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FILM
PRODUCTION
ACCIDENTS
DJANGO UNCHAINED
Leonardo DiCaprio slammed his fist down on a table during the dinner party scene in Django Unchained. His fist landed on a glass, which cut his hand in multiple places. Instead of halting the production, DiCaprio kept on filming, with the bloody fist kept in the final cut of the film.
X-MEN
Hugh Jackman suffered injuries after filming a fight scene as Wolverine. He sustained fatal scratches after a chain wrapped around his hand, making his Wolverine claws come loose and strike him.
THE
CROW
Brandon Lee was shot and killed on the set of The Crow when a 44. Magnum which contained dummy rounds was shot but contained a bullet left behind.
TOP
GUN
Art Scholl, an aerobatic pilot crashed his camera plane off the coast of South California. Neither Scholl or his plane were recovered
THE
DARK KNIGHT
Cameraman Conway Wickliffe was killed after crashing his pickup truck. He was riding parallel to a stunt car and missed a 90 degree turn, crashing into a tree.
NOW YOU
SEE ME
Isla Fisher almost drowned in the water tank escape scene. She couldn't unlock her shackles and as in the water tank for almost 3 minutes.
BLADE RUNNER 2049
In August 2016, a construction worker was killed whilst deconstructing one of the sets in Hungary.
MISSION IMPOSSIBLE:
FALLOUT
Tom Cruise broke his ankle after jumping from one building to another filming an on foot chase scene. He slammed into the side of a building, before climbing back up and continuing to run. The shot was used in the final cut of the film.
THE HANGOVER
PART II
Stuntman Scott Mclean suffered major head injuries whilst filming in Bangkok after he hung his head out of a taxi that failed to dodge an oncoming car, making McLeans head collide with the car. He
had a large gash on his head and flesh was torn from his skull. He was placed in a medically induced coma whilst he was treated.
RETURN OF THE
MUSKETEERS
Roy Kinnear was killed after falling off of a horse. He suffered from a broken pelvis and died of a heart attack the next day.
THE
EXORCIST
Linda Blair suffered a spinal fracture after a mechanical failure when filming a scene where her character levitates and shakes violently. Ellen Burstyn also suffered injuries on the set of The Exorcist. She seriously injured her back shooting a scene where her characters falls over backwards.
APOCALYPSE
NOW
Martin Sheen punched a mirror during the opening scene of Apocalypse Now. He was too drunk to realise that his hand was streaming blood. He suffered a heart attack during filming, returning to the set 6 weeks later.
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Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_film_and_television_accidents
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Django Unchained (2012) Film.
Directed by Quentin Tarantino. USA, A Band Apart.
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XMEN (2000) Film.
Directed by Bryan Singer. USA, Marvel Entertainment.
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The Crow (1994) Film.
Directed by Alex Proyas. USA, Dimension Films.
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Top Gun (1986) Film.
Directed by Tony Scott. USA, Simpson/ Bruckheimer.
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The Dark Knight (2008) Film.
Directed by Christopher Nolan. USA, Warner Bros.
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Now You See Me (2013) Film.
Directed by Louis Leterrier. USA, K/O Paper Productions.
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Blade Runner 2049 (2017) Film.
Directed by Denis Villeneuve. USA, Alcon Productions.
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Mission Impossible: Fallout (2018) Film.
Directed by Christopher McQuarrie. USA, Skydance Media.
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The Hangover Part II (2011) Film.
Directed by Todd Phillips. USA, Legendary Pictures.
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Return of the Musketeers (1989) Film.
Directed by Richard Lester. UK, France, Spain, Falconfilms.
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The Exorcist (1973) Film.
Directed by William Friedkin. USA, Hoya Productions.
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Apocalypse Now (1979) Film.
Directed by Francis Ford Coppola. USA, Omni Zoetrope.
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