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Written by James M. Tate / 8/30/2024 / No comments / action , adventure , alfie wise , burt reynolds , cop , hal needham , jackie gleason , mike henry , paul williams , road movie , sally field , seventies

BURT REYNOLDS WITH JERRY REED IN 'SMOKEY AND THE BANDIT'

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action, adventure, alfie wise, burt reynolds, cop, hal needham, jackie gleason, mike henry, paul williams, road movie, sally field, seventies

BURT REYNOLDS WITH JERRY REED IN 'SMOKEY AND THE BANDIT'

Burt Reynolds in SMOKEY AND THE BANDIT Year: 1977 Rating: **** While SMOKEY AND THE BANDIT has been maligned for not allowing Burt Reynolds ...

BURT REYNOLDS DRIVING HAL NEEDHAM'S 'THE CANNONBALL RUN'

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adrienne barbeau, alfie wise, burt reynolds, dean martin, dom deluise, ensemble, farrah fawcett, hal needham, jackie chan, race car, road movie, roger moore, sammy davis jr.

BURT REYNOLDS DRIVING HAL NEEDHAM'S 'THE CANNONBALL RUN'

Burt Reynolds in THE CANNONBALL RUN Year: 1981 Rating: ****1/2 After SMOKEY AND THE BANDIT, director Hal Needham and actor Burt Reynolds had...

BURT REYNOLDS DRIVES 'HOOPER' WITH JAN-MICHAEL VINCENT

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action, adam west, brian keith, burt reynolds, car, hal needham, hollywood satire, james best, jan-michael vincent, sally field, seventies

BURT REYNOLDS DRIVES 'HOOPER' WITH JAN-MICHAEL VINCENT

Burt Reynolds and Jan-Michael Vincent in HOOPER Year: 1978 Rating: ***1/2 By the time HOOPER hit theaters, star Burt Reynolds and director H...

JOHN WAYNE & KIRK DOUGLAS IN PREMINGER'S 'IN HARM'S WAY'

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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Kirk Douglas with Jill Haworth and John Wayne in the poster for IN HARM'S WAY Year: 1965</u></td></tr>
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In 1965, the same year stylistic and artistic director Otto Preminger would provide a stylistically artistic comeback with the B&W mystery BUNNY LAKE IS MISSING, he directed an anti-war film starring John Wayne and the recently-departed Kirk Douglas, which is one of the few movies not a <i>John Wayne or Kirk Douglas Picture</i> but a Preminger Film they happened to star in... <br>
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Very different for The Duke in that, set in Pearl Harbor, beginning with the last jazz-soaked night of oblivious peace, when the wife of yet unseen Kirk Douglas and her lover (a sexy Barbara Bouchet and Air Force stud Hugh O'Brian) are frolicking at the beach, IN HARM'S WAY is not gung-ho or overly patriotic but more cerebral and cautious in tone, which fits Douglas's forte after PATHS OF GLORY late in the previous decade... <br>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Hugh O'Brian and Barbara Bouchet in IN HARM'S WAY</u></td></tr>
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The camera glides around a slew of characters in various scenes where eventually Wayne, who was blamed for the sake of the Pearl Harbor attack needing scapegoats, later has a chance for a comeback — despite the fact he did nothing wrong in the first place...<br>
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Meanwhile, during the attack are random scenes on the harbor, and while bombs splash the surrounding sea, we never do see, only hear, the attacking planes. Making this one of the more low budget war pictures featuring The Duke, and Douglas. <br>

barbara bouchet, dana andrews, drama, hal needham, hugh o'brian, jill haworth, john wayne, kirk douglas, otto preminger, sixties, war, world war II

JOHN WAYNE & KIRK DOUGLAS IN PREMINGER'S 'IN HARM'S WAY'

Kirk Douglas with Jill Haworth and John Wayne in the poster for IN HARM'S WAY Year: 1965 In 1965, the same year stylistic and artist...

SURPRISINGLY SUBTLE CAMP VALUE OF 'MEGAFORCE'

barry bostwick, eighties, hal needham, michael beck, science-fiction

SURPRISINGLY SUBTLE CAMP VALUE OF 'MEGAFORCE'

Barry Bostwick wheelies into the blue skies YEAR: 1982 "The good guys always win... Even in the 80's." A line spoken durin...

