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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Warner Brothers
EAN: 9786305162001
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Full Screen, NTSC
ISBN: 630516200X
Label: Warner Home Video
Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
Number Of Items: 1
Picture Format: Pan & Scan
Publisher: Warner Home Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: November 10, 1998
Running Time: 99 minutes
Sales Rank: 23921
Studio: Warner Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: July 28, 1978
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When it comes to life-threatening exploits they don't get any better than those of professional stuntman Sonny Hooper - until now. Although Sonny's body is feeling the effects of his very long and successful career the appearance of a charismatic rival on the scene causes him to attempt the most spectacular and dangerous stunt of his career.Running Time: 92 min.System Requirements:Starring: Burt Reynolds Jan-Michael Vincent Sally Field Brian Keith John Marley Robert Klein Running Time: 99 minutes Genre: ComedyFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: COMEDY Rating: PG UPC: 085391688129
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The clarity of hindsight has turned Burt Reynolds's heyday in the 1970s into a time capsule of good ol' boy lunacy, and his movies remain as vital to that decade as disco and Watergate. Hooper represents the tail end of Reynolds's popularity, the last gasp before Reynolds moved on to forgettable romantic comedies and the sheer desperation of Smokey and the Bandit II and The Cannonball Run. Like those films it's harmless fun, and Hooper--conceived as a tribute to veteran stuntman Buddy Joe Hooker--benefits from the fact that both Reynolds and director Hal Needham were former stuntmen. The movie features three generations of stuntmen played by Brian Keith, Reynolds, and Jan-Michael Vincent, the last as a cocky young stunt-star who urges Reynolds to perform his greatest stunt ever: leaping a rocket-powered car over a wide gorge (a stunt inspired by the real-life exploits of daredevil Evel Knievel). What's fun about no-brainers like Hooper is that Reynolds's brand of macho mischief never really goes out of style. It's dated, but it's always going to find an appreciative audience. --Jeff Shannon
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Ok, maybe not the best comedy out there but definitely one of the better ones. It's a good flick that has some funny scenes, like when they fight Terry Bradshaw in the restaurant.
This was the movie that when I first saw it in the theater back in '78, I wanted to be an actor, so badly but living in Connecticut and being as far from Hollywood as one can be before leaving the country, it was basically impossible to follow my dream.
Plus believe it or not, when I walked into ... Read More
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Burt Reynolds was bigger than big in the late 1970s and this 1978 Action-Comedy, coming off the success of Smokey & the Bandit the previous year, put Reynolds in the stratosphere after additional 70s hits like: Deliverance, The Longest Yard, Gator & Semi-Tough.
Reynolds plays Sonny Hooper, an aging, but not yet over-the-hill Hollywood stunt man being faced with the challenges of young, upstart Ski Chinski, played by Jan-Michael Vincent. The two play off one another and learn to "play together" ... Read More
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Do you like hijinks, romance, stunts, shenanigans, kooky music and sound effects? Well i dont know about you, but i certainly do. burt reynolds and jean michael vincent star in this cinematic masterpiece. i would honestly have given this movie ocho out 5 stars...the extra three for...awesomeness. however, i am opposed to the excessive drinking and pill popping that occurs in several scenes. neverhteless, it is a good natured family film that even the most novice of film goers will like.
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While on the surface, this movie may appear to be just another comedy, it raises important issues. Burt Reynolds plays stuntman Sonny Hooper. He is amongst the best in his field, but he is also at the point where age is starting to flash the caution light. Moving on, Reynolds is exposed to the younger stuntman Ski. He naturally feels somewhat threatened. (Nice reality issue. We may occupy the spotlight for awhile, but are we going to listen to the caution light of age when it flashes, and moreso, will we feel ... Read More
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The Amazon intro for "Hooper" states that 'the Burt Reynolds macho-comedies were vital to the same decade that had Watergate and disco.' Wow. And I thought they were supposed to be supportive of the film.
Reynolds remains a nystery, apparently able to do excellent work when he's willing (Deliverance; Sharkey's Machine) and like a James Patterson novel in Patterson's second decade, just mail it in the rest of the time.
Hooper is the first movie I took my son to when he was 5 or 6. He's ... Read More
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