20 Movies That RUINED People's Lives

Tony here's your quarterback all right you protect his Blind Side when you look at him you think of me welcome to watch Mojo and today we're discussing 20 movies that ruined people's lives I think he's just tired of it you know he's 29 years old and they're wanting him to talk about when he was 16. you know he's been through a Super Bowl he thinks that's probably more interesting than than a movie that's been out for seven years for this list we'll be looking at the most negative consequences of a Film Production for one or more people these movies adversely impacted reputations and communities or were even tied to tragedy are you interested in more stories of ruinous Motion Pictures join the discussion in the comments Resident Evil the Final Chapter Olivia Jackson director Paul WS Anderson pushed the action with each of his Resident Evil adaptations with the sixth and final installment he pushed too far [Music] stuntwoman Olivia Jackson was doubling for Mila Jovovich when her motorcycle crashed directly into a crane mounted camera 17 days later she awoke from a coma to learn that her left arm was gone it would be years before she recovered from other injuries and facial reconstruction what's the last thing you remember I remember up until the very impacts it turned out that Anderson had made a slight camera adjustment without informing Jackson that was all it took for disaster to strike Jackson may have won a lawsuit in 2020 but there's no compensation for the loss of her career and old life and Jackson has resumed activities that she loves martial arts swimming and riding a bike The Amityville Horror Amityville homeowners a house in Long Island's Amityville was the scene of Ronald defeo Jr's Grizzly family side in 1974 then alleged to Paranormal Activity the following year this inspired a book that in turn inspired a film franchise spanning decades foreign [Music] the original house has had so many tourists that has been passed through a number of owners but with all of the residents scared off by the true Terror of horror enthusiasts the Lutz family cannot Escape their Fame over their supposed Supernatural trauma they've also filed multiple lawsuits over defamation and the use of their brand in unrelated Amityville Horror sequels George Lutz dislikes the recent film so much that he is suing its makers MGM this is the latest of many legal actions he has taken over the years though even the lutzers debate the facts in their story they and that House's other residents agree that they've been haunted by this franchise it's the most documented event of its kind American me mafiosos Edward James almost took on the Mexican Mafia of Los Angeles with raw honesty of course the Mexican Mafia felt that American me was too honest except where it potentially defamed La M.A Legend Rodolfo Cadena until now I would have thought it a sign of weakness to even listen to what you said to me that night Danny Trejo who consulted on the production claims that about 10 colleagues were murdered for their involvement before out here and about I think six in prison it's at least confirmed that three active or former mafiosos were targeted specifically over a scene depicting male on male assault this mob takes machismo very seriously never mind the veil of secrecy and Menace that almost tore down sorry according to American me these lives were already ruined by organized crime they are being ended over a movie further exposes the madness that almost wanted to scare people away from sideways Merlot Growers if they want to drink Merlot we're drinking Merlot no if anybody orders Merlot only Alexander Payne's dramedy about two wine connoisseurs touring Santa Barbara County had a surprising ripple effect audiences seem to have been paying close attention to the wine preferences of Paul giamatti's character miles why are you so into Pino I mean it's like a thing with you uh I don't know I don't know um it's a hard grape to grow while sales of Pinot Noir which he loved saw a significant bump those of merlot which he detested fell by two percent this proved financially disastrous in California's wine country where Merlot accounted for around 20 percent of sales it took nearly two decades for the market to bounce back in that time many winemakers found their livelihoods compromised by one single movie just don't give up all right you're gonna make it half my life is over and I have nothing to show for it nothing sideways may be widely acclaimed but it doesn't have as many fans in the wine industry as you'd think The Goonies Sandy Preston [Music] do it come on do it the Walsh house in Astoria Oregon is The Treasure of adventurous Goonies fans around the world one such fan a woman named Sandy Preston bought the property in 2001 but realized that her dream was actually a nightmare the house soon became overwhelmed with visitors some of whom even stole her wallpaper Preston subsequently became much less welcoming thankfully without resorting to the Fratelli's attitude towards trespassers [Applause] [Music] she just briefly forbade visitors following the film's 30th Anniversary event in 2022 Preston listed the house for 1.65 