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Release Date:
28 July 1978 (USA)
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It just ain't summer without Burt! more
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Aging stuntman Sonney Hooper is still on top as one of the best stuntmen in the business. But up and...
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Nominated for Oscar.
Another 1 nomination
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HOOPER (Hal Needham, 1978) **1/2
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Burt Reynolds | ... | Sonny Hooper |
 | Jan-Michael Vincent | ... | Ski Chinski |
 | Sally Field | ... | Gwen Doyle |
 | Brian Keith | ... | Jocko Doyle |
| John Marley | ... | Max Berns |
| Robert Klein | ... | Roger Deal |
 | James Best | ... | Cully |
 | Adam West | ... | Himself |
| Alfie Wise | ... | Tony |
| Terry Bradshaw | ... | Sherman, SWAT Commander |
| Norman Grabowski | ... | Hammerhead (as Norm Grabowski) |
| George Furth | ... | George Budwell, Humane Society Representative |
| Jim Burk | ... | Jimbo |
| Don 'Red' Barry | ... | Sheriff |
| Princess O'Mahoney | ... | Wanda |
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99 min
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Color (Metrocolor)
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1.33 : 1 more
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Iceland:L |
Netherlands:AL |
UK:A (original rating) |
Germany:12 (2005, DVD-rating) |
UK:PG (video) |
Finland:K-16 |
Norway:16 |
Sweden:15 |
USA:PG
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Director Roger Deal (Robert Klein)'s last lines - about film being "little pieces of time" - are a paraphrase of remarks by Peter Bogdanovich. In fact, the director character was based on Bogdanovich.
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Continuity: It appears that the red Trans Am in the bridge jump turns into a different body style while in the air - that of a Nissan (Datsun) 240 ZX.
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Referenced in "Psych: Who Ya Gonna Call? (#1.7)" (2006)
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A lightweight look at 'the life of a Hollywood stuntman' (as the song featured on the soundtrack would have it) directed by a former stunt co-ordinator. Likable and fun - it comes up with plenty of amusing situations (and, naturally, dangerous stunts) throughout - but, ultimately, it's pretty forgettable; certainly not up to the level of the more significant (and relatively more serious) THE STUNT MAN (1980). Still, it takes care to deal with the bodily harm long exposure to this kind of work puts on an individual, as well as the strain on personal relationships; the film also pays sentimental tribute to ageing exponents of this short-term field (in the persona of Brian Keith).
Lead Burt Reynolds is his usual mischievous, if limited, self; at one point, he shows hotshot newcomer Jan-Michael Vincent highlights from his past work - including scenes from John Boorman's DELIVERANCE (1972), an earlier Warner Bros. production which had co-starred Reynolds! The supporting cast includes Sally Fields as Reynolds' current girlfriend (and Keith's daughter), John Marley as a sympathetic film producer, James Best as Reynolds' sidekick, Adam West as the film star whom Reynolds' character usually doubles for - and, best of all, Robert Klein as Roger Deal, an egomaniacal film director who will stop at nothing for the sake of putting his "artistic" vision on the screen (a character reportedly based on Peter Bogdanovich, with whom Reynolds had worked on NICKELODEON [1976]!).