Police Bust Movie Crew Shooting Hostage Scene

[matcom]

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Those who plan to film a hostage scene might want to make it obvious to everyone around them that it's a simulation and not the real deal.

That may be the lesson that an independent film crew learned over the weekend after Larimer County, Colo., deputies swarmed them during a shoot for a low-budget feature movie.

Members of the Twelve Monkeys Dancing Films were at a campground near Lake Carter Saturday, shooting a scene where the lead actor takes a girl hostage and beats up on a good Samaritan who tries to intervene.

"It happened very suddenly after that. We heard, 'Freeze,'"said Director Eileen Agosta.

They were in the middle of the scene when a team of Larimer County sheriff's deputies ran over, shouting orders to get on the ground, pointing rifles at the crew, actor Chris Borden said.

"They kept telling me the whole time, 'We're gonna shoot you. We're gonna shoot you. We're gonna send rounds your way,'" Borden said.

http://www.wftv.com/news/9398513/detail.html

[Vidar]

1. I tend to disagree with cops on principle, but his director gets

the Darwin Award.

[sakabatou]

2. Aren't you supposed to call the police to let them know

you're doing a scene like this?

[Mutley]

3. Why wouldn't they inform the police ahead of time about

this shoot? :o

[democracyindanger]

4. Because

the line producer is a total fucking idiot.

[Crazy Dave]

5. A lot of the actors that do the re-enactments on AMW

Get the cops called on them frequently. People that watched the show on Saturday night see someone standing in line at the store the following Monday that looks just like the guy they saw wanted for kidnapping on America's Most Wanted. One elderly hispanic lady who portrayed somebody one time said she had been detained three times after doing the scene. Now I think the actors have to carry certain documents to save them a lot of trouble.

[patcox2]

6. Very interesting; next time I commit a crime, I am going to call the polic

I am going to call the police and tell them I am filming a crime re-enactment. Should buy a few minutes, huh?