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TIL, That one turtle scene from "Master Of Disguise" was filmed on September 11.
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SwissArmyKazoo lemmy.world SwissArmyKazoo@lemmy.world
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Nurse_Robot lemmy.world Nurse_Robot@lemmy.world
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Source? Or is this just a pretty lame joke?

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nocturne slrpnk.net nocturne@slrpnk.net
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Source? Or is this just a pretty lame joke?

https://www.avclub.com/yes-dana-carvey-prayed-about-9-11-while-in-his-master-1850310338

"I’m dressed as the Turtle Man, and I’m holding hands, and I’m lowering my head and praying, and I just thought at the moment: 'This is very strange.'"

(And here’s where we should be very clear that the Turtle Club scene was not, despite what people say sometimes, actually filmed on 9/11; production on the film hadn’t started when the attacks happened, and didn’t begin until a few weeks after. The Turtle Club was just the first scene to be filmed.)

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Davel23 fedia.io Davel23@fedia.io
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Source? Or is this just a pretty lame joke?

https://www.vice.com/en/article/heres-what-actually-happened-with-dana-carvey-the-turtle-suit-and-9-11/

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IWW4 lemmy.zip IWW4@lemmy.zip
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/shrug..

I was at work when the planes hit the towers on 9/11.

I set up a bunch of accounts, I handled a bunch of IT issues. I’m sure that there were many movie and TV scenes filmed that day.

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Pacrat173 lemmy.ml Pacrat173@lemmy.ml
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Was the Turtle Club scene really shot on 9/11? (The video shows evidence that it was not)

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samus12345 sh.itjust.works samus12345@sh.itjust.works
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https://www.avclub.com/yes-dana-carvey-prayed-about-9-11-while-in-his-master-1850310338 "I’m dressed as the Turtle Man, and I’m holding hands, and I’m lowering my head and praying, and I just thought at the moment: 'This is very strange.'" (And here’s where we should be very clear that the Turtle Club scene was not, despite what people say sometimes, actually filmed on 9/11; production on the f...

I always thought it was as well. Glad to be set straight.

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ominous ocelot leminal.space probable_possum@leminal.space
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Roughly about 1/365 of all the things happen on each day of the year. Some even more frequently. I'm not surprised that movies scenes have been filmed during that day.

Tbf I dont know Master Of Disguise. Is it worth watching? And why not?

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MrSelfDestruct lemmy.dbzer0.com RaoulDuke25@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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Why is Mitch McConnell on the thumbnail?

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Jomega lemmy.world Jomega@lemmy.world
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Roughly about 1/365 of all the things happen on each day of the year. Some even more frequently. I'm not surprised that movies scenes have been filmed during that day. Tbf I dont know Master Of Disguise. Is it worth watching? And why not?

Anyone over the age of 10 will find it obnoxious and stupid. I know because I was 10 when I first saw it and thought it was funny, and then I had a birthday and I didn't like it anymore.

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chewypoops lemmy.world chewypoops@lemmy.world
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Sadly, this is just an urban legend. It originated on IMDB as unsubstantiated trivia. It is true that he had to do a moment of silence in the turtle suit, but this was weeks after 9/11.

But there were scenes in 28 days later filmed on 9/11, and apparently the tragedy entirely reshaped the movie.

Also Francis Ford Coppola had a second-unit camera team filming in NYC that day, which is where some of the higher quality footage comes from.

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Tollana1234567 lemmy.today Tollana1234567@lemmy.today
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so it was MITCH McConnell all along.

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