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Famous movie prop "accident": 1870s Martin Guitar destroyed during filming of "The Hateful Eight"

Mark Frauenfelder
Dec 06, 2024
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Kurt Russell and Jennifer Jason Leigh in The Hateful Eight. Courtesy photo

There's a scene in Quentin Tarantino's 2015 Western, The Hateful Eight, where Kurt Russell grabs Jennifer Jason Leigh's guitar and smashes it against a wooden column.

Turns out that wasn't just any old guitar — it was a priceless 1870s Martin acoustic on loan from the Martin Guitar…

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