SWAT Team Seizes AK-47s, Sniper Rifles From Brad Pitt’s Hungarian Movie Set
- Posted on October 11, 2011 at 5:41pm by
Buck Sexton
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We want realism in our action films, but it appears Brad Pitt’s latest movie took it too far.
Hungarian SWAT teams have raided the film set of Brad Pitt’s upcoming “World War Z” because of a cache of live weapons, according to People Magazine. World War Z is an in-production zombie flick based on a popular novel.
To get that added edge of realism, it appears the movie’s prop master or armorer set Pitt and company up with AK-47s and sniper rifles that were not fully disabled. Some even had live ammunition in them.
The Hungarian authorities claimed they had to swoop in for safety reasons, stating that ”85 weapons were seized in Budapest at a warehouse because they were not fully inoperable as they were supposed to be.”
Police were apparently trying to avert a tragic incident similar to the one that occurred in 1998 on the set of the action movie “The Crow.” A loaded weapon made it onto the production set of that movie and subsequently killed Brandon Lee. He was the star of the film and son of martial arts legend Bruce Lee.
This time around, thankfully, there have been no injuries.
And hopefully Brad Pitt will still be able to stop the ravaging zombie hordes from destroying the world– using only blanks from now on.
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Comments (89)
Lesbian Packing Hollow Points
Posted on October 11, 2011 at 9:36pmBut if they take all the guns away, then what are we gonna shoot the zombies with?
Report Post »1casawizard
Posted on October 11, 2011 at 9:43pmShootem with the camera.
Report Post »Alucard
Posted on October 12, 2011 at 1:11amWoody Harrelson does a really good job in Zombieland with just a banjo! LOL
Report Post »babylonvi
Posted on October 12, 2011 at 1:51amExactly my thoughys, there must be a pro-zombie element in the Hungarian government.
Report Post »smithclar3nc3
Posted on October 12, 2011 at 8:57amWalkie talkies like in spielbergs E.T, remastered flop.
Report Post »HolyCrap
Posted on October 12, 2011 at 1:14pmPray them away!
Report Post »BLVD
Posted on October 11, 2011 at 8:38pmBrandon Lee was killed in 1993. Not 1998.
Report Post »Oahujack
Posted on October 11, 2011 at 8:45pmBrandon Lee was not killed by a loaded weapon. He was killed by a blank firing prop. It looked like a real weapon and when the trigger is pulled it made a loud bang. Although it could not fire a projectile, it could emit a flash out of a pin hole in the muzzle. Lee was playing with the prop, held it to his head and pulled the trigger. The resulting gas jet homogenized his dumb brain!
Report Post »Impaler
Posted on October 11, 2011 at 8:45pmHe was killed first in 1993, returned as a crow in 1998, shapeshifted and was killed again. Tragic.
Report Post »Attention2Detail
Posted on October 11, 2011 at 8:49pmReally! That’s what you got out of the story. We have idiot Hollywood types and over-reaching government types and you want to comment on a miss by the fact checker of an item that was peripheral to the story. Glad I don’t live in your head.
Report Post »Jeetman
Posted on October 11, 2011 at 10:33pm@Oahujack
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Brandon Lee was not killed by a loaded weapon. He was killed by a blank firing prop. It looked like a real weapon and when the trigger is pulled it made a loud bang. Although it could not fire a projectile, it could emit a flash out of a pin hole in the muzzle. Lee was playing with the prop, held it to his head and pulled the trigger. The resulting gas jet homogenized his dumb brain!
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Actually, Brandon was killed by a stunt coordinator who ran out of dummy bullets so he took a real bullet, dismantled it (to remove the blast powder) and reassembled the bullet with an empty casing. They used THIS bullet (along with other dummy bullets) while filming the loading of the gun for the scene. When they cut film to remove the dummy bullets and place the blanks, the “homemade dummy bullet separated and the warhead got lodged in the barrel. When the actor fired the gun loaded with what he thought were blanks, the blast from the blank shot the lodged warhead out the barrel and put a 4 inch hole in Brandon Lee’s abdomen and killed him. He DID NOT shoot himself!
ErinLindsey
Posted on October 11, 2011 at 11:02pm@Oahujack I think the actor who you’re thinking of was Jon-Erik Hexum. He was playing with a prop gun back in 1984 on the set of the tv show “Cover-Up” when he shot himself. (During a break in filming, he complained of being bored, he held the prop gun to his head, and pulled the trigger. The paper wad from the blank had enough concussive force to shatter his skull and push a piece of his skull into his brain).
Brandon Lee was killed because of slopping handling of the guns they were using as props.
I think the propmasters and the safety coordinators for movies need to do a better job of educating the actors on how to handle prop weapons, and need to stop using live weapons as props for their movies.
Report Post »smithclar3nc3
Posted on October 12, 2011 at 8:59amBrandon lee was killed by a real gun that was supposedly loaded with blanks.
Report Post »Dougral Supports Israel
Posted on October 11, 2011 at 7:54pmIf you’re going to use real weapons on a set then each one should be stripped down and double verified that it contains no live ammo. Dumb is just plain dumb.
