Review of Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983) by Gordon T — 26 Dec 2009

MULTIPLE EYE-WITNESSES and MULTIPLE LEGAL DOCUMENTS report that John Landis rigged the explosives causing the helicopter crash--resulting in the decapitations of a child actor and a well-known adult actor and crushing/drowning of another child-actor--to detonate at 30 feet in the air and that John Landis ordered the helicopter pilot to fly the helicopter at 25 ft. . . well within blast range.

IF a gust of wind (or down-draft) had blown the helicopter down upon the actors or a tree had fallen-over "downing" the helicopter, the deaths of the three actors can be considered an accident.

BUT detonating very intense, high explosives so very close to a helicopter will inevitably cause a "wake" in air pressure that will actually push the helicopter down upon the actors as opposed to having a clearly unforeseeable occurrence occurring to cause the crash (such as a tree falling or a down-draft).

Multiple eye-witnesses and multiple court documents also substantiate John Landis as having paid cash to the child-actors' parents in order to "illegally" hire the children to film the fatal crash that occurred at 2:30 AM on JULY 23, 1983.

Despite the OVERWHELMING evidence of John Landis' direct involvement in the probable "non-accidental" death of two children and Vic Morrow, John Landis was not found guilty for his provable responsibility in causing the deaths of the actors; even though Landis is reported to have rigged the explosive devices cause 30 foot explosions and directed the helicopter to fly at 25 feet (five feet below the range of the explosions).

TWILIGHT ZONE--THE MOVIE serves as a monument to an UNRESOLVED HURT (to me); three actors died horrible deaths and the director who arranged the movie-set and gave the orders to trigger the events leading to the actors' deaths "escaped" unpunished.

(OJ Simpson was found "not guilty;" yet was found "guilty" later at a civil trial--John Landis has never been found guilty for directly or indirectly causing the deaths of Renee, Myca, and Vic Morrow).

Can John Landis be charged with a different set of violations and tried on different charges related to the helicopter crash? (clearly, guilt in the helicopter crash remains unresolved).

Because of the emotional "hurt" and injury caused by the helicopter crash in which John Landis was involved, Steven Spielberg's entry "Kick the Can" is lack-luster as Spielberg was emotionally "hurt" by news of the incident.

NIGHTMARE AT 30,000 FEET and IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE (segments 4 and 3 directed by George Miller and Joe Dante respectively) are GENUINE FILM CLASSICS.

TWILIGHT ZONE-THE MOVIE, with all the painful memories it holds, is still very much a worthwhile film classic; it can't earn a 100% because of the bungled-stories and direction of both segments one and two.