Court Russell escaped from his New York star with a real pescet with nails

On DVD features for John Carptter “Escape from New York”, “ The director and the main actor, Court Russell, tells an amusing story about the moderate shock. There is a scene in the middle of the movie almost through the movie, where it is seen, where the New York (Isaac Hayes) Duke is imposed on fighting a brutal wrestler called Al -Khabal (The reality of life wrestler Ox Baker) In a wrestling square. Both snake and malice are armed with baseball hits known as nails and garbage that can act as shields. Carpeter recalls the filming of the battle, and indicated that Baker, who used to actual wrestling matches, was swinging in Russell strongly. Everything that Russell could do to prevent Baker’s aggressive strikes.

It is clear that Russell, who is tired of fighting for his life actually, described Baker aside between taking and telling him to pull his fashion a little better. To confirm his point of view, Russell arrived forward and hit Baker directly on a very sensitive part of his autopsy. Baker got the hint and stopped hitting a messenger.

Deathblow in the wrestling match “Escape from New York” was very brutal. Snake was able to work behind the slag and his plague swings directly at the back of his skull. Since the bats were conceited in the nails, the bats held deeply in the slag and stayed in place when the snake took his hands away. To achieve this effect, a bloc of wood has been linked to the head of Ox Baker, and Russell was directed to pingling the lane directly in the mass. Baker will hurt, but he will definitely not kill him. Well, provided that I did it correctly. Yes, it is actually Bonked Ox Baker in the head. Fortunately, everything went according to the plan.

Baker may have been concerned about this trick, as Russell already gave him a warning. A messenger, however, was not playing at that point and already hit the wood mass as he was appointed. Russell commented several times (In fans agreements and the likeThroughout the difficulty of the entire experience. The wrestling ring was built at St. Louis Union, and it took three days to shoot. It was Thwacking “a nightmare”. Russell said he was really fighting for his life, and that the garbage could hit him at least five times. The actor was grateful because he was not more seriously injured.

Some of the wrestling match shots around the ring, and as a result of the Bangaride of the Bangrag, which was the Panafon version From Steadicam. These are the brand names for a specialized type of body platform infected with the body worker. The excavators allowed the operators to keep the giant film cameras fixed as they walk around a scene and shoot at every corner. In 1981, when “Escape from New York” was filmed, these types of new shots were filled with; The common use was not even “Bound for Glory” in 1976. Carpetter liked the use of Panaglide on “Halloween” in 1978, and made his shots more ambitious for “Escape from New York”.

However, the camera was closed down for the flu block. Ox Baker was still completely fixed as he led Russell Al -Zafar to his head, and it was logical – both for safety and visual clarity – maintaining the image fixed.

Ox Baker died in 2014 at the age of 80, but “escape from New York” was definitely highlighting a profession,