Hooper (film)

Hooper is a 1978 actioncomedy film starring Burt Reynolds, based loosely on the experiences of director Hal Needham, a onetime stuntman in his own right. It serves as a tribute to stuntmen and stuntwomen in what was at one time an underrecognized profession.

Sonny Hooper Burt Reynolds, known as Hollywoods Greatest Stuntman, is Adam Wests stunt double on the action film The Spy Who Laughed at Danger. Hoopers onset antics and wisecracks are a trial for egotistical director Roger Deal Robert Klein, and even more so for Rogers bossy, obnoxious but cowardly assistant Tony Alfie Wise, who gets Hooper in trouble with the Humane Society over a stunt involving a dog. Years of physical abuse on are fast catching up with Hooper, with the numerous stunts referred to in the movie business as gags and his use of painkillers beginning to take their toll on his body.Sonny lives with girlfriend Gwen Doyle Sally Field, whose father Jocko Brian Keith is a retired stuntman himself. Hooper is dragooned by a friend into performing at a charity show, where he meets Delmore Ski Shidski JanMichael Vincent, a newcomer who makes his entrance in spectacular style, much to Hoopers chagrin. ........

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