In his auto-biography, Michael J. Fox actually writes that he lost consciousness during the hanging scene.
They used a chair several times, but "it didn't look good on camera" he said. Michael asked for the chair to be removed, but his hand (which was supposed to be caught in the noose) slipped and he actually got hanged for a couple of seconds.
Michael J. Fox makes that same gesture a lot in the movies, though. It's totally justified.
I think in the movie he was rubbing his head ... in sync with George.
I guess now hes rubbing his neck together with Artie.
Its a common thing to do though right? It didnt seam overused in my opinion.
I should try counting how often I do it during one day. :rolleyes:
In his auto-biography, Michael J. Fox actually writes that he lost consciousness during the hanging scene.
They used a chair several times, but "it didn't look good on camera" he said. Michael asked for the chair to be removed, but his hand (which was supposed to be caught in the noose) slipped and he actually got hanged for a couple of seconds.
...nasty!
Ok, I hate that scene even more now. -_-
I hope the guy that made him do that falls into a manure truck.
I think in the movie he was rubbing his head ... in sync with George.
I guess now hes rubbing his neck together with Artie.
Its a common thing to do though right? It didnt seam overused in my opinion.
I should try counting how often I do it during one day. :rolleyes:
Ok, I hate that scene even more now. -_-
I hope the guy that made him do that falls into a manure truck.
Read it again. Michael ASKED for the chair to be removed.
Read it again. Michael ASKED for the chair to be removed.
Right... well they shouldnt have let him.
Honestly im shocked by the stupidity of that whole story.
Why not put a harness around his body and hook him up on that.
Then put a second fake noose around his neck.
That way he would be really hanging and it wouldnt look fake, but he couldnt just die on accident.
I know, pretty dumb... but totally understandable.
When I film my stuff and I have to perform stunts, I prefer making it seem real, rather than playing it safe.
I fell on my arms a couple of times, almost fell of a roof, I've been punched straight on...several times (didn't duck quickly enough)...actually, I've been punched in my stomach, my nose, my jaw and my left eye...
I've burnt myself with hot liquid glycerin, I've been hit with an oven door, people fell on top of me countless times, I've been tied up from top to toes and thrown over a high table... missing the mattress prepared for my fall and ending up hitting the wardrobe behind it
...on another shot, the wardrobe door broke off and landed on top of my head... I had to jump in a bathtub full of water, while still wearing all my clothes...
and the list goes on But I tell ya, those shots were REALLY sweet! It's cool to hear people in the audience gasping, hehehe! Totally worth it.
If I would've been in Michael's place... I would surely have done the same.
Everyone's complaining about the neck rubbing when really everyone should be talking about the hair ruffling. In the movies, it literally happens every few minutes.
I know, pretty dumb... but totally understandable.
When I film my stuff and I have to perform stunts, I prefer making it seem real, rather than playing it safe.
I fell on my arms a couple of times, almost fell of a roof, I've been punched straight on...several times (didn't duck quickly enough)...actually, I've been punched in my stomach, my nose, my jaw and my left eye...
I've burnt myself with hot liquid glycerin, I've been hit with an oven door, people fell on top of me countless times, I've been tied up from top to toes and thrown over a high table... missing the mattress prepared for my fall and ending up hitting the wardrobe behind it
...on another shot, the wardrobe door broke off and landed on top of my head... I had to jump in a bathtub full of water, while still wearing all my clothes...
and the list goes on But I tell ya, those shots were REALLY sweet! It's cool to hear people in the audience gasping, hehehe! Totally worth it.
If I would've been in Michael's place... I would surely have done the same.
I guess youre right. I suppose its easy to point out how stupid it is afterwards.
God knows I know how easy it is to do something stupid and end up getting hurt.
Actually as weird as it sounds, your stunts sound like a lot of fun.
A little bump never hurt anyone, just laugh it off right?
Yeah even if I get knocked out, I wake up and have a laughing fit! haha
Still even with that attitude, its the fact that he passed out because he got hanged that really makes me shudder.
But whatever. He's alright.
Right... well they shouldnt have let him.
Honestly im shocked by the stupidity of that whole story.
Why not put a harness around his body and hook him up on that.
Then put a second fake noose around his neck.
That way he would be really hanging and it wouldnt look fake, but he couldnt just die on accident.
Well, they shouldn't have let Harrison Ford work while he was sick or staple his hat to his head to keep it from flying off while riding a horse in Indiana Jones, they shouldn't have let Johnny Depp jump off a cliff into a lake, they shouldn't let Jackie Chan do ANY of his own stunts anymore(you can only break every bone in your body so many times).
Everyone's complaining about the neck rubbing when really everyone should be talking about the hair ruffling. In the movies, it literally happens every few minutes.
Yup. And that scene in the first Indiana Jones where that guy is swinging his sword around? Yeah, Harrison Ford had dysentery during that whole thing, didn't want to do the original version of that scene which would've involved a whole choreographed thing with the whip. Instead, he just shot him. lol
Yup. And that scene in the first Indiana Jones where that guy is swinging his sword around? Yeah, Harrison Ford had dysentery during that whole thing, didn't want to do the original version of that scene which would've involved a whole choreographed thing with the whip. Instead, he just shot him. lol
Right... well they shouldnt have let him.
Honestly im shocked by the stupidity of that whole story.
