It has a melodic carnival beat thats extremely infectious. As a rap dj, the stunt man has opened for diamond d, redman, digital underground, black moon, ghostface killah, alkaholiks, fat joe, knaan, devin the dude and many more. By the end its great filmmaking and one of the best cult films to come out in the 1980s. Unique plot about a fugitive who stumbles on to a movie set and ends up being cast as a stunt man by the tyranical director played by peter otoole. Fearless freddie, a hollywood stunt man, clinging to a rope ladder slung from a plane flown by a.
The director takes the fugitive in hand and uses him as a replacement stuntman. Catala deutsch espanol francais bahasa indonesia italiano. A very authenticlooking german soldier with a cheery old face and big white. Starring peter otoole, steve railsback, barbara hershey, allen garfield. Placing a vietnam vet in the midst of moviemaking chaos, rush adds a pointedly. Youre never more vulnerable than when you know too much a fugitive stumbles on a movie set just when they need a new stunt man, takes the job as a way to hide out, and falls for the leading lady. The director agrees, provided cameron performs the stunts. When he inadvertently causes a stunt man s death, the films manipulative director, eli cross peter otoole, decides to shelter cameron from the cops if he steps in as the daredevils replacement. If god could do the things that we can do, hed be a happy man. The diabolic director of the film then tricks him into replacing the dead stunt man in a movie that will be about a man fleeing from the army.
Eli cross, the egocentric director, decides that he will allow cameron to stay if he agrees to take the place. Peter otoole stars in the stunt man 1980 as a megalomaniac director who recruits fugitive cameron steve railsbeck to replace his late stunt man after an onset accident. If this is burt, the stunt man, he is obviously alive. The stunt man 1980 yify download movie torrent yts. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film. The stunt man simple english wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. The stunt man is a quirky jigsaw puzzle of a picture that reveals more secrets about, in rushs words, the panic and paranoia over controlling our own destinies through repeated viewings. The director, peter otoole, observes cameron accidentally murder the films stuntmen. Regardless of how you feel about it, its without a doubt one of the more cleverly conceived pictures of the 1980s. Barbara hershey, peter otoole, steve railsback, allen garfield, alex rocco, sharon farrell. On the run from the police, cameron steve railsback crashes the set of a hollywood war movie.
The stunt man is a 1980 actioncomedydramathrillerromance film directed by richard rush, based on paul brodeurs novel. Choose a file optional file must be type of jpeg png gif and size limit is 20mb. You can write, the stunt man 1980 is a good movie, but it can be is a bad movie. Stunt man definition and meaning collins english dictionary. An awol army trainee named cameron intrudes unwittingly into the filming of a movie stunt and kills the stunt man in what he believes to be selfdefense.
The stunt man is an american comedydramathriller movie. As leading lady nina barbara hershey returns camerons affections, and eli becomes ever more inscrutably mercurial, cameron begins to wonder how far eli will go to get the screen effects he wants, and if he would think twice about killing the stunt man. The stunt man is like magic tricks done by a magician in a movie. When cameron explains his situation to the director eli.
No i just saw some heavy resemblance to the mercedes benz 770 in this car, i pointed out lots of details that look about right, it has the mercedes benz hood ornament, it resembles a 770 more than any other model. As a result of those nominations, i saw it on tcm as part of that channels annual 30 days of oscar scheduling. The stunt man is a 1980 american action comedy film directed by richard rush, starring peter otoole, steve railsback, and barbara hershey. The stunt man full movie download torrent yify ytsmovies. Cameron is a young veteran who is running from the police when he comes upon a movie set and accidentally causes the death of a stunt man. Always remember dont trust the opinion of the stunt man 1980 on the internet because the authors paid to write a comment. Meaning, pronunciation, translations and examples log in dictionary. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events.
Black comedy, drama, thriller, satire, new hollywood. Moreover, otoole was best actor oscar nominated for. Moreover, otoole was best actor oscar nominated for both films, but did not win the award for either. The fugitive, cameron, comes across the filming of a world war i movie. Mar 21, 2018 the original trailer in high definition of the stunt man directed by richard rush and starring peter otoole, steve railsback, barbara hershey, allen garfield and alex rocco. Cameron, the vet, has just cost eli cross peter otoole a shotan unforgivable sin on the set of his world war i epic. Marcus and rush from the 1970 novel of the same name by paul brodeur. From the oddball opening sequence, you know this is going to be a strange ride. Dominic frontiere the stunt man the original motion.
