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Evidence of Steadicam in action can be soon everywhere. Current feauture productions such as “The Shining”, “Starting Over”, “Fame”, “Willie and Phil”, “Altered States”, “The Stunt Man”, “Xanadu”, “It’s my Turn”, “Wolfen”, “Prince Of The City”, “Four Friends”, “Looking To Get Out”, “True Confessions”, “Kramer Vs. Kramer”, “Blow Out”, “Gloria”, “Reds”, Silence Of The North”, “The Idolmaker”, “Only when I Laugh”, “The First Deadly Sin”, “The Chosen”, to mention few and quality TV programs such as “Little House On The Prairie”, “The Miracle Worker”, “The Hal Linden Special”, “60 Minutes” as well as countless documentaries and commercials …all vividly testily to widespread use of Steadicam.
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