Behind the scenes, thefilm has been the focus of another tangled story involving allegations of government misconduct. The story centers on Lt. Michael Davidson, a New York City firefighter who died of smoke inhalation while trying to extinguish a blaze on the set of the film in March 2018.
Norton’s production company, Class 5 Inc., is defending itself from four other lawsuits filed by tenants in the building and the fireman’s widow. Class 5 has also filed its own cross-complaint against Vincent Lampkin, the building’s owner, accusing him of failing to maintain the boiler and the sprinkler system.
To restore the bar to its period look, the production covered the basement walls and windows in plywood panels, which were coated in polyurethane. The production began working in the building on Feb. 14, 2018. On the night of March 21, the crew saw Lampkin go down to the cellar — one level below the set — to fix the boiler, which was not supplying heat to the building, according to Class 5’s lawsuit.
“The movie set production placed highly combustible materials on the walls throughout the first floor,” the report states. “These movie set walls created voids which initially concealed fire.”
More people are going to suffer in Motherless Brooklyn theaters this weekend.
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