Movie blooper

[SharpsDressedMan]

^^^I think they instruct actors to NOT direct blank discharges (shots) directly at other actors, to avoid eye injury, etc, from the wads and flying powder. True, it takes away a little from the scene, but too many actors have been injured over the years by blanks, so a little "caution" is brought into the act to ensure the safety of the actors.

 

[Win73]

^^^I think they instruct actors to NOT direct blank discharges (shots) directly at other actors, to avoid eye injury, etc, from the wads and flying powder. True, it takes away a little from the scene, but too many actors have been injured over the years by blanks, so a little "caution" is brought into the act to ensure the safety of the actors.

Not just injured, but I remember some years back that an actor was killed when shot with a blank. Its has been a while so my memory fails me on most of the details, but I think they may have been horsing around and someone shot someone else as a joke and the wad penetrated and killed him.

 

[JRH6856]

Not just injured, but I remember some years back that an actor was killed when shot with a blank.

Brandon Lee, Bruce Lee's son, was killed with a "blank" during the filming of The Crow in 1993.

 

[Win73]

"Grammer"? Maybe you mean "grammar" instead?

Yes, I did. I should know better and do know better. Just wasn't paying attention to what I was doing. I normally check my spelling before I submit my post. But this time I didn't. The price of perfection is eternal vigilance.

 

[JFrame]

Brandon Lee, Bruce Lee's son, was killed with a "blank" during the filming of The Crow in 1993.

Slight point of clarification -- the prop man had an actor loading dummy rounds into a .44 mag revolver in one scene. At some point, the bullet in one of the prop cartridges became dislodged and wedged in the chamber.

Blanks were subsequently loaded for the actual "firing" scene. Very sadly and tragically, a blank had sufficient charge to propel the bullet through Lee's abdomen into his spine.

There was also the sad incident referenced by Win73 with Jon-Erik Hexum, who unintentionally killed himself by clowning around with a handgun loaded with blanks, and sent a wad into his head.


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[CollinLeon]

There was also the sad incident referenced by Win73 with Jon-Erik Hexum, who unintentionally killed himself by clowning around with a handgun loaded with blanks, and sent a wad into his head.

I was thinking that the incident with Jon-Erik Hexum was not so much the wad, but the pressure caused the skull to fracture and the bone chips were blown into his brain... Most people I would like to think are smart enough to think that if nothing else, the muzzle flash would cause some serious burns on your temple... But then again, we're talking about actors here and they aren't necessarily the smartest ones out there...

 

[JFrame]

I was thinking that the incident with Jon-Erik Hexum was not so much the wad, but the pressure caused the skull to fracture and the bone chips were blown into his brain... Most people I would like to think are smart enough to think that if nothing else, the muzzle flash would cause some serious burns on your temple... But then again, we're talking about actors here and they aren't necessarily the smartest ones out there...

Collin -- yeah, I believe that is a more accurate description of Hexum's demise. I suppose the wad, as part of the gases and pressure, did the man no good either.

The TV show "1,000 Ways to Die" also depicted a father who threw a scare into a kid (who was screwing around with the guy's daughter) by firing blanks at him while the couple lay in bed. Afterward, the father laughed and demonstrated that the gun was loaded with harmless blanks by shooting himself in the head -- of course, killing him.

Guns with blanks seem to bring out the Darwin in some people...


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[StrawHat]

JFrame Quote: ...
Guns with blanks seem to bring out the Darwin in some people...

You say that as if it is a bad thing.

 

[JFrame]

You say that as if it is a bad thing.

Actually, it was more just an observation of the obvious...


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[Carl N. Brown]

"blank" to the head...

The actor thought "...the muzzle flash would cause some serious burns on your temple... " but it is actually the tactical equivalent of taping a M-80 salute to your temple for a lethal concussion.

 

[BigMag]

I love a good blank in the morning.. from The Mechanic.

