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Caddo Blues: The Making Of A Stunt

Stuntwork became a science when stuntman and technician Yakima Canutt left the rodeo to work in Hollywood westerns. Canutt perfected methods and designed mechanisms that made dangerous stunts safer and visually exciting. Many of Canutt's techniques are still used today by modern stuntmen like Hal Needham, Ronnie Rondell, and Paul Baxley. Directed by stuntman Hal Needham and starring "box office draw" Burt Reynolds, Hooper presented the stuntman as a rugged, fun-loving, almost suicidal superman. For the first time in film's short history, the stuntman and his craft became a topic of wide public interest. The stuntman had become "glamorous" almost rivaling his actor counterpart.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:unt.edu/info:ark/67531/metadc500982
Date12 1900
CreatorsMoore, Stan (Stan Clark)
ContributorsStaples, Donald E., Clevinger, Donna L.
PublisherNorth Texas State University
Source SetsUniversity of North Texas
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeThesis or Dissertation
Formatvii, 10 leaves, Text
RightsPublic, Moore, Stan (Stan Clark), Copyright, Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights reserved.

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