Harvey Bernhard

A few weeks later, a separate flight carrying the executive producer Mace Newfield and a screenwriter David Seltzer was also struck by lightning, which resulted in a five-minute panic and a temporary engine failure yet again.

Not long after both of those lightning strike incidences, which so far had affected three people on the crew, Producer Harvey Bernhard was also nearly struck by lightning on the ground in Rome after a lightning bolt struck the ground just feet away from where he was standing.

That many people in a single production being involved in that many lightning strike incidences is like almost statistically impossible by everything I read.

Like they said, this just couldn't happen.

Right.

And there were complaints and Harvey Bernhard, the producer was infuriated because they were going, you know, over budget.

Cause when you're over schedule, you're over budget.

And he was complaining about that scene.

yeah

so the omen released june 25th 1976 we watched it on peacock right now you can also watch it on follower youtube where you can rent it from google tv apple tv or fendingo written by david seltzer and harvey bernhard directed by richard donner music by jerry goldsmith and special effects by john richardson Starring Gregory Peck as Robert Thorne, Lee Remick as Catherine Thorne, David Werner as Jennings, Billy Whitelaw as Mrs. Bailock, and Harvey Stevens as Damien.

Travis.

Yes.

So...

Some fun facts.

David Seltzer, or no, Harvey Bernhardt was- I

think Cordelia punched the door with his cast just now.

The omen started with a simple premise.

What if the Antichrist, the son of the devil, had already come to earth and was walking among us, but no one recognized him because he had taken the form of a child? Producer Harvey Bernhard was so struck by this thought that as soon as he heard the pitch, he stood up in the middle of the meeting, excused himself, and immediately drove home to flesh out this idea.

In the wake of blockbusters like Rosemary's Baby and The Exorcist, Bernhard felt certain that he had a major hit on his hands.

but he might've gotten

And then it happened a third time during producer Mace Newfield's trip.

Now, it's not unheard of for planes to be struck by lightning, but this cluster of lightning strikes is definitely strange.

Also, one night during production prep, producer Harvey Bernhard and director Richard Donner were working late, Afterwards, Bernhard offered to drive him home, and he parked on the street in front of Donner's house.

It was dark, and Donner's house was on the curve of a hillside.