million dollars and it was sold in just six days while that might not make up for over 20 years of intrusion we hope that the new owners get a better return on their investment for duties around the world just know this this is our time it's our time right now the Conqueror cast and crew Hollywood's dramatization of the rise of Genghis Khan was considered a disaster from the beginning it's now best known for the shocking miscast of John Wayne as the Fearsome Mongol leader this day I have long awaited and now I am beset by weaklings and traitors but there was another horrifically misguided production decision because so much of the Conqueror was filmed downwind of a nuclear testing site in Utah the cast and crew were exposed to radiation over extended periods about 41 of the crew went on to be diagnosed with cancer half of them did not survive they were among the countless so-called Downwinders who were contaminated by nuclear fallout from testing sites throughout the western United States it turns out that the Conqueror is not just a bad movie but was an actual disaster guard yourself well my brother what Adventures without Deliverance people of Rabun County talk about genetic deficiencies not pitiful who's back in the mind you here the groundbreaking Thriller Deliverance practically made Georgia a highly sought after Film Production destination however the movie still has a more mixed reputation among the residents of Raven County where it was shot and we can talk this thing oh what is it you require all this well we uh require that you get your goddamn ass up in them all right now look yeah okay all right sure the economy flourished from tourism along the chatuga river but the local population has had to suffer overcrowding in their community and ruinous stigma Beyond Deliverance has been credited with widely popularizing degrading frightening stereotypes about the Deep South that persist today the people of Rabun County are of course facing this Fallout more directly don't come back up here you don't have to worry about that sure banjo boy Billy Redden may still encourage his community to embrace their place in film history for many of his neighbors though that's not worth the Decades of negative perceptions can you play the banjo for us The Blind Side Michael Orr for every fan of the sports biopic The Blind Side there's a Critic of its questionable racial representation one of them is Michael Orr himself whose life the film is based on and I promise that I will be at every game sharing for you every year every game the former NFL lineman felt that the movie belittled his intelligence and agency in his athletic career he also alleged that this negatively affected his status on the field uh when I could have dropped out in six seven grade man and when somebody else get that credit yeah it pisses you off it pissed me off or trying to set the record straight with an autobiography that elaborated on his disappointment in The Blind Side and its offensive Liberties but by then the damage was seemingly already done really really sad I think you just found something right about Michael Jess goes to show that even an Underdog Story with the best of intentions can apparently Blindside its subject The Conjuring Gerald hellfrick and Norma Sutcliffe the Perrin family may have dealt with Supernatural Intruders in 1971 but Gerald helfrick and Norma Sutcliffe were later haunted by many physical ones we have no longer have any sense of Peace no privacy is totally gone Ed and Lorraine Warren's paranormal investigation into the parents Farmhouse was the basis for the 2013 Smash Hit The Conjuring this launched a film franchise and horror fan pilgrimage to the Rhode Island plot then owned by hellrick and Sutcliffe the couple not only dealt with trespassers but vandalism and threats of violence naming some 500 incidents they sued the film's producers for damages in 2015. it is harassment stalking and that's how it comes across to us four years later hellrick and Sutcliffe finally sold the house to paranormal investigators who converted it into a museum the nightmare was over but with a family driven out of their home of 32 years Natural Born Killers copycat Crime Victims Oliver Stone didn't pull any punches in condemning America's violence culture through the exploits of a serial killer couple now there is no escaping here many critics didn't completely get the irony tragically neither did some Disturbed individuals natural-born Killers inspired a number of violent criminal acts and Murder sprees By copycats most of them teenagers perhaps the most famous crime was the Columbine High School massacre Stone and Time Warner were hit with an incitement lawsuit that dragged on for six years before being dismissed there are always much deeper catalysts for copycat criminals than where they get their Twisted ideas still while Natural Born Killers has an important message behind its horror the way in which it was delivered was adapted to cause so much suffering it's just murder man all God's creatures do it Aaron Brockovich Aaron Brockovich what can I do for you Aaron well believe it or not I'm on the prowl for some water records you come to the right