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Dar Allen Robinson (March 26, 1947 – November 21, 1986) was an American stunt performer and actor. Robinson broke 19 world records and set 21 "world's firsts." [1] He invented the decelerator (use of dragline cables rather than airbags for a "high fall gag", [citation needed] or a stunt calling for a jump from a high place) which allowed a cameraman to film a top-down view of the stuntman as ...
Highpoint is a Canadian 1982 action comedy-thriller film directed by Peter Carter and starring Richard Harris, Christopher Plummer and Beverly D'Angelo.. The film was shot on location in Montreal and Toronto, and is perhaps best remembered for its climax atop the CN Tower, in which stuntman Dar Robinson (doubling for Plummer) makes the 700 ft (210 m) jump in freefall, protected only by a ...
Highpoint is a Canadian 1982 action film starring Richard Harris, Christopher Plummer and Beverly D'Angelo. It features a shot of stuntman Dar Robinson jumping off of the CN Tower in 1979. [27] Views is a 2016 studio album released on April 29, 2016, by Canadian rapper Drake. The cover artwork features Drake sitting atop the CN Tower in Toronto ...
Highpoint: Peter Carter: Christopher Plummer, Beverly D'Angelo, Kate Reid, Maury Chaykin, Saul Rubinek, Peter Donat: Drama: Stuntman Dar Robinson does the free fall from the top of the CN Tower at the end of the movie. Humongous: Paul Lynch: Janet Julian, David Wallace: Horror: If You Could See What I Hear: Eric Till
In 1978, Bakunas set a world record with a 70.1 metres (230 ft) fall from a helicopter for the film Hooper, [2] which was broken that same year by Dar Robinson's 87.2 metres (286 ft) fall for a non-movie-related publicity stunt. [3]
Million Dollar Mystery (also known as Money Mania) is a 1987 American film released with a promotional tie-in for Glad-Lock brand bags. This was the final feature-length film directed by Richard Fleischer and shot by Jack Cardiff.
Longtime college and NFL coach Greg Robinson died on Wednesday. He was 70 years old. Robinson’s son Dominic confirmed the news to Syracuse.com, saying his father died from a form of Alzheimer ...
Dar Robinson: After completing the main stunt, Robinson dismissed emergency medical staff from the set. Then, while filming a routine high speed run, he rode his stunt motorcycle past the braking point of a turn and straight off a cliff. [36] [37] 1987 Skip Tracer: Vic Magnotta