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The 1983 accident on the set of "Twilight Zone: The Movie" is notable for not only being one of the worst tragedies in American film history, but also for involving some of Hollywood's biggest names at the time.

While directing a segment for the movie John Landis (Animal House, Blues Brothers, American Werewolf In London) through a shocking degree of negligence and incompetence led to a helicopter crashing on and killing 3 actors, including two illegally hired children. Somehow Landis was acquitted of involuntary manslaughter. The film industry went on to introduce new safety standards.

Would Landis being convicted change anything?



(Extremely long if gripping article on the case here

https://web.archive.org/web/2012011...ious_murders/not_guilty/twilight_zone/1.html?

Shorter article focusing on the long term effects

http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/...w_s_death_changed_the_way_films_are_made.html

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