place I guess I did single mother and paralegal Aaron Brockovich saved a lot of lives by exposing groundwater contamination in Hinckley California the Julia roberts-led film about her Crusade was a massive success and made Brockovich a celebrity environmental activist this newfound status however came to be a major burden and I could see that it was affecting my children my relationship my friends I could see jealousy coming up I could see anger I could see frustration I could see people's agendas exhausting public pressure and professional obligations frequently tore Brockovich away from her children she even struggled to find time to support her daughter Elizabeth through struggles with substance use disorder what happened was to earn that next paycheck it became more important oh I have to do an interview than it was to see that I had a kid maybe in trouble more than 20 years later Brockovich is still fighting the good fight in the public eye her family is also in good health but as tough as their lives were before they became movie stars Fame apparently didn't bring much Fortune six that's how old my other daughter is eight is the age of my son two is how many times I've been married and divorced 16 is the number of dollars I have in my bank account 850-3943 that's my phone number and with all the numbers I gave you I'm guessing zero is the number of times you're gonna call it the message Bene brith hostages when I hunt the desert at night I know God is not kept in the house by the 1970s misrepresentation of Islam was becoming widespread in Western media Syrian American filmmaker Mustafa akkad responded with an epic dramatization of the religion's founding the prophet has seen you you're not the Rope or drive to business they'd have roped us cut them loose the message was both critically acclaimed and controversial though akkad was careful to avoid directly depicting the prophet Muhammad the extremist hanafi movement mistakenly believed that Hollywood star Anthony Quinn was cast in the part they retaliated with an armed Siege of the Washington DC chapter of the Jewish Service Group banay brith this resulted in the message being temporarily pulled from theaters and failing at the box office worse the hostage crisis ended in the loss of two lives and unimaginable trauma even today the horror of it all still causes me feelings of pain and anxiety despite akan's Noble intentions this tragedy shows the consequences of any movie's message being misconstrued Star Wars Episode 1 The Phantom Menace Ahmed best everyone knows the tragedy of The Phantom Menace wrecking Jake Lloyd's career and childhood not enough people recognize what Ahmed best went through as the voice and motion capture performer of the near universally hated Jar Jar Binks [Music] what should have been best's breakout role wound up a stain on his career and mental health he even considered taking his own life instead he continued to play jar jar with utmost professionalism at least until his Annie award-winning spoof on Robot Chicken best is now in a good place teaching at Stanford University and recast in Star Wars in the much more dignified role of Jedi Master Keller and Beck still that can't make up for his particularly painful years of Jar Jar Binks everything's gonna be all right kid Le Mans David Piper this isn't just a thousand to one shot this is a professional Bloodsport that can happen to you and then it can happen to you again as an avid Motorsports Enthusiast Steve McQueen was heavily invested in the production of his 1971 film about the racing tournament 24 Hours of Le Mans the project was plagued by multiple difficulties and eventually bombed at the box office with polarized reviews this was by no means its only tragedy veteran driver David Piper participated in one of the racing sequences and crashed his signature Porsche 917 in the process the resulting injuries were so severe that one of his legs had to be partly amputated shouldn't it be for something very important better be Piper would go on to race again years later but what should have been a small movie part essentially turned out to be a life-changing tragedy yeah but not this way Dog Day Afternoon John wuestowicz on the afternoon of August 22nd 1972 John woostoich ruined his own life with a botched bank robbery in Brooklyn at least he enjoyed a celebrity status in prison when the story inspired the classic Thriller Dog Day Afternoon I'm a Catholic and I don't want to hurt anybody you understand after he did his time however that story cost was to its professional and Financial Security any hope of leaving behind his old life was gone moreover he claimed that the morally ambiguous Sunny wooshed wish was still defamatory say what you will about Jon but at least he was loyal to his partner in crime worcestowitz died almost 20 years after prison having been living on welfare and with his mother it's no secret that crime doesn't pay but sometimes true crime movies can be even more costly and I wanted to be a security guard I said I'm the guy from Dog Day Afternoon nobody's going to rob the dog's Bank Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Adriana casalotti children have dreamed of