Leonard Nimoy
Tre Scapoli e un Bebè

THE REVIEW

"Three Men and a Baby" is a film from 1987 directed by Leonard Nimoy starring Tom Selleck, Steve Guttenberg, and Ted Danson. A simple comedy, quickly forgettable. Three unlikely guys dealing with diapers, baby bottles, and a package of heroin. A few restrained chuckles and not much more. I dedicated myself to this review for a very strange reason, which I have never managed to definitively resolve even after various searches on the internet.

During the film, there is a scene that shows Selleck, the baby, and an old lady in a living room, all happy and engrossed, and for the attentive viewer, behind a curtain, the silhouette of a rifle and immediately after the silhouette of a child suddenly appears. Here's the point. The child has nothing to do with the film, the reel, the story, or the characters. Many theories have been put forward. The first version is "publicity stunt." The second is that the house where the film was shot actually exists, it is not a set, and the family who used to live there before selling it apparently lost their 8-year-old son who shot himself with his dad's rifle while playing with it. The family reportedly even recognized the silhouette. Apart from this, the production justified it by saying that it was a cardboard cutout accidentally left there. But what does it have to do with the film? Too many professionals and a huge error. And I can't find any admission from the director or any collaborator! Only absurd and improbable stories. However, the event, the fact, created a buzz, sites, articles, and various followers, and for the more gullible, the thing gives a bit of a chill. Fostering the possibility of a ghost's presence, among other things, leads to dozens of curious "alternative" episodes linked to films and cinema history. If this intrigued you, you'll find the clip on the internet without any problem.

An intrigue that has always attracted me. If you have different versions, they are welcome. It could be fun.