AuGUST 4, 1995/Toy Story, the first fully computer animated film, produced by Richmond, Calif.-based Pixar Animation Studios, has been scheduled for Thanksgiving release by Walt Disney Pictures….After nine years, London-based production house Redwing Films will be shutting down….Director/cinematographer Didier LaFond has signed with Crest Films, Santa Monica, for North American spot representation. LaFond has been repped for ads throughout Europe by Concept Image Action, Chamonix, France….After six years at New York and Atlanta-based post house Dennis Hayes & Associates, editor Lin Polito has left to join Vito DeSario Editing, also New York….
AUGUST 3, 1990/Director/cameraman Haskell Wexler and producer Jonathan Haze have exited Lucasfilm Commercial Productions (LCP). Company executive producer Peter Friedman said that Wexler and Haze "were not happy with the entire chemistry of the company"…Director Marty Lieberman has joined Casablanca Productions, Los Angeles, and closed Lieberman & McKenzie Productions, the Los Angeles studio he headed with executive producer Bruce McKenzie….
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Alec Baldwin Urges Judge To Stand By Dismissal Of Involuntary Manslaughter Case In “Rust” Shooting
Alec Baldwin urged a New Mexico judge on Friday to stand by her decision to skuttle his trial and dismiss an involuntary manslaughter charge against the actor in the fatal shooting of a cinematographer on the set of a Western movie.
State District Court Judge Mary Marlowe Sommer dismissed the case against Baldwin halfway through a trial in July based on the withholding of evidence by police and prosecutors from the defense in the 2021 shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the set of the film "Rust."
The charge against Baldwin was dismissed with prejudice, meaning it can't be revived once any appeals of the decision are exhausted.
Special prosecutor Kari Morrissey recently asked the judge to reconsider, arguing that there were insufficient facts and that Baldwin's due process rights had not been violated.
Baldwin, the lead actor and co-producer on "Rust," was pointing a gun at cinematographer Halyna Hutchins during a rehearsal when it went off, killing her and wounding director Joel Souza. Baldwin has said he pulled back the hammer โ but not the trigger โ and the revolver fired.
The case-ending evidence was ammunition that was brought into the sheriff's office in March by a man who said it could be related to Hutchins' killing. Prosecutors said they deemed the ammunition unrelated and unimportant, while Baldwin's lawyers alleged that they "buried" it and filed a successful motion to dismiss the case.
In her decision to dismiss the Baldwin case, Marlowe Sommer described "egregious discovery violations constituting misconduct" by law enforcement and prosecutors, as well as false testimony about physical evidence by a witness during the trial.
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