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Despite their well-choreographed appearance, stunts are still very dangerous and physically testing exercises. [1] [2] From its inception as a professional skill in the early 1900s to the 1960s, stunts were most often performed by professionals who had trained in that discipline prior to entering the movie industry. [3]
The film was shot on a railway line in Connecticut. At his own suggestion William Shatner did his own stunts, including standing on top of a moving F40PH.Years later Shatner called the stunt "the most truly dangerous stunt I ever did" and couldn't imagine "what [he] was thinking" in suggesting it.
"Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One" star Tom Cruise and director Christopher McQuarrie talk about the "most dangerous" stunt they've ever done for this latest installment.
[4] The stunt has been compared to Jackie Chan, [3] who performed a similar hot air balloon stunt in Armour of God (1986). Towards the end of the film, which involves car chases and fight scenes, Kumar performs various other stunts. During the finale, he is seen being chased by a car, dodging bullets, jumping off buildings, and climbing walls. [5]
3. Harry Houdini’s Underwater Box Escape. The great magician and escape artist Harry Houdini was known for his death-defying stunts — one of the most famous being his underwater box escape ...
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 ...
Grant Page, a stuntman who worked on the Mad Max films, has died in a car crash, aged 85.. The “legendary” stunt performer’s death was announced by his son Leroy, with details revealing he ...
In April 1915 while on the Kalem payroll doubling for Helen Holmes in The Hazards of Helen adventure film series, Helen performed what is thought to be her most dangerous stunt: a leap from the roof of a station onto the top of a moving train in the A Girl's Grit episode. The distance between station roof and train top was accurately measured ...