Major Accidents That Happened On The Set of a Film

Back to the Future III

Do you remember the scene in Back to the Future III when Michael J. Fox got hanged for getting accused of being a witch in the middle ages? Well, if you don’t, Michael J. Fox sure does. During this scene, he was supposed to slip his hand under the crude noose that was constructed by an amateur set designer before his chair dropped, but he was, unfortunately, unable to do so within a reasonable timeframe. Fox suffocated on the rope for 30 seconds before someone recognized that he was in trouble and cut him down, any longer might have spelled a death sentence for him. 

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