Why did he feel pain during the chair/dancing scene when his wife…?
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Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — George Wallace
grungegirl991 — 17 years ago(January 16, 2009 03:11 PM)
The verdict of his injury was that he was paralyzed from the waist down and he wouldn't be able to walk, be sexually active, or have control of his bladder/bowels for the rest of his life.
In the scene where his wife Cornelia (Jolie) his dancing with him in the chair, and she's trying to get him to please her, and he starts to feel pain, was that in relation to his paralysis? I don't know any information in regards to the actual condition, but since he couldn't actually engage in any kind of intercourse (from his injury) would his body still have a kind of reaction/negative reaction?
If anyone can shed some light, that would be great. Thanks! -
mswoc — 17 years ago(February 21, 2009 06:20 PM)
he had muscle spasms which is very common for paralysis. and it is not unusual for them to feel pain around the point of vertebral or nerve damage because some of those nerves still transmit some sensation
in an interview after the movie came out his kids said he never had muscle spasms but was in intense pain constantly, something that was often reported in the press for the rest of his life -
WarpedRecord — 15 years ago(August 30, 2010 11:28 AM)
Excellent explanation, mswoc! One scene I found especially striking was when Clarence Williams III helps Gary Sinise into the bathtub, and you get a good look at Wallace's atrophied legs and a sense of his weakness and pain. Obviously they had to use some kind of prosthetic there.
And what is it with Gary Sinise and legs, anyway? He seems to lose the use of them (or lose them entirely) in many of his films.