Report Post »independentvoteril
Posted on October 11, 2011 at 8:10pmMaybe Brads wife (ex?) was disappointed they found out.. it would be a shame for all those good looks to get destroyed..
Report Post »BellaMia7
Posted on October 11, 2011 at 7:50pmSounds more like someone didn’t get their bribe.
Report Post »Mil-Dot
Posted on October 11, 2011 at 8:06pmExactly.
Report Post »whatthecrazy
Posted on October 11, 2011 at 7:36pmTuff noogies brad .I think he does all these movies so he can get a break from phyco mom…………….
Report Post »Thatsitivehadenough
Posted on October 11, 2011 at 7:47pm“tough noogys” Now THAT’S an oldie. Haven’t heard that since I left Brooklyn.
Report Post »Servant Of YHVH
Posted on October 12, 2011 at 3:00amActually, he was probably making a movie over there to make money that he can hide from the IRS over here so that he doesn’t have to give them all his money like he thinks we should do. Another Buffett style idiot.
Report Post »trolltrainer
Posted on October 11, 2011 at 7:24pmWhat are the odds of Michael Moore making his next movie in Hungary?
Report Post »Miami
Posted on October 11, 2011 at 7:34pmI can just see it now “The Freedom Flotilla” painting the terrorist as victims
Report Post »lodgerat
Posted on October 11, 2011 at 10:15pmhope he goes there and stays there
Report Post »ares338
Posted on October 11, 2011 at 7:15pmBring on the Zombie Apocalypse or George Soros whichever comes first!
Report Post »chazman
Posted on October 11, 2011 at 7:20pm… what the hell?
Report Post »Miami
Posted on October 11, 2011 at 7:31pmThe zombies are already down on Wall Street, protesting intelligence or have you not heard the chants…?
Report Post »Atertra
Posted on October 11, 2011 at 7:04pmthis was the first I heard they were making World War Z. I love zombie movies, how did i not hear of this until now?
Report Post »grannyjojo
Posted on October 11, 2011 at 7:17pmI don‘t know but I hadn’t heard either and I just adore zombie movies. Great fun and you don’t ever have to worry about it REALLY happening. Glad they managed to stop someone from being killed (with live ammo!!!) God bless. “Every knee will bow and every tongue confess”
Report Post »Skee
Posted on October 11, 2011 at 6:57pmThat’s funny
Report Post »The movie set was probably better
equiped than the Hungarian army
so they decided to stock up or saw a
possible national security threat
from a superior military.
Skrewedretiree
Posted on October 11, 2011 at 8:08pmNah….I think they just screwed up. “Wait! Those guns are the ones we reserved for the Muslims!”
Report Post »nosycophant
Posted on October 11, 2011 at 6:51pmStill loaded yea right.
Report Post »Cemoto78
Posted on October 11, 2011 at 7:03pmThe guns or the cast?
Report Post »donh2
Posted on October 11, 2011 at 6:47pmThis wasn’t really a film. The studio was a cover for Soros to train his revolutionaries how to handle deadly weapons and send them back here to the American street. Same jihad camp that trained mohammed Atta.
Report Post »chance1
Posted on October 11, 2011 at 11:10pmReply to Donh2, Iike the way you perceive events but am also concerned. Please slow down and resehearch wild ideas.
Report Post »JasonFreelance13
Posted on October 11, 2011 at 6:29pmDodged a bullet on this one?
Report Post »Charles
Posted on October 11, 2011 at 6:28pmActors are helplessly stupid. They are pictured handling guns all the time and thats where they make their millions, yet they have ZERO knowledge of firearm safety or how they work or operate. Actors are on my 1 to 10 scale of usefulness in society somewhere around 0 (zero).
Report Post »Chet Hempstead
Posted on October 11, 2011 at 6:40pmEvery movie that uses guns has an armorer whose specific job is to train actors and see that safety protocols are followed. Actors have play people of all different professions. Good actors do what they can to research and prepare for each role, but you can’t expect them to pick up in a few months the knowledge that a professional acquires over a lifetime of experience. When something like this happens you have to put the blame on the guy who was hired because he was supposed to be an expert.
Report Post »Chet Hempstead
Posted on October 11, 2011 at 6:54pmOh, and as far as their usefulness in society goes, actors are an essential part of an industry that brings in billions of dollars a year from the rest of the world. How many of us can still say that?
Report Post »Sutter Buttes
Posted on October 11, 2011 at 7:14pmChet – It does not take a lifetime of training or professional status to learn firearm safety and operation. Fathers and Grandfathers have been teaching kids this sort of knowledge prior to 10 years of age for generations.
Report Post »1casawizard
Posted on October 11, 2011 at 8:49pmWhat inglorious bastards they are. Finding out what they had, and not knowing it to begin with.
