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Fly By Night : The Secret Story of Steven Spielberg, Warner Bros, and the Twilight Zone Deaths.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Chain, Steven.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Landis, John, 1950---Trials, litigation, etc.
- Landis, John.
- Spielberg, Steven, 1946---Trials, litigation, etc.
- Spielberg, Steven.
- Landis, John, 1950-.
- Spielberg, Steven, 1946-.
- Morrow, Vic, 1931-1982.
- Morrow, Vic.
- Warner Bros. Pictures (1969- )--Trials, litigation, etc.
- Warner Bros. Pictures (1969- ).
- Twilight zone (Motion picture).
- Motion pictures--Production and direction--California--Los Angeles.
- Motion pictures.
- Aircraft accidents--California--Los Angeles.
- Aircraft accidents.
- Trials (Homicide)--California--Los Angeles.
- Trials (Homicide).
- Motion picture industry--Accidents--Investigation--California.
- Motion picture industry.
- Cinematography--Special effects.
- Cinematography.
- Motion pictures--Production and direction.
- California.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (411 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Other Title:
- Fly By Night
- Place of Publication:
- Chicago : Trine Day, 2022.
- Summary:
- FLY BY NIGHT is about the helicopter crash on the set of "Twilight Zone: The Movie" - the Warner Bros. film co-produced by Steven Spielberg and John Landis - that killed actor Vic Morrow, and two children who had been hired illegally.Confidential sources in the studios and in the private worlds of Spielberg and Landis - and in the DA's office, the sheriff's office, Interpol and the FBI - and newly uncovered internal Warner Bros. documents - let the author show the cover-up that ensued, a 5-million-dollar scheme to keep Landis out of jail and Spielberg out of the headlines, resulting in an unbelievable acquittal by a jury that had fallen under the spell of Hollywood. From John Huston, Jackie Cooper, Ralph Bellamy and Don Ameche to Chevy Chase, George Lucas, Dan Aykroyd and Carrie Fisher, both old and new Hollywood found themselves party to this unprecedented event.
- Contents:
- Intro
- cover
- Title page
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Prologue
- Cold to the Touch
- A Script is Born
- Night For Night
- The "Vietnamese"
- "Ladies and Gentlemen, Vic Morrow!"
- Schlock!
- Century City
- Ghosts from the Twilight Zone
- Fly By Night
- The Universal Bungalow
- Silent Screening
- Eulogy from a Stranger
- Lunch at Hampton's
- The Burbank Studios
- More Funerals
- LA Law
- The Phalanx
- The Rashomon Effect
- Naked Broken Barbie Doll
- The Powdermen
- Hollywood Friends
- "Oh My God, Cover it Up!"
- The Making of DOCU/2:00
- Summer of Spielberg
- Audition at Franklin Canyon
- Petty Cash
- Spies Like Us
- Studio Secrets
- Wall of Fire
- The Switch Theory
- Nite-Sun
- Dr. Fantasy
- A Plea for Alan Smithee
- Friendly Witnesses
- The Propman
- "The Son of a Bitch is crazy"
- A Green Card for Trudy
- Mrs. Beasly's Cookies
- A Basic Truth of Filmmaking
- Mock Jurors
- CITY OF ANGELS
- A Southerner in Hollywood
- The Dragon Lady
- The Spielberg Letter
- A Pigeon for "The Plan."
- The Secret of the Baby Dummies
- The Arnie Klein Show
- "Malatropisms"
- "Frank Knew What the Money Was For"
- Schande for the Goyim...
- The Stumble
- "Hello, Wingo"
- A Safe Distance Away
- The Liar's List
- Last Rites
- "It Ended Like a Frank Capra Movie"
- Epilogue
- Exhibits
- Index
- Landmarks.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-63424-366-8
- OCLC:
- 1311341760
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