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"Bob Woodward is a lying scumbag," movie director John Landis told a crowd of nearly 200 at the Hasty Pudding Theatre. In 1984, Woodward wrote "Wired: The Short Life and Fast Times of John Belushi," a national bestseller.
John Landis, who directed "The Blues Brothers" and "Animal House," is scheduled to appear next Saturday at the Pudding, said David Lane Seltzer '88, who helped organize Avildsen's visit. Seltzer said future guests will include "Ghostbusters" star Harold Ramis and Sidney Lumet, director of "Out of Africa".
Landis, 36, one of Hollywood's most successful young directors (Animal House, Trading Places, Into the Night), faces up to four years in prison if convicted. He and two assistants, Special Effects Coordinator Paul Stewart and Stunt Pilot Dorcey Wingo, are accused of being criminally negligent during the filming of...
But they deny their clients were negligent. The helicopter crash was unforeseeable, said Attorney James Neal, Landis' defense counsel. Neal, a former Watergate prosecutor, will try to fix the blame on Special Effects Technician James Camomile for detonating the explosion too close to the helicopter. Says Neal: "Mr. Camomile, holding...
Well before the accident, the prosecution contends, Landis was so overbearing on the job that he was disposed to recklessness. D'Agostino said her witnesses would swear that when warned by a casting director that children should not be used in the stunt, Landis curtly responded, "The hell with you...