Report Post »Navyveteran
Posted on October 12, 2011 at 10:38amActually Chet yes I do. If my wife can learn how to handle and shoot a weapon safely in a matter of 3 day classes for three hour per class, Common sense and safely handling weapons doesn’t take months of learning, hitting your target with less than an inch groupings will take months of constant practice. I think that actors who will be handling even props should be able to take some time in their so called busy schedule to learn proper gun handling techniques. This comment of yours just shows how ignorant you are on gun safety. Hell I bet my 9 year old daughter can out shoot you and your hollywood friends. I know for a fact she knows how to handle a weapon better as well by just watching movies.
I also find it ironic how you put hollywood on such a pedestal by binging in billions of dollars to one industry when the bankers which you hate has been doing that since the beginning of this country, and the banking industry has created a whole lot more jobs and wealth than hollywood has created. I bet you believe that government and not people create jobs as well. I know most of the hollywood types beleive that.
Report Post »TRONINTHEMORNING
Posted on October 11, 2011 at 6:28pmI’m having MAX BROOKS, author of the book, WORLD WAR Z on tomorrow on my radio show. Can’t wait to ask him about it. Since he‘s MEL BROOK’s son, he will no doubt have a funny line or two. Good to laugh once in awhile. {:
Report Post »drphil69
Posted on October 11, 2011 at 6:25pmThey used real guns and didn’t check to see if they were loaded??
Report Post »afishfarted
Posted on October 11, 2011 at 6:31pmsomethin’s just not passing the smell test here
Report Post »mtnhimike
Posted on October 11, 2011 at 6:22pmWhat Hugo Chavez did not have a place to shoot the movie. He could have used live ammo on the live humans and Hugo would have supplied them/.
Report Post »varnell99
Posted on October 11, 2011 at 6:18pmDam* they raided to early. Maybe Pitt could have shot himself, rather that just shooting off his mouth.
Report Post »Tired of Idiotic Comments
Posted on October 11, 2011 at 6:22pmRight on!
Report Post »Smokey_Bojangles
Posted on October 11, 2011 at 6:07pmWhy would a Commie like Pitt want any guns in his movies?
Report Post »Tresse
Posted on October 11, 2011 at 6:21pmSimple, Hollywierd will use anything they can to make money. Have you ever noticed how many guns are pictured on DVD covers?
Report Post »drago
Posted on October 11, 2011 at 6:02pmIf i had to guess, i think either Pitt, or the production crew, armorer or all of them, tried to smuggle these weapons into the U.S. Or maybe, just maybe, they are a part of Fand F. Just a thought…..
Report Post »LetsBeReasonable
Posted on October 11, 2011 at 6:01pmMakes me want to watch the Walking Dead premier.
Report Post »M 4 Colt
Posted on October 11, 2011 at 6:08pmThe survivors in that show kind of reminds me of us, the conservatives here in America and the zombies are the left wing liberals who want us to feed them, when in fact they are a disease on our country and need to be killed off to save us.
Report Post »grannyjojo
Posted on October 11, 2011 at 7:21pmWhoa!!! I didn’t know that was coming back on so soon! Thanks for the heads up, will set the DVR TONIGHT to make sure I don’t miss a second of the show, really really liked season one! God bless. “Every knee will bow and every tongue confess”
Report Post »Sirfoldallot
Posted on October 11, 2011 at 6:01pmBrad was protecting his pot.
Report Post »RLTW
Posted on October 11, 2011 at 6:06pmI find it strange they’d hire a Hollywood zombie for a zombie movie.
Report Post »pwatkins
Posted on October 11, 2011 at 6:01pmStrange indeed…that where Eric tried to hide the “fast and furious” guns while he is fighting Iranian terrorists?
Report Post »Smokey_Bojangles
Posted on October 11, 2011 at 6:08pmOr Supplying Iranian Terrorist.
Report Post »AllenC
Posted on October 11, 2011 at 6:00pmWhat’s up with all the zombie movies and shows? They are getting kidna old don’t ya think?
Report Post »The-Monk
Posted on October 11, 2011 at 6:14pmI think it got rekindled when the CDC started warning Americans about the reality of zombies. Seriously. The CDC hired a bunch of people to dress up as zombies and walk around in public as a PSA. Personallly, I think they are preparing us for an Obama, Soros marxist commie take over and the zombies represent the hungry that will be roaming the streets for food and they are telling us it’s ok to kill these people.
Report Post »MinnesotaMARINE
Posted on October 11, 2011 at 5:51pmWhy would you even have live rounds around in that situation? Unless the zombies are real, hay would that not cause our economy to prosper??
Report Post »M 4 Colt
Posted on October 11, 2011 at 6:00pmHow dumb can you be, live ammo on a movie set with left wingers who know nothing about guns, they are lucky someone didn’t get killed.
Report Post »Smokey_Bojangles
Posted on October 11, 2011 at 6:09pmMaybe that was the Idea,Armed left wingers.
Report Post »1casawizard
Posted on October 11, 2011 at 9:12pmIt coulda been a set-up to confiscate and fine.
Report Post »ShamanWorld
Posted on October 11, 2011 at 5:50pmWeird story.
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