Talk:Jailhouse rock (fighting style)
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[edit] Lethal Weapon
"The style is also featured in the movie Lethal Weapon (1987). In the film, Dennis Newsome (a west coast expert on Jailhouse Rock) personally taught Mel Gibson's character, who used it in the final fight scene."
Gibson was actually trained by one of the Gracies for the final fight sequence. Otherwise a credible source must be provided. Corrected. Cheers!66.235.39.100 11:06, 4 September 2007 (UTC)
My name is Dennis Newsome Technical Advisor for "Jail House Rock" on “Lethal Weapon I". I co-worked on this film with Professor Cedric Adams Technical Advisor for "Capoeira" and Rorian Gracie Technical Advisor for "Brazilian Jiu Jitsu". We trained Mel Gibson and Gary Busy for seven weeks for the climatic fight scene the lion’s share of which I personally choreographed. The ground fighting was Rorian Gracie’s contribution to the collaboration as this is his expertise. In addition to which I personally negotiated the financial aspects for all three of us with the Unit Production Manager - Steve Perry. Willie Simmons the 2nd 2nd Assistant Director was the progenitor of the idea to utilize us for the production. He was the one who convinced Dick Donner to use his friends Cedric Adams and myself to collaborate on the film project. It was Cedric Adams who introduced Willie Simmons to the fact that Rorian Gracie was a martial artist and then Willie Simmons saw Rorian Gracie fighting a Full contact Karate champion in the ring and beat him in less than two minutes. It was at this point that Willie Simmons realized that had known Rorian Gracie for years as one of his extras on various film projects. Once Mr. Simmons realized this he began taking lessons at Rorian Gracie house. After Mr. Simmons got the job and read the script he realized that Cedric Adams and myself would make Mel Gibson a true Lethal better than what was scripted and a few weeks later he realized that Rorian Gracie could be used as a compliment to our styles of fighting. Cedric would handle what would happen when the fight begins, I would handle close quarter combat and Rorian Gracie would handle what would happen when the fight goes to the ground. These are the facts that can be verified quite easily. Thank you for your indulgence.--75.49.38.155 (talk) 18:10, 21 April 2008 (UTC)--75.49.38.155 (talk) 18:10, 21 April 2008 (UTC)
