The Street Chicken scene is back.
I can assure everyone that the Street Chicken scene has not been lost forever - Foxtel in Australia is showing the uncut version on the Showtime Greats channel.
The scene goes like this - the drunk QB leaps over a barrier onto an incredibly busy multi-lane road. He then lays down on the white line, the cars are whizzing by at a fast speed, and missing him by inches.
His team-mates yell at him to come back, but he looks like he's having a great time and stays put. His team mates are all very concerned. Then they collectively decide that this is a test of their bravery and so one by one they join the QB on the white line, until there are about 5 guys all lined up behind the QB with traffic speeding past.
They are all scared silly and yelling out in fear and exhiliaration, except the drunk QB who is smiling and reading a magazine !
I found the scene to be appropriate to the movie, and it was all very well staged, and fairly adrenalin charged, anyone who decided to copy this stunt in real life was too stupid to live anyway.
Darren
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