SLATE BOARD JUNGLE
(’82) – I met Vic Morrow through my brother
Rafael Campos, back in the late ’50s-early
’60s. Later Vic & I served as pallbearers for
the funeral of mutual friend Paul Kennedy, RIP.
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-Chopper down///
Veteran actor Vic Morrow
& two vietnamese children die
during filming of TWILIGHT ZONE
feature film segment,
directed by John Landis.
-Headlines, TV cameras, lawyers,
F.A.A. investigators on the scene,
special effects explosions are probed,
filmed accident sequence is analyzed.
-Morrow is seen
helping the children cross a stream,
the chopper comes into view,
the pilot struggles to keep from crashing…
-Too late –
rotor blades break off, cut & kill///
over 100 studio employees
watch the live horror movie.
-Standing O.S., teeth clenched,
hands folded in front,
an intense-looking man
in a dark suit…
an observer from the past,
now a resident
of the TWILIGHT ZONE.