Wanted by the police, a disturbed vietnam veteran seeks sanctuary on a movie set where a world war i epic is being filmed. Get the stunt man dvd and bluray release date and movie stats. A fugitive named cameron who is fleeing the police finds refuge on the set of a movie. The stunt man 1980 original trailer hd 1080p youtube. Adapted from paul brodeurs novel, richard rushs story of a machiavellian movie director and his accidental employee takes a darkly comic look at movie reality vs.
While on the run from the police, steve railsback hides in a group of moviemakers where he pretends to be a stunt man. It defied all odds to become the most unexpected and acclaimed cult hit of the 80s, and it remains one of the most slyly subversive and thrillingly original actioncomedydrama motion pictures of all time. Rush originally turned down the stunt man, which was based on a novel by magazine writer paul brodeur, in the early 1970s, even though columbia pictures told him arthur penn and francois truffaut were also interested in directing it. Eluding the police, cameron wanders into a film production where a stunt man gets killed.
It stars peter otoole, steve railsback, and barbara hershey. The man on the ground grabs a wrench and moves forward with the same gleam in his eye we saw when he scared that bird from the tree. Based loosely on paul brodeurs 1970 novel, the stunt man 1980 tells the story of cameron, steve railsback a young vietnam vet and fugitive from the fbi. The stunt man original motion picture soundtrack original. Streaming full the stunt man 1980 first, once you can rate this movie.
Home explore movies explore composers resource directory forums contact us about us. A fugitive stumbles on a movie set just when they need a new stunt man, takes the job as a way to hide out and falls for the leading lady. A stunt man is a man whose job is to do dangerous things, either for publicity, or in a. Stunt man, the soundtrack details home explore movies explore composers resource directory forums contact us about us search on.
The stunt man 1980 bluray us release a virtuoso piece of moviemaking. Running from the law, vietnam vet cameron steve railsback stumbles on a movie shoot just in time to interfere with a staged accident, causing perhaps the stunt man s death. Lund august 11, 1897 october 3, 1931 american daredevil. Richard rushs the stunt man was released in 1980, the same year as heavens gate, the famed michael cimino debacle that nearly destroyed united artists and marked an unofficial end to a libertine decade when directors were kings. When he inadvertently causes a stunt man s death, the films manipulative director, eli cross peter otoole, decides to shelter cameron from the cops if he steps in as the daredevils. Rent the stunt man 1980 on dvd and bluray dvd netflix. Adam roarke, alex rocco, allen garfield, barbara hershey, peter otoole, sharon farrell, steve railsback. This category lists the titles of movies that were originally released in the year 1980. He runs onto a movie set and accidentally kills the stunt man. Rent the stunt man 1980 starring peter otoole and steve railsback on dvd and bluray.
The lost sleeper hit of 1980 has since become one of the most revered cult movies of all time, largely due to its bawdy, irreverent story. Both aided and endangered by the director peter otoole he avoids both the police and sudden death as a stuntman. The stunt man 1980 tt0081568 while on the run from the police, steve railsback hides in a group of moviemakers where he pretends to be a stunt man. Marcus adaptation by richard rush from the novel by paul brodeur final shooting script melvin simon productions presents a richard rush film 1. The story starts with a vietnam veteran named cameron steve railsback who is on the run from the police.
The mixture of real danger and fantasy of the movie is an interesting twist for. The stunt man was released in 1980 to apparently universal praise and earned three oscar nominations including. The stunt mans tracks episode 500five hundred sipreano voluntary in naturethe stunt mans radio show by the stunt man published on 20200412t00. The stunt man is about a fugitive who becomes a stuntman for a psychotic director.
It doesnt matter how well theyre done, or even if theyre really done, because cinematic special effects make it all trickery, anyway. On a run from the law, a man blunders into a movie set, just as a stuntman is killed. The stunt man is a 1980 american action comedy film directed by richard rush, starring peter. The original trailer in high definition of the stunt man directed by richard rush and starring peter otoole, steve railsback, barbara hershey, allen garfield and alex rocco. Cameron gets a crash course in stunt work in exchange for refuge from the law and starts to fall for the films leading lady nina, played by barbara hershey.
As such, it was the first of two consecutive pictures about showbusiness for otoole as the stunt man 1980 was about moviemaking whereas my favorite year 1982 was about 1950s live television. Best actor peter otoole, best director richard rush and best adapted screenplay. With peter otoole, steve railsback, barbara hershey, allen garfield. He takes the job as a means of hiding out and while performing more and more dangerous stunts eventually complicating things by falling in love with the leading lady. The stunt man is a brilliant feat of cinematic legerdemain, creating an illusory world in which nothing is what it seems. Starring peter otoole, steve railsback, barbara hershey, allen.
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