Rust (1 Viewer)

[Winston T. Boogie]

I was quite surprised to read this picture is getting completed. Some agreements were reached between the filmmakers and Halyna Hutchins' husband, he will now be an executive producer on the film and it will be finished in her honor to show the world her final work.

 

[Winston T. Boogie]

I am happy they will complete the picture but I have to think it will be haunting to go back to work on these sets.

 

[Winston T. Boogie]

“We have reached a settlement, subject to court approval, for our wrongful death case against the producers of Rust including Alec Baldwin,” said a statement Wednesday from Matthew Hutchins, widow of the cinematographer Halyna Hutchins and a plaintiff in the lawsuit along with their 9-year-old son Andros. “As part of that settlement, our case will be dismissed. The filming of Rust, which I will now executive produce, will resume with all the original principal players on board, in January 2023.”

 

[JimmyO]

Surprised that it is going to get finished as well.

 

[SamT]

There is nothing more false or inappropriate to say we are finishing this in her honor. I don't think she wants to be honored or remembered by this movie.

 

[TravisR]

I'd guess that they shot enough of the movie that they don't need to spend that much more money to finish it. Coupling that with knowing that some people will watch this simply because someone died making it likely means they think they can make money by completing and releasing it.

 

[Jeffrey D]

I'd guess that they shot enough of the movie that they don't need to spend that much more money to finish it. Coupling that with knowing that some people will watch this simply because someone died making it likely means they think they can make money by completing and releasing it.

Maybe the backers feel they put too much money into the project to just shelve it.

 

[Winston T. Boogie]

There is nothing more false or inappropriate to say we are finishing this in her honor. I don't think she wants to be honored or remembered by this movie.

Well, can't really say what she would want because she is no longer with us but the people honoring her are her husband and son as well as her friends. They likely know better than others how she felt about this picture and what she may have wanted to take place.

 

[Winston T. Boogie]

I'd guess that they shot enough of the movie that they don't need to spend that much more money to finish it. Coupling that with knowing that some people will watch this simply because someone died making it likely means they think they can make money by completing and releasing it.

I assume that making her husband an executive producer means that profits, if there are any from this picture, will be shared with him and his son. Not sure if a death on the film will cause more people to watch it. I hope people watch it or buy it if it helps get money into the hands of the Hutchins family. That won't compensate for their loss but it gives them something.

It's a small picture and a western so likely was never going to be a big money maker. So, my guess is profit was never a motive on this.

 

[Wayne_j]

There have been many incidents where a stunt performer had died during a film and the film still comes out. If the family thinks that finishing the movie will be what the victim wanted I can support that.

 

[Jeffrey D]

There have been many incidents where a stunt performer had died during a film and the film still comes out. If the family thinks that finishing the movie will be what the victim wanted I can support that.

I’m sure there are other examples, but the first film that comes to mind is Brandon Lee, who was accidentally shot while filming The Crow. I read that there was a piece of an actual bullet in the barrel that was expelled when the blank was fired.

 

[Winston T. Boogie]

There have been many incidents where a stunt performer had died during a film and the film still comes out. If the family thinks that finishing the movie will be what the victim wanted I can support that.

Sadly, when a stunt person is killed often that went relatively unnoticed. It seems to draw more attention when it is an actor or in this case the death involved an actor.

 

[Winston T. Boogie]

The picture that comes to my mind first in incidents like this is The Twilight Zone movie where Vic Morrow and two child actors were chopped to pieces by a crashing helicopter. That one has always horrified me to the extent I can't really watch the film. They did finish and release that picture, which is kind of stunning, and the scene where the three actors lost their lives is in the film.

 

[TravisR]

The picture that comes to my mind first in incidents like this is The Twilight Zone movie where Vic Morrow and two child actors were chopped to pieces by a crashing helicopter. That one has always horrified me to the extent I can't really watch the film. They did finish and release that picture, which is kind of stunning, and the scene where the three actors lost their lives is in the film.

After Morrow's death, the movie was reworked and that scene is definitely not in the movie. The footage was shown at Landis and company's criminal trial so you probably saw portions of it via a documentary on that.

 

[Winston T. Boogie]

After Morrow's death, the movie was reworked and that scene is definitely not in the movie. The footage was shown at Landis and company's criminal trial so you probably saw portions of it via a documentary on that.

I do recall accidentally seeing the footage of the accident which was in a documentary and wishing I had not seen it. I have not seen the actual movie in many years outside of the opening with Aykroyd and Brooks, which I have always enjoyed. So, I don't recall the Morrow sequence of the picture that much but I thought the scene where he carried the kids through the swamp was in it but that may be my mind playing horrible tricks on me.

I think the last time I saw the film was well before Blu-ray even existed.

 

[TravisR]

I do recall accidentally seeing the footage of the accident which was in a documentary and wishing I had not seen it. I have not seen the actual movie in many years outside of the opening with Aykroyd and Brooks, which I have always enjoyed. So, I don't recall the Morrow sequence of the picture that much but I thought the scene where he carried the kids through the swamp was in it but that may be my mind playing horrible tricks on me.

I think the last time I saw the film was well before Blu-ray even existed.

I saw the footage on TV so fortunately, it cut away before anyone was actually killed.

As for the movie, the Morrow segment isn't that good (admittedly, my view is probably clouded by the tragedy surrounding it) and I'm about as big of a Spielberg fan as you'll ever find but he adapted a lackluster episode and ended up with a lackluster segment in the movie. However, Joe Dante adapted a good episode (It's A Good Life) that appealed to his sensibilities and talent so that story is pretty good and George Miller did Nightmare At 20,000 Feet which ended up being arguably better than the original episode.

 

[Jake Lipson]

I don't think she wants to be honored or remembered by this movie.

We don't know what she would want because she is not here. But we do know that the film will include her work.

I know more about industry news than the average moviegoer, and I had never heard Hutchins' name prior to her death. I don't mean that to sound disparaging to her at all, just to point out that she was not a public figure during her life. Now, even people who don't follow film know her name because the incident received so much attention not only in the industry press but on the national news. So she is remembered by the general public for her death on this movie whether she would want to be or not.

I don't know how a studio marketing team would even approach marketing this film because her passing is inexorably linked to it.

 

[Wiseguy]

I saw the footage on TV so fortunately, it cut away before anyone was actually killed.

As for the movie, the Morrow segment isn't that good (admittedly, my view is probably clouded by the tragedy surrounding it) and I'm about as big of a Spielberg fan as you'll ever find but he adapted a lackluster episode and ended up with a lackluster segment in the movie. However, Joe Dante adapted a good episode (It's A Good Life) that appealed to his sensibilities and talent so that story is pretty good and George Miller did Nightmare At 20,000 Feet which ended up being arguably better than the original episode.

From what I heard the Morrow episode was not a remake though it may have been inspired by an episode ("A Quality of Mercy"?) The other three stories were definitely remakes.

 

[RobertMG]

We don't know what she would want because she is not here. But we do know that the film will include her work.

I know more about industry news than the average moviegoer, and I had never heard Hutchins' name prior to her death. I don't mean that to sound disparaging to her at all, just to point out that she was not a public figure during her life. Now, even people who don't follow film know her name because the incident received so much attention not only in the industry press but on the national news. So she is remembered by the general public for her death on this movie whether she would want to be or not.

I don't know how a studio marketing team would even approach marketing this film because her passing is inexorably linked to it.

They should have let it Rust In the Dust