Book · 1988 · Trials (Homicide)
Outrageous conduct
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I'm going to quote from the book outrageous conduct. Again, in these conversations, Foy would summarize the final scene, mentioning that there would be explosives, but assuring the parents that the explosives would be nowhere near the children.
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Outrageous Conduct by Stephen Farber and Marc Green is a detailed investigative non-fiction book that examines the tragic on-set accident during the filming of Twilight Zone: The Movie and the subsequent legal and professional fallout. Robert Evans drew extensively from Outrageous Conduct across a multi-part series on Behind the Bastards to expose the systemic negligence and reckless behavior that led to the disaster. Evans cited the book to reconstruct crucial moments, such as when director John Landis impatiently dismissed a prop coordinator's warning that he would need fifteen or twenty minutes to safely prepare the pyrotechnics, snapping back that they did not have that kind of time. Additionally, Evans used the book to highlight how production staff misled parents regarding the dangers involved, noting that George Foy would assure families that the explosives would be positioned nowhere near the child actors. The text was also utilized to document the institutional response, including how a brief two-sentence letter constituted the entire extent of filmmaker Steven Spielberg's sworn statements regarding the fatal incident. By relying on Farber and Green's meticulous reporting, Evans exposed the culture of impunity and disregard for human life that permeated Hollywood productions during that era.
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Robert Evans I'm going to quote from the book outrageous conduct. Again, in these conversations, Foy would summarize the… 3
“I'm going to quote from the book outrageous conduct. Again, in these conversations, Foy would summarize the final scene, mentioning that there would be explosives, but assuring the parents that the explosives would be nowhere near the children.”
“Now, to follow up to that, I'm going to quote again from the book Outrageous Conduct. That two-s sentence letter marked the complete extent of Spielberg's sworn statements on the Twilight Zone case.”
“And I'm going to quote now from the book Outrageous Conduct. How long will it take? Landis asked. When Stuart said, "Who's his prop guy, said that he would need 15 or 20 minutes, Landis shot back impatiently, "We don't have that kind of time."”