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How the hell did the helicopter accident footage get released!?

posted 11 years ago by QweefPolice
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In movie disasters, the footage is usually burned, never developed, kept locked away. Anyone know!?

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[–] mosesthid 11 years ago

At first the footage was supposedly destroyed. But was shown during the manslaughter and civil lawsuits against Landis and the film company. I assume this is how it was leaked. The first time I saw the footage was on the now defunct gore site Ogrish.com about 10 years ago. That same footage with alternate angles is now on YouTube with a real creepy soundtrack. How it is on YouTube is beyond me.

[–] SilverCreedWolf 11 years ago

The reason the footage was not destroyed is because this was treated in the manner of a murder investigation from day one (albeit it very bungled). Then the footage was used as evidence during the trial, thus making it a matter of public record. Anyone requesting it could look at it.

The footage was released on one of the "Faces Of Death" videos that have been so wildly popular. I believe that segment is the one that is on YouTube now with the weird music.

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[–] ydobon-1 9 years ago

The reason the footage was not destroyed is because this was treated in the manner of a murder investigation from day one (albeit it very bungled). Then the footage was used as evidence during the trial, thus making it a matter of public record. Anyone requesting it could look at it.

I thought there were exceptions to that rule. For example, they don't allow anyone who requests it to look at child porn that was used in a trial, do they?

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