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Did The Twilight Zone scandal really hurt his career?


He was still making star-studded movies left and right. The quality of the scripts took a nosedive after 1992, but that happens with most directors.

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yes, he eventually got cancelled but he had been such a successful director the studios still hired him for about 15 years after the accident. But with Spielberg cutting ties Landis dream of being Spielberg 2 died. Landis only mustered up 2 or 3 hits post accident and all he has now is a huge black mark on his reputation more than any accolades he may have had it not happened.

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Not really.

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Well not exactly...Trading Places and Coming to America were still pretty good and in my opinion Spies Like Us is underrated, but definitely the faull out between him and Eddie may have contributed.

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