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As the remake of “The Crow” heads to theaters, Hollywood is revisiting the tragic shooting death of Brandon Lee on the set of the original 1994 film.
Lee's on-set death paved the way for deceased actors to complete or have new performances, since pioneering CGI techniques were used to complete The Crow. [76] A month later, it was reported that Lee's previous films Laser Mission, Showdown in Little Tokyo, and Rapid Fire saw a surge in video sales. [77]
After Lee's death, Paramount Pictures opted out of distribution and the rights were acquired by Miramax Films. The film is dedicated to Lee and his fiancée, Eliza Hutton. The Crow premiered in Santa Monica on May 10, 1994, and was released in the United States on May 13, 1994, by Dimension Films.
During the production of the 1994 film adaptation of “The Crow,” star Brandon Lee was accidentally shot and killed on set due to an accident by the film’s prop department.
In 1993, Massee portrayed the character Funboy in the film The Crow, starring Brandon Lee. Massee was the actor who fired the shot that accidentally killed Lee on the set, as the result of an improperly prepared prop gun. Traumatized by the event, he returned to New York and took a year off from acting, and never saw the film.
The Crow was completed, thanks to the dedication of director Alex Proyas, with the help of a young stunt double who was able to stand in for Lee. That stunt double, Chad Stahelski, went on to ...
The Crow is a supernatural superhero comic book series created by James O'Barr revolving around the titular character of the same name.The series, which was originally created by O'Barr as a means of dealing with the death of his fiancée at the hands of a drunk driver, [1] was first published by Caliber Comics in 1989.
The Crow lands in theaters on August 23. The original 1994 film was famously mired in tragedy. A prop-gun disaster fatally wounded lead actor Brandon Lee, the son of legendary action star Bruce Lee .