American scandal uses dramatizations that are based on true events.

Some elements, including dialogue, might be invented, but everything is based on historical research.

Music It's early August 1982 at a restaurant in Toluca Lake, California, a wealthy neighborhood just north of Hollywood.

Hamptons is a popular lunch spot for many of the actors and celebrities in the area,

and it's an obvious place for producer George Folsey Jr. to catch up with an old friend.

Donna Schumann has known Folsey for over a decade, but they've never met in circumstances like this.

It's been just over 10 days since the accident on set of Twilight Zone the movie,

52-year-old Vic Morrow and child actors Renee Chen and Mika Din Lee were killed when a helicopter crashed on top of them

during the filming of a scene at night. The two children were working illegally on the movie,

and now there are several investigations underway by the police and safety regulators.

But Donna Schumann doesn't want to wait for the official reports to find out what happened.

She worked on the John Landis segment of the movie as a production secretary, and it was her

husband, the psychiatrist Dr. Harold Schumann, who helped Falsy recruit Renee and Mika.

So now the couple want some answers. After the waitress takes their orders, Schumann, who helped Falsy recruit Renee and Mika. So now the couple want some answers.

After the waitress takes their orders, Schumann gets right to the point.

So you understand why I had to see you?

What is it you want to know, Donna?

I want to know how three people on set ended up dead.

I've told you, it was just an accident, a terrible, terrible accident

that none of us could have predicted. But I don't understand how a thing like that can even happen.

Bolsey leans back. For a moment, he seems to struggle to find the words. Then he gestures toward the

window and the street outside. Well, I guess it's like two cars on a highway, smashing into each other.

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