 

[krustito]

Heard that "click" from a SIG in the new movie "Girl with Dragon Tatoo" as she snicks off the safety (by shaking the gun?) towards the end. Very similar to all those Glocks in other movies going "click-click" just before they are shot. In all fairness, the movie shows her doing a press check to see if a round is in the chamber. That was the most interesting/tactically accurate gun handling scene I've seen in a movie lately.

I'm pretty sure the "click" was lisbeth using the sig's (228?) decocking lever. I think the sig was a good choice for the movie- audibly/visually showing her decocking after there is no need to shoot the bad guy.
Btw- In the book, the author used a glock and talked about her disengaging the safety-ha..

 

[Jaymo]

William Petersen's 6 shot Charter Arms Bulldog .44 Special revolver in the scene where he kills Tom Noonan's character in Manhunter.
Other than that, it's one of my favorite movies. Partly because William Petersen is in it, and partly because it's the first movie adaptation of Red Dragon.

Way too many gun bloopers in movies than I can keep track of.

 

[rcmodel]

Girl with Dragon Tatoo" as she snicks off the safety (by shaking the gun?)

That wasn't the SIG safety clicking.

It was one of her body piercings rattling against another one when she shook the gun.

Hard to say from which body piercings in which body parts the sounds emitted from though.

rc

 

[CharlieBT]

Next time you watch Clint Eastwood's Joe Kidd, look careful at the end. There's a scene when the sheriff, played by Gregory Walcott, is supposed to holster his revolver (right hand). Walcott missed the holster, but smoothly halts the downward thrust of his arm, like would be expected if he drove the revolver home into the leather holster. Then he just nonchalantly holds the revolver handle, as if it was actually in the holster, instead of suspended in space, until people start moving around. He smoothly slips the revolver barrel home when others in the scene start moving around. That was a tiny blooper in a fun movie with many gun bloopers, but it tickled me to see it. Fun thread.

 

[Walking Dead]

I love this site when trying to figure out what guns they are using in the movies. http://www.imfdb.org/wiki/Main_Page

 

[dmazur]

I can think of two:

1. There was an old B&W serial "The Phantom" (based on the comic strip character) and things really didn't go too far off the mark with his legendary 1911's...

until one episode where he fired them both empty, then continued to point and pull the trigger.

First error - slides didn't lock back.

Second error - The Foley artists put in the "click-click" noises of a double action revolver.

1. In "Justified", which I think is fairly good for firearm accuracy, there is a bad guy threatening our hero with a gun under a table. Camera does a close up of the gun, and you see it is a 1911. And it isn't cocked.

(The bad guy obviously was concerned about a ND, and so was a fan of Condition 3 carry... )

 

[JohnKSa]

Saw a new one the other day while watching part of Matrix Reloaded. In the parking lot scene, fighting the "ghost" twins, Trinity fired several shots at one of the twins from a Beretta 92/96 pistol--including one that obviously went off after the slide had locked back. Neat trick.

 

[KAS1981]

Started getting "Justified" from Netflix.

In one scene, a couple thugs have a few handguns laid out on a table. One guy picks a Beretta 92 (or some variant) and tucks it in his waistband. A few moments later he pulls it out and shoots the other guy, the pistol is now a Sig.

 

[ApacheCoTodd]

Watched The Searchers again yesterday for probably the 40th time and noted Ward Bond have an AD when they're making their stand at the river and he's arguing with The Duke. Preacher runs outa rifle ammo and The Duke tosses him his revolver and after a snappy come-back from The Preacher he lets a round go off with the pistol lowered and pointed down. If you catch it, he's clearly surprised, does a momentary actor-stutter and drives on no doubt afraid John Ford might come down and verbally whomp him.

 

[Norom]

Watching "Zombieland" and when they are shooting there shotguns at the zombies over their shoulders why running somehow the forget that guns have recoil to them. It seems like the theme of the movie almost not to have any recoil on any guns that are being shot.

 

[Robert]

Hollywood is the last place to look for proper gun handling and safety.