#Bales2023FilmChallenge March 23: Someone barely escapes something on #NationalNearMissDay

In Steamboat Bill, Jr. (Charles Reisner / Buster Keaton, 1928), former vaudevillian Keaton narrowly escapes the façade of a house crashing down around him. Both Keaton and the stunt lived on, probably most famously in Keaton aficionado Jackie Chan's Project A Part II (HK, 1987). Despite all the well-meant tributes, none of the later stunts are as nail biting as the pre-OSHA original.

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