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How did they fake the horse being it by a car?

posted 16 years ago by pazuzu-2
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It looked pretty real to me and I am wondering how they did it (and hope they didn't actually hurt the horse in any way).

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[–] moonspinner55 15 years ago

I have always wondered the same thing...and I actually met Linda Blair in 2000 and forgot to ask her!! But knowing how crazy she is about horses, I can't imagine they actually hurt the animal. But damned if it didn't look like that car plowed right into it on the busy street.

[–] pazuzu-2 15 years ago

I wonder if they are able to train a horse to do exactly what a stunt person does when they get "hit by a car". The stunt person actually hops up on the hood as the car comes.

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[–] jevicci (156) 5 years ago

I wondered the same thing. I watched that scene frame-by-frame and it looked like you could see the car actually starting to hit the horse's legs before they cut away. If it is faked, it's extremely well done.

[–] DuesExBiological (99) 5 years ago

the car wasn't moving that fast and it's probably a well trained stunt horse that has been featured in many other westerns at that time. If you watch westerns in general there a lot of scenes where horses fall to the ground while running. While it looks like real time full throttle speed to our eyes it's actually a rehearsed fall or collision and the horse knows how to fall to the ground without breaking its legs

[–] jevicci (156) 5 years ago

That's good. I found it hard to imagine that they would cause harm to the horse.