Gun supervisor for 'Rust' movie to be sentenced for fatal shooting by Alec Baldwin on set

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Gun supervisor for 'Rust' movie to be sentenced for fatal shooting by Alec Baldwin on set - Lemmy.World

A movie weapons supervisor is facing up to 18 months in prison for the fatal shooting of a cinematographer by Alec Baldwin on the set of the Western film “Rust,” with her sentencing scheduled for Monday in a New Mexico state court. Movie armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed was convicted in March by a jury on a charge of involuntary manslaughter in the death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins and has been held for more than a month at a county jail on the outskirts of Santa Fe. Baldwin, the lead actor and co-producer for “Rust,” was pointing a gun at Hutchins [https://apnews.com/article/alec-baldwin-rust-shooting-movie-things-to-know-6c08979ccc0067660831ba66602334fd] when the revolver went off, killing Hutchins and wounding director Joel Souza. … Prosecutors blamed Gutierrez-Reed for unwittingly bringing live ammunition onto the set of “Rust” where it was expressly prohibited and for failing to follow basic gun safety protocols. After a two-week trial, the jury deliberated for about three hours in reaching its verdict.

She was crap at her job but she was also too inexperienced for it and employed to do it by cost-cutting producers who took so many shortcuts on set safety, half the crew walked out before this happened.

More powerful heads need to roll.

Should we hire the old dude who is expensive but has a ton of experience?

Nah, pretty woman with not much experience is cheaper.

Hannah Gutierrez-Reed is the daughter of veteran Hollywood armorer Thell Reed

Hannah Gutierrez-Reed’s father is Thell Reed, а well-known Hollywood аrmorer. Reed — whose credits include 1997’s “L.A. Confidential” and 2006’s “Miami Vice” was born аnd rаised in Downey, Cаliforniа, аccording to his IMDb profile.

According to IMDb, Reed has been known to work intimately with actors such as Brad Pitt and Val Kilmer to achieve “realistic gun handling.” Reed was also a quick draw expert on Quentin Tarantino’s 2012 film “Django Unchained.” The Daily Beast has reported that Gutierrez-Reed was trained by her father.

Thell Reed - Biography - IMDb

Thell Reed. Additional Crew: L.A. Confidential. Thell Reed was born and raised in Downey, California. His father worked hard at maintaining a small chain of BB-Q restaurants to afford him the luxury of spoiling his only son. Being a gun enthusiast, he bestowed on him a pair of match Colt .45s and told him to "Make a living with them!" Thell did just that. He began winning fast draw tournaments...

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This is more than a little misogynistic. There are female armorers in their 20’s out there who are kicking ass after a couple of gigs and old dogs who refuse to change with the times who are timebombs waiting to go off. Gender, how pretty you are, even experience have nothing to do with aptitude. On a set it’s more mindset, willingness to learn, commitment to doing the craft well and wits than experience.

You want to blame something, blame industry nepotism. That’s why she was there. She’s the kid of another armorer who pulled strings for her to get her jobs. Not a gendered thing either. The majority of people I see fucking shit up in my industry aren’t there because someone has aspirations to sleep with them, it’s because they are somebody’s kid, relative or best friend and they can’t be fired.

Film has enough gendered bullshit issues without people pulling this shit about one of the few departments that actually has gender parity.

Women are usually less cavalier when it comes to safety
Cite your sources.
Car insurance rates for men and women.
You guys are nuts sometimes