Posted on 10/24/2021 9:13:42 PM PDT by conservative98
The director of “Rust” told investigators that he had been standing beside the film’s cinematographer as the actor Alec Baldwin sat in a wooden church pew, rehearsing a scene in which he draws a gun and points it at the camera lens, according to an affidavit released Sunday night. The director, Joel Souza, said he then heard what “sounded like a whip and then loud pop.”
Mr. Souza saw the cinematographer, Halyna Hutchins, grabbing her midsection and starting to stumble backward. Then he noticed he was bleeding from his shoulder. He and Ms. Hutchins had been shot by the lead actor in their film.
The new details emerged on Sunday night when the Santa Fe County Sheriff’s Office released an affidavit used to obtain a search warrant to seize everything from camera memory cards to bone fragments and firearm discharge residue from the production site outside Santa Fe where the shooting took place on Thursday.
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According to the affidavit, Mr. Halls grabbed the revolver from a gray, two-tiered tray set up by Ms. Gutierrez-Reed. Mr. Halls handed the gun to Mr. Baldwin and shouted, “cold gun,” which on a film set typically refers to an unloaded firearm.
While setting up the scene, the crew had to reposition the camera because there was a shadow. Mr. Russell told the detective that Mr. Baldwin was explaining how he was going to draw the gun, pulling it out from the holster, when the firearm discharged.
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Mr. Souza, the director, told the detective that because the crew had been setting up the scene when the gun discharged, the incident had not been filmed.
After the firearm was discharged, Mr. Russell told the detective he “remembered Joel having blood on his person, and Ms. Hutchins speaking and saying she couldn’t feel her legs.”
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I’ll take “actors who will never work again for $400,” Alex.
“the crew had been setting up the scene when the gun discharged, the incident had not been filmed.”
Yeah right!
So dingbat shot two people trying to draw from his holster.
Like Barney Fife? 🤪
This makes him even more negligent. They weren’t even filming. And it went off. “Mr. Baldwin was explaining how he was going to draw the gun, pulling it out from the holster, when the firearm discharged.” How do you fire a gun while pulling it out of a holster? And why was the gun pointed at crew? Even with blanks, that could be dangerous – and stupid.
Here’s a reach... If you’re going to charge innocent people for protesting on Januray 6th, then you need to charge this Hollywood Idol.
Many articles blaming others then the one who pulled the trigger. Alec Baldwin publicity agent working overtime to salvage Alec’s career. There was a photo I saw of him meeting with the husband of the woman he killed.
He just happened to have a photographer there to record it....
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Something else was going on out there.
Industry Standard / Minimum
Safety demonstrations are done with all cast and crew involved in firearm stunts who are instructed that prop weapons should never be pointed at another actor or crew member. In scenes where a weapon is pointed and aimed at the camera ballistic shields are used.
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...and WHY would he or they allow it to be filmed?
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And the coldest 911 call ever made.
Not adding up.
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I thought she was watching a monitor, not behind the camera lens
Bovine ordure. IMHO.
“Hutchins’ husband Matthew Hutchins posted on social media to mourn his wife’s loss, ask for privacy for his family, and thank her friends and mentors at the American Film Institute, who he said “nurtured the success we had only just begun to see flourish.”
Well, this didn’t age well..... Rules for the but not for me....
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The accounts I’ve seen show a single action revolver. Hmmmmmm.
Of course she would be behind the lens, she was the cinematographer.
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Hutchins’ husband Matthew Hutchins posted on social media to mourn his wife’s loss, ask for privacy for his family, and thank her friends and mentors at the American Film Institute, who he said “nurtured the success we had only just begun to see flourish.”
Well, this didn’t age well.... rules for thee but not for me...
Sure, Mr Souza. Whatever you say.
No further questions, your Honor.
Ms Reed, to the witness stand, please.
Only difference is Barney got one bullet which he kept in his pocket.
How ‘bout SNL does a segment where Donald Trump plays Alec Baldwin and spews out horsedoo that Baldwin does???
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