Take a tour through a century of daredevil filmmaking with legendary stuntman, stunt coordinator, stunt designer, and second-unit director Buddy Joe Hooker. In the following program, Hooker recounts the early pioneers of Hollywood stunt work in silent comedy and westerns, the later innovations of car-chase movies and Hong Kong action cinema, and his own career pulling “cannon rolls” for Quentin Tarantino and helping William Friedkin execute legendary chase sequences.
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Gone in 60 Seconds
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Safety Last!
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