being a Disney princess since the 1930s the very first one however found that it was nothing to wish for Adriana casalotti's enchanting voice work as Snow White should have guaranteed her lifelong stardom [Music] hahaha but she was not credited in the movie and was forbidden to promote herself casalotti sued Disney for a soundtrack stipend and she was hardly heard from again the theory is that her voice was too distinctive for her to get other roles [Music] it's also rumored that Walt Disney had her blacklisted either way aside from a few roles and reprising Snow White castleotti's acting career was stagnant she found success in Opera but her film fantasies were crushed by the realities of working for Disney [Music] A Clockwork Orange Linda Grimm and Linda Wardle Stanley Kubrick's examination of psychopathy in modern society is hailed as a masterpiece but upon its release A Clockwork Orange was condemned for going too far with its graphic violence alleged copycat crimes became so rampant that Kubrick personally had the movie banned from the UK in 1973. tonight nonetheless the most high profile case was in 89 and 2002 when Peter Foster murdered his wives Linda Grimm and Linda Wardle the so-called Clockwork Orange killer had a history of violence against women but it escalated after he saw his favorite movie despite his self-censorship Kubrick always held that Disturbed minds are fundamentally responsible for copycats whatever would have inspired such Ultraviolence otherwise grim and wardil suffered for their husband's love of one movie he was a menace we put him away for his own protection and also for yours War Games Aaron Swartz wouldn't you prefer a good game or chess later let's play chlorable thermal nuclear war the dangers of computer hacking went mainstream with the 1980s cold classic war games it even influenced the United States's Computer Fraud and Abuse Act the punitive measures the bill outlines might not be unreasonable for a hacker who nearly triggers a nuclear war alas its broad definition of unauthorized computer access meant tragedy for internet activist Aaron Swartz I mean what a youth believe needs to be done to modernize that law well at the moment that law makes it a felony for you to give your password to HBO to a friend that has to be changed in 2011 Schwartz was charged with hacking into mit's Network to download academic articles the university didn't want to file charges but with Federal prosecutors taking over Schwartz was likely to face devastating fines and prison time just before his trial he took his own life do you believe that if the patent failed be alive today without question hacking may be no game but this was just the most high profile of many extreme legacies of the so-called War Games scare Citizen Kane William Randolph Hearst Marion Davies and Orson Welles hello Jedediah foreign you're fired newspaper Tycoon William Randolph hearst's yellow journalism was rarely as Sensational as his own villainy this was the main inspiration for Orson Welles Citizen Kane I don't know many people I know too many people I guess we're both lonely despite hearst's efforts to suppress it the film has become recognized as one of the greatest ever made hearst's true character was also popularly immortalized of course his lover Marion Davies suffered more as the model for Charles Foster Kane's talentless Trophy Wife herself a renowned Entertainer Davies saw her personal career and Legacy permanently tarnished as for Wells he was very open about his dramatic artistic and financial decline ever since his Feud with Hearst Citizen Kane did indeed show how the mighty truly fall while Hearst thrived despite his reputation the innocent Davies and Noble Wells fell hardest you know Mr Bernstein if I hadn't been very rich I might have been a really great man before we continue be sure to subscribe to our Channel and ring the bell to get notified about our latest videos you have the option to be notified for occasional videos or all of them if you're on your phone make sure you go into settings and switch on your notifications The Birth of a Nation the American people BW Griffith's dramatization of the American Civil War and reconstruction gave birth to the Hollywood Blockbuster but the southern Aristocrat had a disturbing view of that period [Music] The Birth of a Nation promoted pro-confederate rhetoric and horrifying anti-black stereotypes culminating in the quote-unquote heroic rise of the Ku Klux Klan [Music] this film is not just another offensively outdated classic it was massively controversial at the time yet no one fully anticipated its impact The Birth of a Nation was linked to an escalation in racial hostility and segregation policies as well as a popular Resurgence of the KKK Griffith may have revealed the technical power of movies but with his hand and widespread hatred and terrorism he also showed their political power in the worst way [Music] did you enjoy this video check out these other clips from WatchMojo and be sure to subscribe and ring the bell to be notified about our latest videos

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Length: 24min 49sec (1489 seconds)

Published: Sat Aug 19 2023