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And what's wrong with that? Hollywood is an American entity that used to make movies primarily for Americans since that was their core audience and customers.
Bollywood does the same thing.
I think Alec has part of the blame, but no because he didn't check the firearm. That's just ridiculous. You're telling me all the actors checked the belt fed machine guns in Black Hawk down, or the each magazine for their long guns? For every war movie, for that matter? Or the Matrix? No. Of course they didn't. Just like Daniel Craig doesn't check the breaks for the sports cars in 007.
Alec is liable because he has an exec. producer title, and that means some, if not all, of the safety onset falls into his realm of responsibility, which also would include hiring an inexperienced armor like Hannah.
I gotta say, I don't like either of them. At all. However, I'm not convinced Alec is as culpable as an actor in this situation so much as the producer.
I am fully aware of the gun handling safety code; treat every firearm as if it's loaded, and check to see if it's loaded each time you pick it up, even if you just checked it before.
However, do you think the actors in Black Hawk Down check their belt fed light machine guns? Or went through every single round in the magazines of their M16A2s (or whatever rifle they were using)? Of course not. That's the armorer and his/her crews job. Granted, this is a western and he was using a SAA, so maybe in the grand scheme of things context counts in this situation legally, but I do think it's a weak argument.
Now, him as the producer, who is in charge of on set safety, and if he was responsible for hiring that armorer, then he certainly shares some of the blame and should have to reconcile that whatever way the court deems fit.
Three years too late, but no one else has answered so I will;
They were close to shooting, so close that his costume was already made and fitted, when Kirk decided he wanted to re-write some of the scenes in the script, if not the whole script. What it basically boiled down to was that in Kirk's "Rambo" Trautman was the "real" Rambo, and towards the end this is revealed when he subdues Sly's Rambo, leaves him cuffed to a radiator and the last scene has him driving away while he's wearing the head band. Or something to that affect, it's been awhile since I read about it.
Anyway, obviously everyone said that was a bad idea, he said if they didn't go along he was out, and they said bye. But it was so close to filming they didn't have time to get the proper fitting trousers for Richard Crenna, who had been an emergency last minute replacement, so the pants he wears in the film stop at the top of his socks. So they purposefully don't film him where you can see his ankles/socks for whatever scenes that was an issue for.
Yes.
I wholly agree with your sentiments, especially the hypocritical turn of events in the present. I too avoided watching this until recently and was surprised at the subtle script and the McCarthy parallel. If it was remade today they'd be jamming that down the viewers throat.
Bar Mitzvah Hustle
Raptures Delight
Escape from Pearl Bailey
Tearjerker
Black Mystery Month
Honorable mentions (Almost any episode from season 3 or 4).
That was a SPAS 12 shotgun. It was made in Italy and is actually a pretty innovative, interesting platform that has been showcased in a lot of movies from the 80s and 90s and in a lot of video games (in general) for it's unique profile. It was manufactured between 1979-2000, though it is considered rare in American due to the assault weapons ban that was employed during the 90s.
The hook was designed so the operator could deploy the folding stock and then turn the hook to the side so he could brace it around his forearm, gaining leverage to fire the shotgun one-handed/one-armed. I would imagine this was conceived to be used in conjunction with a "shield" or to shoot around a wall/barrier while the wielder could remain mostly behind cover.
As this wasn't very practical I believe most people removed the hook, and tbh I think I've only seen it on the shotgun in this movie (probably to give the weapon a more menacing appearance).
The other feature that makes this shotgun unique is not only the duel functions of it being able to fire in both semi-auto or as a pump-action, but also to be able to activate either function on the fly by depressing a button that is located on the bottom of the pump grip.
The benefit of having either/or firing mode would be mostly to law enforcement. This would yield the ability to fire lethal, heavy loads such as slugs or buckshot as fast as one could pull the trigger, or use less than lethal rounds such as beanbags or teargas, which would not have enough of a powder charge to properly cycle the spent shell in semi-auto, and thus require the operator to pump it from the action.
However in movies I've noticed that they mostly opt for the actors to operate it in pump-action. Probably because it is more dramatic and attention grabbing to the audience.