Shepherd's TaleComment
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Good movie. I think it would have been a unique ending if somehow, you discovered that he is really Gunny Highway from Heartbreak Ridge. Maybe some pictures on the wall in his home or a shot of his Uniform with the CMH in the closet in the background.
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Gran Torino was a great movie.Comment
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