SAVANNAH, Ga. — A special effects worker is facing a federal prison sentence for illegally possessing explosives while working on a movie starring John Travolta and Morgan Freeman. Court records show 50-year-old Robert Christopher Bailey pleaded guilty before a U.S. District Court judge in Savannah, Georgia.
Prosecutors say Bailey provided pyrotechnic effects for the movie “The Poison Rose” despite a prior felony conviction that kept him from having an explosives license.
Court documents say authorities investigated Bailey after receiving complaints from the Georgia movie set, including one that Travolta was “hit with sparks and treated for a minor injury during a mishap with special effects.”
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“The Poison Rose” follows Carson Phillips, an ex-football star turned private investigator who develops a soft spot for a woman in distress.
He agrees to take on a seemingly routine missing person case which turns into a complex web of crime, suspects and dead bodies. Phillips, played by Travolta, must race against the clock to solve the case when his own daughter turns out to be a main suspect.
George Gallo directed the film. In the past, he worked on movies such as “Wise Guys” and “Bad Boys.” Rich Salvatore is adapting his own novel of the same name into the script for “The Poison Rose.”
He has also teamed his own company, March On Productions, with Moonrise Pictures to handle the production.
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