Why not put a harness around his body and hook him up on that.
Then put a second fake noose around his neck.
That way he would be really hanging and it wouldnt look fake, but he couldnt just die on accident.
Because that technique for fake hangings is a fairly modern one, to the best of my knowledge it wasn't really invented until the mid 90s when they could make wire strong enough but equally thing enough to be hidden well AND had the cgi power to edit it out (opposed to the early cgi that only really allowed for adding things). These movies were filmed in the 1980s y'know.
BTTF 2 and 3 were filmed back to back and came out 89 and 90, accounting for editing time etc that means your looking at like 87/88 filming, at the latest. (I'm sure someone here would be able to churn out the precise filming dates)
I know, pretty dumb... but totally understandable.
When I film my stuff and I have to perform stunts, I prefer making it seem real, rather than playing it safe.
I fell on my arms a couple of times, almost fell of a roof, I've been punched straight on...several times (didn't duck quickly enough)...actually, I've been punched in my stomach, my nose, my jaw and my left eye...
I've burnt myself with hot liquid glycerin, I've been hit with an oven door, people fell on top of me countless times, I've been tied up from top to toes and thrown over a high table... missing the mattress prepared for my fall and ending up hitting the wardrobe behind it
...on another shot, the wardrobe door broke off and landed on top of my head... I had to jump in a bathtub full of water, while still wearing all my clothes...
and the list goes on But I tell ya, those shots were REALLY sweet! It's cool to hear people in the audience gasping, hehehe! Totally worth it.
That sounds like the makings of a great montage. Ever considered compiling all the footage of the epic stunt fails into one?
well if your grandpa hit you with his car, had someone knock you upside the head and tumble down a hill only to have your head smack into a wooden fence you'd have serious neck injuries too.
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... The video is all from the first two episodes ...
They used a chair several times, but "it didn't look good on camera" he said. Michael asked for the chair to be removed, but his hand (which was supposed to be caught in the noose) slipped and he actually got hanged for a couple of seconds.
...nasty!
I think in the movie he was rubbing his head ... in sync with George.
I guess now hes rubbing his neck together with Artie.
Its a common thing to do though right? It didnt seam overused in my opinion.
I should try counting how often I do it during one day. :rolleyes:
Ok, I hate that scene even more now. -_-
I hope the guy that made him do that falls into a manure truck.
Read it again. Michael ASKED for the chair to be removed.
It is seen in every male McFly character except (maybe?) Seamus in 1885.
Right... well they shouldnt have let him.
Honestly im shocked by the stupidity of that whole story.
Why not put a harness around his body and hook him up on that.
Then put a second fake noose around his neck.
That way he would be really hanging and it wouldnt look fake, but he couldnt just die on accident.
When I film my stuff and I have to perform stunts, I prefer making it seem real, rather than playing it safe.
I fell on my arms a couple of times, almost fell of a roof, I've been punched straight on...several times (didn't duck quickly enough)...actually, I've been punched in my stomach, my nose, my jaw and my left eye...
I've burnt myself with hot liquid glycerin, I've been hit with an oven door, people fell on top of me countless times, I've been tied up from top to toes and thrown over a high table... missing the mattress prepared for my fall and ending up hitting the wardrobe behind it
...on another shot, the wardrobe door broke off and landed on top of my head... I had to jump in a bathtub full of water, while still wearing all my clothes...
and the list goes on
If I would've been in Michael's place... I would surely have done the same.
I guess youre right. I suppose its easy to point out how stupid it is afterwards.
God knows I know how easy it is to do something stupid and end up getting hurt.
Actually as weird as it sounds, your stunts sound like a lot of fun.
A little bump never hurt anyone, just laugh it off right?
Yeah even if I get knocked out, I wake up and have a laughing fit! haha
Still even with that attitude, its the fact that he passed out because he got hanged that really makes me shudder.
But whatever. He's alright.
Well, they shouldn't have let Harrison Ford work while he was sick or staple his hat to his head to keep it from flying off while riding a horse in Indiana Jones, they shouldn't have let Johnny Depp jump off a cliff into a lake, they shouldn't let Jackie Chan do ANY of his own stunts anymore(you can only break every bone in your body so many times).
LOL did he seriously do that? :eek:
... yeah... *rubs head*
lol
hmmft lol
Yup. And that scene in the first Indiana Jones where that guy is swinging his sword around? Yeah, Harrison Ford had dysentery during that whole thing, didn't want to do the original version of that scene which would've involved a whole choreographed thing with the whip. Instead, he just shot him. lol
Classic hehe xD
http://youtu.be/GkLXdLgOybE
Haha I love that scene. He's so "agh wtf I cant be bothered", it probably made the scene twice as good as it would have been.
Because that technique for fake hangings is a fairly modern one, to the best of my knowledge it wasn't really invented until the mid 90s when they could make wire strong enough but equally thing enough to be hidden well AND had the cgi power to edit it out (opposed to the early cgi that only really allowed for adding things). These movies were filmed in the 1980s y'know.
BTTF 2 and 3 were filmed back to back and came out 89 and 90, accounting for editing time etc that means your looking at like 87/88 filming, at the latest. (I'm sure someone here would be able to churn out the precise filming dates)
That sounds like the makings of a great montage. Ever considered compiling all the footage of the epic stunt fails into one?