The disaster that struck the set of Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983) had a direct influence on the making of this film. On July 23, 1982, Vic Morrow and two small children were killed by the main rotor of a crashing helicopter during filming of a bombing of a small Vietnamese village. Special effects explosives destroyed the tail rotor of a hovering helicopter while Morrow and the children struggled across a shallow river. Because children were involved, restrictions on children working in films was seriously tightened, and director Rob Reiner found it very, very difficult to shoot certain scenes involving the children. Fortunately, with the help of stand-ins for the boys and special effects, he was able to get what he wanted without any danger to the children.

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