Stuntman!
My Car-crashing, Plane-jumping, Bone-breaking, Death-defying Hollywood Life
New York : Little, Brown, [2011]
Format: Book
Edition: First edition.
Description: viii, 307 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
Legendary stuntman Hal Needham bares all in this new memoir that chronicles his car-crashing, plane-jumping, bone-breaking, death-defying Hollywood life.
Contents:
Sharecropper's son -- The making of a stuntman -- Bullshit doesn't photograph -- Don't be afraid to take a chance to make a big impression -- If you're booked to burn, you can't drown -- "Get it done, Needham" -- Movies of war and real war -- A horse named pie : and horses I've known and horses I've owned -- Just tell me what you want, not how to do it -- Busier than a one-legged man in an ass-kicking contest -- A few good men -- The McQ cannon -- Jumping cars and flying boats -- From the outhouse to the penthouse -- Smokey and the Bandit is born -- Ain't nobody can fly a car like Hooper -- Breaking the sound barrier : 739.666 miles per hour! -- The real Cannonball Run -- NASCAR and setting trends.
Subjects:
Needham, Hal, 1931-2013.
Stunt performers -- United States -- Biography.
Actors -- United States -- Biography.
Motion picture producers and directors -- United States -- Biography.
Needham, Hal, 1931-2013.
Stunt performers -- United States -- Biography.
Actors -- United States -- Biography.
Motion picture producers and directors -- United States -- Biography.
ISBN:
9780316078993 (alk. paper)
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
BIOGRAPHY Needham, Hal | Main (Downtown) | Third Level, Biography | In |
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Includes index.