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The Naked Gun co-writer/director Akiva Schaffer knew he struck gold with the wild snowman montage in his movie starring Liam Neeson and Pamela Anderson. But he had to put his entire job on the line to save it. “It was polarizing in script reads,” Schaffer said on Monday’s episode of IndieWire’s Filmmaker Toolkit podcast. “People I really respect like Andy Sandberg, when …

[Editor’s note: The following interviews contain spoilers for “The Naked Gun.”] It’s a scene that comes out of nowhere, and the one people want to talk about after seeing the new “Naked Gun” movie. At the mid-way point in the film, Frank Drebin Jr. (Liam Neeson) and Beth (Pamela Anderson) have fallen in love, setting into motion an ‘80s-style montage …

SPOILER ALERT: This article contains spoilers from “The Naked Gun,” currently in theaters nationwide. There is no funnier bit in this weekend’s “The Naked Gun” than one involving stars Liam Neeson and Pamela Anderson in a ménage à trois with a snowman. Deranged and delightful, the sketch comes as a montage halfway through director and co-writer Akiva Schaffer’s reboot of …