Does
anyone remember in what part of Poltergeist 3 the "ghost" of Heather
O'Rourke is seen in? After her death, she was replaced with another girl
to play the part of Carol Anne, and It's been said the ghost of Heather
is actually seen in a scene of Poltergeist 3, I want to know what part
it's in .
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Oh dear... Yet another cinematic urban legend has appeared?! There is
no such thing in "Poltergeist III". I guess people gave up on the ghost
in "Three Men and a Baby" and decided to make up another story. I wonder
if Snopes has caught up with this one yet. ***There is no ghost.***
This is from IMDb and tries to address Heather's death and any reshoots:
Following the death of Heather O'Rourke in February of 1988 after she finished her work on the film (April-June 1987), it was the decision of director Gary Sherman to temporarily shelve the project during its post-production phase. However, due to the amount of money that had already been spent, MGM insisted that the film be finished and released as scheduled for June of 1988 or they would find someone else to do it. Apparently, after the film was given a PG rating by the MPAA in November 1987, the studio had already decided to have Sherman re-shoot the ending with more graphic scenes, in order to "up" the rating to PG-13. Planning for this re-shoot began in December 1987 and continued into January 1988, but was temporarily put on hold when O'Rourke died Feb. 1. The re-shoot (which used a stand-in for Heather) eventually took place in March, and the film was then "re-edited" and given a PG-13 by the MPAA in April 1988. Director Sherman would later claim that no such "re-shoot" took place, instead insisting that Heather died before they could film the "original ending" and that the current ending using the body double was what they hastily threw together when forced to "finish" the film by MGM. However, he is contradicted by at least six other people who also worked on the film who confirmed that the original ending was in fact filmed before Heather died and that the re-shoot of the ending took place after her passing. These people include producer Barry Bernardi, actor Kipley Wentz, assistant editor Jeanne Bonansinga, composer Joe Renzetti, special effects makeup artist Doug Drexler and the man who provided the voice for the Rev. Kane, Corey Burton.
EDIT: I did a quick search and could not turn up anything on this latest rumor, so it must be a new one. If you'd like to read more about the "Poltergeist" trilogy, visit the Snopes site:
http://www.snopes.com/movies/films/polte...
This is from IMDb and tries to address Heather's death and any reshoots:
Following the death of Heather O'Rourke in February of 1988 after she finished her work on the film (April-June 1987), it was the decision of director Gary Sherman to temporarily shelve the project during its post-production phase. However, due to the amount of money that had already been spent, MGM insisted that the film be finished and released as scheduled for June of 1988 or they would find someone else to do it. Apparently, after the film was given a PG rating by the MPAA in November 1987, the studio had already decided to have Sherman re-shoot the ending with more graphic scenes, in order to "up" the rating to PG-13. Planning for this re-shoot began in December 1987 and continued into January 1988, but was temporarily put on hold when O'Rourke died Feb. 1. The re-shoot (which used a stand-in for Heather) eventually took place in March, and the film was then "re-edited" and given a PG-13 by the MPAA in April 1988. Director Sherman would later claim that no such "re-shoot" took place, instead insisting that Heather died before they could film the "original ending" and that the current ending using the body double was what they hastily threw together when forced to "finish" the film by MGM. However, he is contradicted by at least six other people who also worked on the film who confirmed that the original ending was in fact filmed before Heather died and that the re-shoot of the ending took place after her passing. These people include producer Barry Bernardi, actor Kipley Wentz, assistant editor Jeanne Bonansinga, composer Joe Renzetti, special effects makeup artist Doug Drexler and the man who provided the voice for the Rev. Kane, Corey Burton.
EDIT: I did a quick search and could not turn up anything on this latest rumor, so it must be a new one. If you'd like to read more about the "Poltergeist" trilogy, visit the Snopes site:
http://www.snopes.com/movies/films/polte...
Source(s):
http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0095889/trivi...
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