BREAKING 'RAD' WITH BMX-BIKE CULT MOVIE ACTOR BILL ALLEN

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"The riders not only loved the movie and continue to do so, but it is responsible for so many getting into the sport, that I am given way too much credit for many a riders inspiration," writes actor Bill Allen. "I'm so happy to be a part of the BMX community, and they have embraced me with open arms." And although the 1986 cult classic RAD does fit under the category of a motion picture capturing a popular fad, the sport of BMX riding is anything but dated, or something that has ever gone away… And yet, during that particular era, BMX racing was one of the coolest sports to physically and/or visually experience...<br />
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The star of this film is Bill Allen as Cru, a passive BMX cruiser who initially delivers newspapers and then winds up, in the typical ROCKY and/or KARATE KID fashion, competing against the reigning champion: to basically save the town. <br />
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<b>When did you first know you wanted to be an actor, and how did you go about becoming one?</b><br />
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I was cast out of Dallas in '83 in the lead in a film about a Jockey starring Jose Ferrer, Tab Hunter, Adam Roarke and a young George Clooney. I had been only a theater actor before that, but AND THEY'RE OFF got me a SAG card, an agent, and an acting coach (Bryan O'Byrne.) This was the time I decided to be an actor for the rest of my life. Soon I moved to L.A. and started working as an actor soon afterward.<br />
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<b>You worked with Robert Altman, one of the great all-time filmmakers, in STREAMERS: What was your part, and how was it being directed by Altman? </b><br />
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I played an Officer that was holding a gun and interrogating Matthew Modine and David Allen Grier. I was incredibly green and Altman was incredibly kind and nurturing. His key to good filmmaking seemed to be in casting the right actors.<br />
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He let the actors bring to it what they wanted; he acted more like a traffic cop.  He even had me sit beside him and watch him direct for a day. We will never see the likes of him again. It's safe to say he smoked more weed than Bob Marley.<br />
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Hal Needham saw me in an episode of HILL STREET BLUES, a popular cop show at the time, and called me in on the strength of that performance. Cru was a very different type of character, so after a quick audition, he had me sit on a BMX bike and the rest is history.<br />
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<b>What were some risky riding scenes you did in RAD... that you performed on your own and were nervous about, without the stunt double? </b><br />
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I suppose riding on that dumpster as it put me over the fence was the riskiest thing I did, and it shows on my face. I almost took a dive when, at the end of qualifying race, I hit my front brake by accident and I go flying into the arms of my friends. It actually made the shot very dynamic and dramatic. Otherwise I did very little of my own riding, and the riding I did do, is shaky at best.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Hal goes from hot rods to BMX glory</u></td></tr>
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<b>Share a little about director Hal Needham, famous for his films with Burt Reynolds, and who was a stuntman himself: did he equally relate to actors and the stunt riders (your double Eddie Fiola in particular) or was there more leaning on the action element of the film?</b><br />
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He was larger than life, a living and breathing action icon, who filled up the room with his southern charm and brilliance. He treated actors with kid gloves, but with stuntmen, the gloves came off. He was quoted as saying, "I hired stuntmen, not stunt pads!" However, RAD was the first film where the stuntmen (mostly kids) actually knew more than he did about the stunts, and the collaboration was brilliant. Obviously his movies were action-heavy, and that is where he shone. I think he saw the dialogue scenes as a necessary evil, and just let the actors have free reign.<br />
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<b>Talia Shire co-starred as your mom, famous as Adrian from the ROCKY films: how was it working with such an iconic actress, and was there a family vibe being that her husband, Jack Schwartzman, produced?</b><br />
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I was intimidated by the weight of her pedigree and resume, but that just fed the emotion of our scenes together. She treated me well, and I will forever be grateful for her patronage. She had her whole family around her, including a young Jason Schwartzman and her stepson, the famous DP, John Schwartzman, who shot a behind the scenes documentary that never saw the light.<br />
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<b><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIIoIgfjwpdNu7q28N1HFruQeXgqrMtWfP_Kik8t3IaSPgkkVKcfWzQ1aPmewrafd-NvlMtXwa8aXJJzbHfWPlox8TdUV2lMmXxIWqxzIuyq-bCzCE4k1ni0gn8cF_c3ijBzTXoDOQumscxDbJV4yGDIFnyRWhbBSCPM7Kdq_kDmAE6xChLpwXmW5dTJsC/s598/Screen%20Shot%202024-02-02%20at%204.49.59%20AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="598" data-original-width="346" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIIoIgfjwpdNu7q28N1HFruQeXgqrMtWfP_Kik8t3IaSPgkkVKcfWzQ1aPmewrafd-NvlMtXwa8aXJJzbHfWPlox8TdUV2lMmXxIWqxzIuyq-bCzCE4k1ni0gn8cF_c3ijBzTXoDOQumscxDbJV4yGDIFnyRWhbBSCPM7Kdq_kDmAE6xChLpwXmW5dTJsC/w116-h200/Screen%20Shot%202024-02-02%20at%204.49.59%20AM.png" width="116" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Slide Scene</u><br /></td></tr></tbody></table>Working with the beautiful Lori Loughlin, who later went on to FULL HOUSE fame: Tell us about your experiences during the riding and love scenes, and especially the fan-favorite water sliding moment... </b><br />
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She was so fun to work with, and easy to fall for. I think she was on a higher showbiz rung than I, so I never passed her test, but believe me, I tried! I guess I liked the kissing scenes best (who wouldn't?). The ass sliding was done into FREEZING waters, so it looked more fun than it was.<br />
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<b>The dance sequence, where the most memorable song, SEND ME AN ANGEL, plays... What was it like working on this very energetic and colorful scene? </b><br />
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I actually had food poisoning the night before the shoot, so I was deathly ill while the main sequence was being shot. So the look on my face during that scene is one of nausea, not apprehension. <br />
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My favorite aspects was the entertainment industry was much more innocent and lucrative and there was still a mystery to show biz. With the advent of youtube and reality stars, the bar has dropped significantly for talent. Not to mention AIDS wiped out almost an entire generation of artists who there is no replacement for except for mediocre imitations.<br />
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