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Plot: A Vietnam veteran (Steve Railsback) is almost run off a bridge by a stunt man, mid-shoot. Steve doesn't appreciate this, having survived the commies, he's damn sure not gonna die at the hands of a stunt driver. To whit, Steve throws something at the car, causing it to crash over the side of the bridge and the stunt man to die. Seizing the opportunity, our eccentric director (Peter O'Toole- Lawrence of Arabia) hires the war vet to take the stunt man's place as double for the leading actor and carry out a series of vastly dangerous stunts for his WWI film, culminating in a second attempt at the bridge scene. O'Toole's ideas and manias are shared by the entirety of the cast and crew, including Barbara Hershey, the leading lady and soon to be, love interest for out reluctant stunt man.
This film is less a story of crazy endeavours and more a spiralling assault on the sanity of a man already on the edge. Superb, but rather long.
Line of the film: 'I had a virgin once. I had to go to guatamala for her. She was blind in one eye and had a stuffed alligator that said, "Welcome to Miami beach"'.
Budget: ?
Gross: $7,068,886
Fun Fact: O'Toole based his demented director character on David Lean (director of Lawrence of Arabia).
Plot: A Vietnam veteran (Steve Railsback) is almost run off a bridge by a stunt man, mid-shoot. Steve doesn't appreciate this, having survived the commies, he's damn sure not gonna die at the hands of a stunt driver. To whit, Steve throws something at the car, causing it to crash over the side of the bridge and the stunt man to die. Seizing the opportunity, our eccentric director (Peter O'Toole- Lawrence of Arabia) hires the war vet to take the stunt man's place as double for the leading actor and carry out a series of vastly dangerous stunts for his WWI film, culminating in a second attempt at the bridge scene. O'Toole's ideas and manias are shared by the entirety of the cast and crew, including Barbara Hershey, the leading lady and soon to be, love interest for out reluctant stunt man.
This film is less a story of crazy endeavours and more a spiralling assault on the sanity of a man already on the edge. Superb, but rather long.
Line of the film: 'I had a virgin once. I had to go to guatamala for her. She was blind in one eye and had a stuffed alligator that said, "Welcome to Miami beach"'.
Budget: ?
Gross: $7,068,886
Fun Fact: O'Toole based his demented director character on David Lean (director of Lawrence of Arabia).
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