Hooper (1978)
Legendary stunt man Sonny Hooper remains one of the top men in his field, but due to too many stressful impacts to the spine and the need to pop painkillers several times a day, he knows he should get out of the industry before he ends up permanently disabled.
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"Or, if you have one coming out of the rear, it'll make it jump really high. Oh, true, like in Hooper."
— Josh
Referenced as a famous stunt movie featuring Burt Reynolds as an aging stuntman with a climactic rocket car jump.
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SYSK Selects: How the Cannonball Run Worked
"He did, um, Hooper, which is a great movie. Is it?"
— Josh
Josh mentions Hooper as one of Hal Needham's famous early Bert Reynolds films about stuntmen.
Jul 28, 2018
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How Poison Ivy Works
"It's like the movie Hooper, with Bert Reynolds. One of the great bar fights of all time."
— Josh
Josh compares the immune response to a bar fight, referencing the famous bar fight scene in Hooper.
Jan 27, 2015
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How Stuntmen (and -women) Work
"Oh dude, Hooper was the stuntman movie with Bert Reynolds"
— Chuck
Chuck recommended this movie as the best stunt movie ever because it was about stunts and stuntmen.
Jan 29, 2013
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How the Cannonball Run Worked
"he did, um, Hooper, which is a great movie. Is it? I haven't seen that one."
— Chuck
Chuck mentioned this Burt Reynolds movie directed by Hal Needham when discussing Needham's filmography.
Oct 22, 2009
Cast
Burt Reynolds
Sonny Hooper
Jan-Michael Vincent
Delmore "Ski" Shidski
Sally Field
Gwen Doyle
Brian Keith
Jocko Doyle
John Marley
Max Berns
Robert Klein
Roger Deal
James Best
Cully
Adam West
Adam
Alfie Wise
Tony
Terry Bradshaw
Sherman
Norman Grabowski
Hammerhead
George Furth
Bidwell
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