Top 15 Jodie Foster Movies
Here’s another fine actress, that transitioned well from child star to great adult actress. A Disney player of the 70’s who managed to make intriguing and emotional role choices…
Stunt Families: The Canutts
Everyone in the Industry seems to include legendary stuntman and action director, Yakima Canutt as a founding father of the American Stunt System that we have in place today.…
Oscars Need a Stunt Category
There’s been only 3 stunt performers that have ever received an Oscar in 100 years. The first one went to Yakima Canutt in 1967 as a special Lifetime award for…
Joe Canutt and Ben Hur
Over the Years, if you like movie stunts, you’ll hear about the rumor about the stuntman who died during the shooting of the chariot scene in this movie. Well,…
Kane Richmond, David Sharpe, and Carey Loftkin, Spy Smasher
Though Republic had the best stunt men in the business on hand, with the likes of Carey Loftin and David Sharpe and even Yakima Canutt as the film’s “Ramrod”,…
Best Stunts of the Year List 1930-1939
The best movie stunts for the decade listed for 1930-1939 as talked about in the book 100 Years of the Best Movie Stunts: 1930: Canyon Hawks Yakima Canutt shows…
Stunt Team For Raiders of the Lost Ark
I’ll be honest, at first I was going to give the nod for 1981 to Dar Robinson for Sharkey’s Machine as his 220 ft fall from the Hyatt Regency was…
Stunt Team For Spartacus
To say that Spartacus has a very loyal and dedicated following is an understatement. Looking back, Spartacus has it’s own sub-genre, the Swords and Sandals Spectacle. It’s spawned multiple…
Best Stunts of the Year List 1920-1929
Here is the list for the Best Movie Stunts for the Decade 1920-1929 as listed in the book, 100 Years of the Best Movie Stunts! 1920: The Mark of Zorro…
Yakima Canutt and Canyon Hawks
There’s a scene in this one where Yak drives an open wagon driven by two horses straight down a precipitous hill that just blows the mind! The scene is…