Posted on 10/22/2021 1:54:03 PM PDT by BenLurkin
Labor trouble had been brewing for days on the dusty set at the Bonanza Creek Ranch near Santa Fe.
The cinematographer who was accidentally killed, Halyna Hutchins, had been advocating for safer conditions for her team, said one crew member who was on the set.
As the camera crew — members of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees — spent about an hour assembling their gear at the Bonanza Creek Ranch, several nonunion crew members showed up to replace them, the knowledgeable person said.
A member of the producer staff then ordered the union members to leave the set. She said if they didn’t leave, the producers would call security to remove them.
“Corners were being cut — and they brought in nonunion people so they could continue shooting,” the knowledgeable person said.
There were two misfires on the prop gun on Saturday and one the previous week, the person said, adding “there was a serious lack of safety meetings on this set.”
The shooting occurred about six hours after the union camera crew left.
Baldwin, the film’s star who also served as a producer on the film, was apparently rehearsing a scene outside the church of the Bonzana Creek Ranch set...
The scene involved a gun fight that began in the church, and then Baldwin’s character was supposed to back out of the church, according to production notes obtained by The Times. It was the 12th day of a 21-day shoot.
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Thank you for that. Interesting! Next time I make it to LA, I’d love to buy you beers and learn more about your world out there.
“Do you think that actors in Westerns need to have CCW licenses?”
Most aren’t carrying concealed.
I don’t like Alec Baldwin one bit but this was not murder
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Not murder? That’s your opinion. But one thing needs to be clearly understood.
This is manslaughter. Whether intentional or accidental; Baldwin should be charged with some form of manslaughter.
Thanks for keeping up!
Yep, at least that's where they want to point the narrative.
Maybe he was firing the gun towards the camera for a scene?
Or maybe his attitude got the better of him and was just being an ass, and he pointed it at her pulled the trigger.
Do you know if they ran tox screens on him? With his background I’d hope they would do that immediately.
Rumors flying all over...
Hmm.... production problems. And who is one of the producers? Alec Baldwin himself?!
“According to investigators it appears that the scene being filmed involved the use of a prop firearm when it was discharged,” the office said. “Detectives are investigating how and what type of projectile was discharged.”
https://variety.com/2021/film/news/alec-baldwin-rust-incident-santa-fe-1235094931/
Yea, if they are going to walk around shooting people.
I’m not giving this idiot a pass.
Show me the film.
No film?
Murder.
Based on the information put forth above, I am convinced this is likely what happened.
Pulled by moderator. What was the theory?
I saw this plot on Perry Mason TV show—The Case of the Final fade out. The writer did it in that show.
I have read on another site that the bullet went through the woman and hit the man behind her in the clavicle. Supposedly from someone who was there on the set.
Something amiss in the reporting or phrasing, there. More than one Union on the set, the deceased was not a member of the Union that walked off. There were, however, Union Members who walked, from a different Union. Hope there is a molecule of sense in there
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The onus is on the person that pulled the trigger.
If he does not understand firearm safety, he should not have one in his hand.
There may be more to this story but I would wager it is because he is an intolerant, abusive asshole.
He killed a young woman. His career is over.
—yeah—both “misfires” and “prop gun” cry out for lots more
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The simulation AI is going rampant. Hang on...
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