The Stunt Man (1980)
Average Rating: 7.8/10
Reviews Counted: 25
Fresh: 23 | Rotten: 2
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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
Jun 27, 1980 Wide
Aug 6, 2002
20th Century Fox Film Corp.
Cast
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Peter O'Toole
Eli Cross -
Steve Railsback
Cameron -
Barbara Hershey
Nina Franklin -
Allen Garfield
Sam -
Alex Rocco
Jake -
Sharon Farrell
Denise -
Adam Roarke
Raymond Bailey -
Philip Bruns
Ace -
Chuck Bail
Chuck Barton -
John Alderman
Carlbinarri -
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Whitey Hughes
Eli's A.D. -
Don Kennedy
Lineman -
Stafford Morgan
Thompson F.B.I. -
John Pearce
Garage Guard -
Michael Railsback
Burt -
Walter Robles
Eli's A.D. -
George D. Wallace
Father -
John Garwood
Gabe -
Nelson Tyler
Eli's Crane Cameraman -
Dee Carroll
Mother -
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Richard Rush's inventive narrative about the blurred lines between movie reality and factual reality is vastly entertaining, boasting Peter O'Toole in a diabolical, delicious Oscar-nominated performance.
The film twists and turns from scene to scene, carrying the audience on the some whirlwind mind-game...
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.
Overall a funny, compelling and curious film that was sabotaged by the Hollywood suits.
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.'
Strange, challenging and quite great.
O'Toole at his tyranical best. Another great performance by the little seen Railsback.
Metaphors and surprises galore!
Quirky thriller
The Stunt Man is a brilliant and provocative film about the mad mad world of moviemaking.
A wild, bizarre "B" movie gone mainstream.
An overlong study in pretension.
The best film ever made about the movies. O'Toole is brilliant
It has been cited numerously as one of the best films of the 80s. Less speculative is the claim that it is one of the decade's most mysteriously obscure.
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- Der lange Tod des Stuntman Cameron (DE)
