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The Stunt Man (1980)

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Adapted from Paul Brodeur's novel, Richard Rush's story of a Machiavellian movie director and his accidental employee takes a darkly comic look at movie reality vs. "real" reality. 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. Rather than turn Cameron in, director Eli Cross (Oscar nominee Peter O'Toole) makes him an offer he can't refuse: replace the dead stunt man

R, 2 hr. 15 min.

Drama, Action & Adventure, Romance, Comedy

Aug 6, 2002

20th Century Fox Film Corp.

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All Critics (31) | Top Critics (4) | Fresh (25) | Rotten (4) | DVD (21)

The film twists and turns from scene to scene, carrying the audience on the some whirlwind mind-game...

June 11, 2011 Full Review Source: MSN.com | Comment
MSN.com

Middle fingers aimed directly at the Establishment - both in tainted Tinseltown and the rest of a pre-Reagan America - are rarely as masterful as this brazen bird flip.

June 4, 2011 Full Review Source: PopMatters | Comment
PopMatters

Overall a funny, compelling and curious film that was sabotaged by the Hollywood suits.

September 7, 2010 Full Review Source: Ozus' World Movie Reviews | Comment
Ozus' World Movie Reviews

A terrific premise, and O'Toole shines, but poorly staged set pieces undercut the film's energy and veracity.

June 9, 2006 Full Review Source: Cinemania | Comment

At the 1980 San Francisco Film Festival, François Truffaut was asked to name his favorite director. He replied, 'I don't know his name, but I just saw his picture last night. It's called The Stunt Man.'

April 5, 2006 Full Review Source: DVDJournal.com | Comment
DVDJournal.com

So multiple spins of Anchor Bay's two-disc Limited Edition DVD could be the ideal introduction to The Stunt Man.

April 5, 2006 Full Review Source: DVDJournal.com | Comment
DVDJournal.com

Strange, challenging and quite great.

April 17, 2005 Comment
eFilmCritic.com

O'Toole at his tyranical best. Another great performance by the little seen Railsback.

November 11, 2004 Comment

Metaphors and surprises galore!

October 15, 2004 Comment
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Audience Reviews for The Stunt Man

Time after time the camera shows us people in precarious situations here only to pull back to reveal that everything just witnessed was an elaborate gag designed to please the director of a film ... even the ins and outs of personal relationships. Are our own lives so controlled? A paranoid drug-fueled delusion,

September 20, 2011
moonrivers

Super Reviewer

An effing masterpiece from beginning to end. There is just no two ways about it. Peter O'Toole was right. "This film wasn't released, it escaped." An amazing piece of cinema and fantastic performances across the board.

June 12, 2011
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Tim Salmons

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