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Maria Ruskin landing at [[IMPDb: Frequently Seen Locations|John F. Kennedy International Airport]].<br>
 
Maria Ruskin landing at [[IMPDb: Frequently Seen Locations|John F. Kennedy International Airport]].<br>
The film's Second Unit Director, Eric Schwab, calculated the time and day when a runway at JFK would line up exactly with the setting sun, to serve as a backdrop, and managed to film in the single 30-second time period when this occurs in any given year, while winning a bet that he could make the scene an essential part of the movie. The 5-camera shot cost $80,000 and lasted just 10 seconds in the final cut.  
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The film's Second Unit Director, Eric Schwab, calculated the time and day when a runway at JFK would line up exactly with the setting sun, to serve as a backdrop, chartered an [[:Category: Air France|Air France]] Concorde to take off empty and land during that time frame, and managed to film in the single 30-second time period when this occurs in any given year, while winning a bet that he could make the scene an essential part of the movie. The 5-camera shot cost $80,000 and lasted just 10 seconds in the final cut.  
 
[[File:2016-03-21 00h08 15.jpg|thumb|500px|none|Aérospatiale-BAC Concorde 101 of [[:Category: Air France|Air France]].]]
 
[[File:2016-03-21 00h08 15.jpg|thumb|500px|none|Aérospatiale-BAC Concorde 101 of [[:Category: Air France|Air France]].]]
 
[[File:2016-03-21 00h08 37.jpg|thumb|500px|none|Aérospatiale-BAC Concorde 101 of [[:Category: Air France|Air France]].]]
 
[[File:2016-03-21 00h08 37.jpg|thumb|500px|none|Aérospatiale-BAC Concorde 101 of [[:Category: Air France|Air France]].]]

Latest revision as of 00:12, 26 March 2016

The Bonfire of the Vanities poster.

Movie (1990)

Starring:
Tom Hanks (Sherman McCoy)
Bruce Willis (Peter Fallow)
Melanie Griffith (Maria Ruskin)
Morgan Freeman (Judge Leonard White)

After his mistress runs over a young teen, a Wall Street hotshot sees his life unravel in the spotlight, and attracting the interest of a down and out reporter.

Aérospatiale-BAC Concorde 101

Maria Ruskin landing at John F. Kennedy International Airport.
The film's Second Unit Director, Eric Schwab, calculated the time and day when a runway at JFK would line up exactly with the setting sun, to serve as a backdrop, chartered an Air France Concorde to take off empty and land during that time frame, and managed to film in the single 30-second time period when this occurs in any given year, while winning a bet that he could make the scene an essential part of the movie. The 5-camera shot cost $80,000 and lasted just 10 seconds in the final cut.

Aérospatiale-BAC Concorde 101 of Air France.
Aérospatiale-BAC Concorde 101 of Air France.


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