Guest Posted April 9, 2008 Share Posted April 9, 2008 (edited) I just saw the scene in American Gangster where the chinchilla coat is burned. Is it just me or does the coat look suspiciously like rex rabbit? I have a hard time believing the filmmakers would burn a valuable chinchilla coat when they could easily substitute a much less costly rex rabbit coat. Here are two photos that I uploaded: http://vdsden.thefurden.com/cpgfd/displ ... at=0&pos=0 http://vdsden.thefurden.com/cpgfd/displ ... at=0&pos=1 Edited January 13, 2013 by Guest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Worker 11811 Posted April 9, 2008 Share Posted April 9, 2008 Lots of talk about this movie in other threads: http://thefurden.com/bbden/viewtopic.php?t=8485&highlight=american+gangster http://thefurden.com/bbden/viewtopic.php?t=8461&highlight=american+gangster Check them out! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Posted April 10, 2008 Share Posted April 10, 2008 They made two coats for the movie...I believe it was done a few years ago by Wachtenheim Furs in L.A...they sell under the handle "dwachte915" on eBay, I believe. The fur Frank Lucas' wife puts on him in the first scene with the coat is real chinchilla. Wachtenheim tried to sell the coat on eBay for $11,000 several times; I don't know if it actually sold. However, the hat he is wearing in the boxing ring scene is apparently rex rabbit... ...but of course, for the coat-burning scene (the horror!), your eyes are sharp. That was a rex rabbit that the costumer probably bought for a few hundred dollars. It could have even been a well-dyed fake; however, having done screen tests with fake vs. real fur coats, I would always substitute rex rabbit for chinchilla when necessary. Still...what a stupid move on Lucas' part, to go to the boxing match all pimped out and expect to fly under the fuzz's radar. That's pretty much how it happened, too. Silly gangster. J. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
White Fox Posted April 10, 2008 Share Posted April 10, 2008 Seems to me that the fire might have looked a little fake in that movie. Did they indeed burn a coat at all? J Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mailonfurs Posted April 11, 2008 Share Posted April 11, 2008 it was pre-owned ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
auzmink Posted April 11, 2008 Share Posted April 11, 2008 Saw the movie last night, looked fake..... Auzmink Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lynxette Posted April 11, 2008 Share Posted April 11, 2008 The information I have corresponds to what Joe states above. Yes the furs are real, but no, the Chinchilla is not destroyed...thank goodness. Still a shame that the rabbit is though. The scenes with the furs are wonderful and add to what I think is a good film overall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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