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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0013131171693
Format: Anamorphic, Box set, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, DVD, Limited Edition, Widescreen, NTSC
Label: Starz / Anchor Bay
Languages: EnglishSubtitledEnglishOriginal LanguageDTS ES 6.1
Manufacturer: Starz / Anchor Bay
Number Of Items: 2
Publisher: Starz / Anchor Bay
Region Code: 1
Release Date: November 20, 2001
Running Time: 130 minutes
Studio: Starz / Anchor Bay
Theatrical Release Date: 1980
Editorial Review:
Amazon.com essential video:
The "lost" sleeper hit of 1980 has since become one of the most revered cult movies of all time, largely due to its bawdy, irreverent story about the art and artifice of filmmaking and an outrageously clever performance by Peter O'Toole. As megalomaniacal film director Eli Cross, O'Toole plays a larger-than-life figure whose ability to manipulate reality is like a power-trip narcotic. The focus of his latest mind game is a fugitive (Steve Railsback) recruited to replace a stuntman killed during a recent on-set accident. In return for protective sanctuary, the fugitive takes a crash course in stunt work but soon discovers that he's the paranoid player in a game he can't control, with the dictatorial director making up the rules. Or is he? The Stunt Man is a game of its own, played through the fantasy of filmmaking, and half the fun of watching the movie comes from sharing the stuntman's paranoid confusion. Barbara Hershey has a smart, sexy supporting role as a lead actress who won't submit to her director's seemingly devious behavior; but it's clearly O'Toole who steals the show. Director Richard Rush adds to the movie's maverick appeal--in a career plagued by struggles against the mainstream studio system, Rush hasn't made a better movie before or since. The Stunt Man clearly represents the potential of his neglected talent. --Jeff Shannon
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Very odd, funny movie. Shows what we see is in the eye of the beholder.
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I was fortunate to see this film at a press screening. The director apologized for not having enough money to have the movie in stereo. Steve Railsback was new to films. At least he was new to me. He later played Manson on TV and looked like the real Manson.
Anyway, this film is about a movie being made and Railsback gets into trouble with the cops and ends up on the movie set and into the movie. Barbara Hershey is the female lead. The extras on the DVD tells the difficulty of making a film ... Read More
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Rush caught the brass ring of Hollyweird and turned it into gold on this one. I saw The Stunt Man when it came out and after rewatching it last night feel that it holds up as well as any movie of its era; it still thrills and confounds and delights.
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 ... Read More
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I was surprised to find a second disk containing a delightful documentary. Unfortunately I went out and bought the documentary at the same time I ordered this DVD.
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The Stunt Man is one of my all-time favorite films that no one's ever heard of.
I remember when the film very quickly came and went. There was a major war in the press between the director and the studio over how much/how little support the film was given by the studio. (It was virtually none.)
Anyway, when a filmmaker has that much passion for his project, it really pricks the interest. So I checked it out at the cinema... and wow!!
I was thrilled. This is ... Read More
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