John Landis
Videos
John Landis is an American filmmaker and actor. He is best known for directing comedy films such as The Kentucky Fried Movie, National Lampoon's Animal House, The Blues Brothers, Trading Places, Three
Landis at the 2022 Cinema Ritrovato Festival in Italy
Landis in 2006
Twilight Zone accident
Videos
On July 23, 1982, a Bell UH-1 Iroquois helicopter crashed at Indian Dunes in Valencia, California, during the making of Twilight Zone: The Movie. The crash killed actor Vic Morrow and child actors Myc
John Landis
…2008, Landis won an Emmy Award for the documentary Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project (2007). In 1982, Landis became the subject of controversy when three actors, including two children, died on set while filming his segment of Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983). Landis, as well as several other parties, were subsequently tried and acquitted for…
Wreckage of the helicopter at the film set, in the aftermath of the accident
A similar helicopter
Vic Morrow
Renee Shin-Yi Chen (left) and Myca Dinh Le (right)