The Stunt Man

1980

Action / Comedy / Drama / Romance / Thriller

14
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 73% · 41 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 73% · 5K ratings
IMDb Rating 6.9/10 10 11400 11.4K

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Plot summary

A fugitive stumbles onto 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 while facing off with his manipulative director.

Director

Richard Rush Photo
Richard Rush

Top cast

Allen Garfield Photo
Allen Garfield as Sam
Walter Robles Photo
Walter Robles as Eli's A.D.
Alex Rocco Photo
Alex Rocco as Jake
John Pearce Photo
John Pearce as Garage Guard
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1.07 GB
1280*682
English 2.0
NR
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23.976 fps
2 hr 11 min
Seeds 4
2.07 GB
1920*1024
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
2 hr 11 min
Seeds 17

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by ozjeppe 7 / 10

Lights, Camera, FRANTIC! A truly dizzying movie-buff experience.

Reviewed by PredragReviews 8 / 10

"I am the movies!"

This is a work of art about the creation of a work of art. The work in this case happens to be a movie, and as with all great works of art, there is one obsessed, cruel, megalomaniacal genius at the helm. Eli Cross (Peter O'Toole) is the most vivid depiction of a Hollywood director ever captured on film. He is a true patriarch, playing father/lover/drill sergeant to his cast and crew, and they all love/hate/fear him for it. Anyone who's ever been near an actual film set can tell you how accurate the character is. But what makes this film just about the last word on the subject is Richard Rush's brilliant blurring of fantasy and reality. That, after all, is the main occupation of those who toil in the "Dream Factory" of show biz. This was director Richard Rush's dream project and it took him nine years to get it on the screen.Although it seems nasty, the movie is wonderfully light-hearted and the outrageous stunt scenes are backed up by a joyous score by Dominic Frontiere. A long scene with Cameron running over a rooftop, as biplanes attack and enemy soldiers give chase, is the stuff of legend. There is a great comic sense of humor in watching them trip over each other, fall off and get blown up. The performances are uniformly excellent. O'Toole is truly magnetic here, and you can see that he was hammered in some scenes and still pulls it off. Now that's a pro drinker! Railsback is perfect, and Hershey is mighty alluring indeed. This is the inside look at film-making that Hollywood doesn't want us to see: the egos, the drugs (watch the t-shirts and background scenes), the general insular idiocy of it all, and mainly the non-stop irony. Yes, "The Stunt Man" is a deceptively-accurate look into what the most highly acclaimed directors do to get the most out of their cast & crew.Overall rating: 8 out of 10.
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