Submitted by jimboknows6916 t3_1193iou in television
so, i know, very specific and weird but it got me thinking.
there is a scene where the mayor falls off a float. she falls backwards and hits her head on the pavement.
in the scene - whoever is doing the falling looks to actually go into the fencing response.
for this kind of scene, do they ACTUALLY fall onto concrete? Did the stuntperson actually get hurt?
It feels weird that they left it in the show if so.
Just watched it. Not a doctor, so I don’t know, but that fall looked rough. The stiff arms seemed to happen really fast, but maybe that’s normal. I hope they were ok.
thats what i thought too.
i figured if it was a stunt fall (which i am sure it was), there would have been some protections in place to make sure the head didnt slam onto concrete.
We rewatched Back to the Future a couple nights ago with our kids and the part where Marty’s grandfather hits him with the car and you see and hear Marty’s head hit the rough road surface … it gave me chills. I don’t like that sound. I was trying to figure out how they did it. The medium shot is certainly Michael J. Fox’s double. But the close-up is all Fox. They either used a semi-soft surface made to look like road, or maybe some kind of plate in his hair or under a wig. Or Fox just let his head hit the payment, which seems unlikely. Whatever protections should have been in place for Raising Hope must have worked for *Back to the Future.”
oh MANNNNN. i know that scene very well, as BTTF is one of my favorite movies ever and it gets me every time. the sound when his skull hits the pavement is bone chilling for me.
I guess back in the 80s it was a little more "put some ice on it and laugh at the stars circling around his head" and now its more - yikes thats a brain injury, but it still gets me pretty bad.
EDIT: to be clear, im talking about him hitting his head on the pavement in the movie, not the stuntman.
I believe in the commentary - which I listened to quite a while ago, mind you - he drops his head onto a safety mat painted to match the road and the sound is an egg hitting a table.
Oh thank you! 38 years later and I can rest easy for poor Michael J. Fox’s head. The hairs on my neck are still going to stand up when I see that scene though.
The sound was added in post-production. He landed on a mat.
knowing that will have zero effect on my reaction lol
(but it is still good to know, thanks)
I dont have an answer but thanks for reminding me of Raising Hope, Ill need to binge it again soon.
Stunt people get hurt all the time. That’s what we pay them definitely not enough for.
i hear ya, but this seems like a monumentally simple thing to fix.
fall frontwards, lay a mat down, change the camera angle, etc etc
Jeez this gave me chills
me too, pretty rough bonk of the noggin
Looks like she's wearing a soft helmet under the wig.
interesting, didnt think of that! I will rewatch and take a look.
seems like the helmet didnt do too great of a job
If that makes you cringe, you won't like the scene where he is dragged by a rope on his neck in the 3rd movie.
Fwiw, and I forget the source, but I've heard stunt people take pride in the pain shots. I'd imagine it's a "if I'm gonna fuckin break an arm for you you better use it" mentality
oh thats an interesting point i hadnt thought of. like a "dont let this massive concussion be in vain" type of thing
I saw the third movie in theaters as a kid. I’ll be ok. Something about his head on the pavement has always made me recoil. I’m blaming the sound, which someone else said was the sound of a cracking egg.
Is this just a sneaky way to get people to re-watch Raising Hope?
Because I am 100% for it!
lol as soon as i posted that, i was like "this sounds like a raising hope ad"
jimboknows6916 OP t1_j9k5zqr wrote
If anyone wants to see the scene, Raising Hope is on Hulu.