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Originally Posted by Puxlut

I watched the "Faces of Death" video when I was 19. Some screwed up sh*t in that one. Thankfully I was drunk and I've forgotten a lot of it, but the image of the guy being put to death by electrocution still sticks in my head.

Turns out it was fake. The foam from the guy's mouth was done with toothpaste.

http://www.sptimes.com/News/102600/W...ask_from.shtml

You mean, the famous electric chair scene was fake? But the guy was foaming at the mouth and everything!

"We built a cell in a friend's loft, and we lined the guy's mouth with toothpaste," says Schwartz, laughing. "My research material for that: I happened to pick up a Hustler magazine and there was this great article about electrocution that really detailed how a person is executed. . . . And that's what I used as my basis."

He used the fake name to prevent bias at his other jobs, writing for TV shows such as Night Rider, Street Hawk and The Fall Guy as well as original movies for HBO and Showtime. But to date, the original Faces of Death has grossed over $30-million. It cost $450,000 to make. These days, Schwartz proudly includes Faces of Death on his resume when cashing in on the "reality" entertainment trend which he helped pioneer.