Movie Stories

In the middle seventies, a large American construction company sent me to The Darien Gap, where they were attempting the construction of the last highway link between North and South America.  The route crossed a jungle so remote, so difficult to tame, that the highway remains uncompleted to this day. You still can't drive between … Continue reading Flying Into the Jungle

A day's work shooting helicopter aerials for Hollywood has an unexpected and messy ending. No machines or humans were harmed. It was with some amusement that I viewed the circus from the helicopter as we descended into set. There were people and equipment everywhere, and this was only Second Unit. The two picture helicopters were … Continue reading Barfing on the Boss