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Summary: Appealing in its own way
Review: Aside from the great acting and brilliant concept, I didn't find too much to be WOWed about -- generally because it's an old movie and no matter how classical an old movie is, it's a bit blah for me, although I appreciate cult-classics which is why I gave this 5 stars. Peter O' Toole is a fascinatingly sadistic and yet intellectual director in the movie known as Eli Cross. Steve Railsback plays Cameron, a Vietnam veteran who is running away from the cops when he runs right onto a movie set and ends up avoiding a near-roadkill from one of the stuntmen. The stunt man ends up dying and Eli wants Steve to be his replacement, that way, it's also a solution for Eli to disguise himself from the cops. From there on, you see Cameron involved in a lot of stunts and movie shoots and the combination of action and comedy picks up. It gets quite interesting but the real power of the movie comes from Peter O' Toole's great performance, without him, I really don't know how good the movie would be regardless of how good the screenplay is. This movie was released the same year as Stanley Kubrick's "The Shining" and I'm not even sure if they can make another movie like it today. You should watch this movie at least once because it shows the complication of whether or not we're in reality or fantasy, whether or not things are real or fake and whether or not you're running away from the cops or being filmed. P.S -- No one on earth (I don't care who you are) should be called "God." There's only one GOD and he's the man upstairs. Au Revoir!
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Summary: Of all the movies I have ever seen, this is in the top 10!
Review: Believe what you hear about this movie and then expect more! When I got a divorce after 20 years this movie was the first item listed in the property settlement... I was to get it! I did, he erased it first, though. Watch and enjoy, never before or since have I been on such a rollercoaster ride. It is definitely Peter O'Toole's best.
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Summary: BEST Sleeper movie out there -- A MUST SEE!!
Review: Definitely not a title most people have heard of, this movie is on my Top 10 list of ALL time. One of the best performances I've ever seen - given by Peter O' Toole - fuels this rollercoaster ride of a movie about making a movie. O' Tooles best work (along with Creator) this movie should have taken the Oscars but didn't have the names of Raging Bull. "If God could do the things that we could do he'd be a happy man" spouts O'Toole on one of scene-stealing tirades. A must-see for TRUE movie buffs!
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Summary: Don't Be Misled by the Hype...It's barely watchable!
Review: Don't be misled by the hype surrounding this movie... it may have become a cult film, but contrary to all the glowing reviews, I found it barely watchable!Steve Railsback seems to be sleepwalking through the movie, he can barely act, and slurrs his lines routinely... the excellent Barbara Herschey is hopelessly miscast as a flighty star, and only the superb Peter O'Toole saves this movie from being a total waste of time (and even so, he hams it up a bit too much.) The script, though imaginative, is filled with ridiculous turns and silly contrivances (example: in a crucial beginning turn, the original stunt man first stops to give Cameron a ride, then he kicks him out of the car, and turns around to roll over him. Why? What? How? This crucial turn is never explained further.) Get this DVD if you are a super fan of Peter O'Toole, otherwise don't waste your time!
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Summary: DIDN'T FLIP MY MINNOW
Review: Don't get me wrong. This is not a bad movie. It just doesn't compare to Citizen Kane in innovation. Really, some LA Times reporter wrote that! I guess I'm supposed to watch this numerous times, but it just wasn't that interesting to me. Where's the innovation? The crane?(Golly gee Cletus, I never seen a crane that big before) The reflected faces? The cliched lines of the Vietnam Vet? Then there is that quote that's always bandied about, "You're an actor playing a stuntman playing an actor..." I understand what he is saying, it's just not very pithy. I kept waiting for the big suprise, the part of the movie that floored me. It never came. I wasn't drawn into an anti-reality, didn't see a dual reality and did not see any allegory. To some reviewers this is the greatest film ever. There's a guy at DVD Verdict who wrote that this film changed the way he looked at movies. I didn't see that. I watched a movie, that while good, was not thought provoking. I suppose I should watch it again, but it just didn't flip my minnow.
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Summary: Its a great movie...never heard of it
Review: Good thing someone did me a favor and tell me about Richard Rush's film. I like this film because its funny and has action and some romance and best of all...Peter O'Toole. How could this picture have been so obsure? Lets thank Anchor Bay for bring this cult classic into port. I mean it did get nominated for three academy awards (director, screenplay, and an actor nomination for O'Toole). Its about a convict, named Cameron, who hides out in a movie production. The director, played by O'Toole, makes him a deal that will could Cameron a free man or a dead man.
Its strange, oh wow is it strange, remember its a movie in a movie. Just try and pay attension to what really is real. This is a film that if anything test our limits of perception. Any picture that has a dog licking its testicles in the first minute has got to be something of a different breed. Its different, and that's good. Believe me, we need fresh films like this now.
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Summary: Good
Review: I actually think the movie is clunky and clumsily done, and the Del Coronado Hotel scene is ridiculous if you've ever been on a movie set. Movies are not filmed that way!! BUT Peter O'Toole gives one of the most charismatic performance ever put to film, and for his performance alone I recommend this film. If his performance doesn't impress you, then you remind me of George Bernhard Shaw's line about London, "If you're bored with London, you're bored with life." If O'Toole doesn't impress you, then you've probably got a BIG Garth Brooks record collection. Mediocrity is your palate.
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Summary: Brilliant Hall of Mirrors
Review: I believe The Stunt man is one of the greatest films ever made. On one level, it's a fascinating look at the making of a movie --the often volatile relationships, power struggles and behind the scenes manipulations. It's really, however, about something much more fundamental. Steve Railsback plays a fugitive who hides out on a movie set and becomes a stunt man. Peter O'Toole is a meglomaniacal director who is either helping or exploiting --and possibly even planning to murder-- Railsback. To further complicate matters, Railsback falls in love with the leading lady of the film, played by Barbara Hershey. Who can trust whom? What is real? The movie set becomes a metaphor for the uncertainties of life itself, a theme that was later explored in The Truman Show, a film that was good but not as profound as The Stunt Man. This is one of those films that, if it grabs you as it did me, you can literally watch over and over again and pick up new insights.
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Summary: Ride the ride of the century on Eli's killer crane....
Review: I check from time to time for movies that have never been released on DVD with hope in my heart. And now, FINALLY, my favorite movie OF ALL TIME is getting the DVD special edition treatment that it deserves. F A N T A S T I C ! ! ! I first saw this film at the age of 15 on the pay service ON-TV, (everyone who remembers that, raise your hand). And instantly fell in love with its characters and story. This film has it all... Drama, comedy, action, romance, mystery.... Every performance is right on - Everyone involved is at the top of their game. A great soundtrack. And more great lines than you usually find in a dozen films... I'm especially stoked, because although this is my favorite film of all time and I've seen it MANY times, I never got to see it in a theater... Seeing my favorite film in animorphic wide screen on my new 65" Mitsubishi wide-screen TV... WOW!!!!!
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Summary: Slams the sensibilities
Review: I walked out on THE STUNT MAN (in 1982) following a scene in which one of O'Toole's actresses is portraying an old woman who is getting her kicks from a swinging toy that depicts a bear/human coupling. I don't consider myself a prude (I love Kubrick's CLOCKWORK ORANGE, which outraged audiences when it came out), but Rush's undisguised contempt for his audience came across clearly. I took it personally. This movie is for people who have a masochistic streak, and want to be beaten up in the figurative sense. No wonder Rush hasn't made many movies in the last couple of decades; movies like THE STUNT MAN make you feel like you've been run over by a semi and dragged a few hundred yards.
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