This movie is awesome, real stunts, real stunt men & women no CGI bollocks people showing real skill and bravery to entertain us love it old movies like this don't die they just get better and better
The highway patrolman that performed the stunt was Dave Mungenast. Along with being a stuntman, he was also an avid motorcycle rider, and collector. He was well known in the St. Louis area for owning several new car dealerships. Dave passed away a few years ago, but, anyone who knew him will be quick to tell you what a great guy he was, and express his passion for motorcycles.
They had the best cast of any movie. You had Rosco P. Coletrain, Judge “Hardcase” Hardcastle, Mayor Adam West, Terry Bradshaw, Stringfellow Hawk, Alfie Wise (The little guy in all of Burt Reynolds movies), and of course Frog and the Bandit.
My family owned a brand-new Sierra Classic Suburban Wagon (GMC, 1976), so I recognise, and respect the Sierra Classic Logo. Kudos to the Set Designers, to achieving Authenticity...!
that was hilarious , sometime in 1995 in Haltom city because I saw them driving backwards on the highway , I decided to drive backwards too and through a trailer park , I stopped at lights and stop signs , never got pulled over it was funny seeing everyone else's reactions to my driving backwards making turns and being in afternoon traffic , a lot of people looked shocked and stunned , it was just as funny doing it as it was watching Burt Reynolds do it
My dad drove about 8 miles in reverse once with my uncle, grandma, and me riding in his old 75 dodge truck. Only because we were in the hills cruising logging roads and the transmission went out.
@@lilorbielilorbie2496 Sort of true but then Colt was playing a toned down Burt being the original stuntman who really made it big, heck they were all great and like a family.
@@wotdoesthisbuttondoExactly that's why I have the Hooper movie on dvd as well as the complete series of The Fall Guy that way I can watch them when ever I want to.
@@lilorbielilorbie2496 Yep, can't always depend upon the internet hence a nice collection of Benny Hill and saved unseen classic Johnny Carson Shows keeping the true greats alive, they were all the great pioneers of entertainment and todays pretenders should study them all if got any brains and respect.
irony-this movie is a tribute to stunt men, and the name "hooper" is homage to Joe Hooker the bike cops REAL father and the greatest stunt man up to then
Wait what..... Buddy Joe Hooker was a Director. Stunt Coordinator. Dar Robinson and Hal Needham were the highest paid stuntmen... Dar Robinson died in a motorcycle stunt making Million Dollar Industry. He was only 39. He was in thw world records book at that time. As the highest paid stuntman...
The police officer was Dave Mungenast . He owns multiple car dealerships in St. Louis . World class motorcycle rider /racer . I work at his Honda Store we had orientation today which led Me here . I watched this movie at the drive in when I was a kid ha ha
To think that no movie today can hold a candle to movies of this era. I was born in the wrong decade man. Lil known fact: Burt Reynolds and Hal Needham (the director) were both stuntmen on olde western movies from the 50-60's. Hal Needham once said: "Hooper was the closest movie i ever directed that could be my entire life story told as a stuntman told in under 2 hours". As, Brian Keith's character is based of stuntman Jock Mahoney who was Sally Fields' step father. Hal Needham and " Mr. Clean", the guy standing next to Terry Bradshaw (NFL HOF Quarterback) went Burt Reynolds is about to fight in the Palamino Club. Mr Clean and Terry Bradshaw along with Burt Reynolds and Hal Needham wenton to do Cannonball run in 1981but in 1979 along with Mel Tillis, they all came out in Smokey and the bandit 2. I shit you not
Rip, Burt R. Brian k. Watched this when it came on tv. Before cable .. The Stuntman an woman movie was just great stuff back then . Stunt movie that shows how stunts where done.. An how to be safe an how dangerous it can an could be
well, I used to drive Mack dumps back in the day and we had 5 speed reverse-- when you had to get a load back on a trail going a long way back, instead of making the foreman wait on you and trucks getting delayed, we all backed at 45- 50 mph-- You shifted just like you were driving forward.
I used to have a Stuntman as a client for my work that I used to do. I didn’t see him too often but every time I did he was always limping and I would ask what happened and he would be like oh I got thrown off a house. One tough guy for sure.
There was an episode of CHIPS where Jon and Ponch caught a guy doing this very thing. They cited him for no brake lights and probably could have also got him for red lights on the front of the car.
@jmowreader9555.. Nice. Interesting fact, what episode was it? They no doubt copied it from the movie. Chips was hitting it's heyday back in 78' right at the same time as Burt's movies!.. I love the disco theme sound opening of Chips. Actually, all the TV shows back then had wonderful opening melody themes..
Fun fact; That's Dave Mungenast of St. Louis playing the part of the motorcycle cop. Dave had a couple Auto and MC dealerships in St. Louis and his motorcycle museum is still there on Gravois Ave. Cool place.
Yeah they made a special vehicle that had the body on backwards, when they pull away you can see them trying very hard not to show that the front wheels steer from the bed-side. But you can see them shimmy.
Thanks to this and Chainsaw Massacre 2 (directed by.. you guessed it.. Tobe Hooper), we now know chevy step-side square-bodies can drive 55+ in reverse.
All you have to do is turn the rearend upside down and the gears become opposite. Drive is going backwards and reverse is forward that's how he could get freeway speed driving backward otherwise he would have tached out normally.
Yeah, all you have to do is turn the rearend upside down. LOL.... Reminds me of my 1947 Edsel pickup truck I had back in the day. Turned the rearend upside down, put on a pair of fine tune battery cables and a set of Studebaker spead increasing mud flaps. The ole girl would run 90mph in 2nd reverse. Wrecked that truck 3 times before I learned how to drift deadmans curve in 2nd reverse with that rearend turned upside down. LOL....
Nice comfortable pile of dirt spread out to land on falling off the bike, so funny.. Burt - "How can we protect the motorcycle patrolman?" Hal - "Well we can't use a mattress or an Airbag too obvious.." Let's just spread some dirt out!.." Motorcycle stuntman - "Ok, I'll go with that"
