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Re: disabilities and film

Donald Larsson <[log in to unmask]>
Sun, 17 May 1998 16:07:43 -0500
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Murray Pomerance comments:
 
 
>   After
> STAR WARS (the first), Mark Hamill was seriously disfigured in a driving
> accident (around the time he shot CORVETTE SUMMER).  The surgical
> reconstruction was good, but not flawless, and you can see it "handled"
> in the script of the succeeding SW films, I think, in terms of the arm
> disability and other little quirks of writing and staging.
 
This reminds me of Montgomery Clift's accident during the filming of
RAINTREE COUNTY, in which you can detect the scenes that were done
before and after.
 
Don Larsson
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Donald Larsson, Mankato State U (MN)
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