Word: stunt
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FALSE. Titanic logged 6,029 stunt-man days, probably a movie-industry record (True Lies had 2,202). In all that time there were three injuries requiring hospital treatment: one broken ankle, one cracked rib, one cracked cheekbone--and in the latter two, the stunt players were back at work the next...
...Many stunt people were seriously injured...
...Unlike the infamous baby milk factory stunt during the Gulf War, this one appears to be real. The U.N. agency's extensive survey covered every area of the country and was made in cooperation with the Iraqi government ? which claims as many as 7,000 children aged under five died in October as a direct result of sanctions. The agency scheduled an emergency meeting Thursday to discuss the crisis. One easy solution they probably won't discuss ? destroying Iraq's chemical and biological warfare stockpile immediately...
...with a mind-numbing abundance of mini-series and specials. The point is to boost the NIELSEN RATINGS of their affiliates during this quarterly four-week period, when local stations set advertising rates. It's a bit of a sham for advertisers, whose rates are partly determined by such stunt scheduling. And now they're doing something about it. On discussion at next month's meeting of Nielsen's Customer Alliance, an advisory group that includes advertisers and affiliate reps, is "extended measurement." One form of it could triple the annual 16 weeks of ratings to 48 weeks...
...rest of the film follows Brackett as the strategically escalates the crisis to suit both his interests and (he thinks) those of the hapless Baily, who pulled the stunt only as a last-ditch effort to recover his job at the museum, and is bewildered by the chubbub he has created. Predictably, Brackett loses control of the media circus (complete with clowns, in this version), and the situation spins swiftly towards disaster...