Doubling for McQueen and Redford

The Stunt Careers of Loren Janes and Mickey Gilbert
Erscheinungsjahr 2021
ISBN: 978-0-7864-9777-5
Verlag: McFarland

Buch, Englisch, 189 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 178 mm x 254 mm, Gewicht: 434 g

Since Hollywood's first motion-picture, stunt players have given blood, sweat, and tears to the business. From high falls and horse gags to fist-fights, fire, water-work and automotive mayhem, this largely unsung group of action-performers has been making movie violence believable and telling stories through exciting sequences without so much as an Oscar category to acknowledge their work.

This book follows the careers of Loren Janes and Mickey Gilbert, two fabled stunt practitioners born and trained during the pre-CGI film age, and shares their secrets of the trade while walking through five decades of movie magic. The fascinating and original conversations discuss some of Hollywood's most action-packed flicks such as Spartacus, How the West Was Won, Bullitt, The Wild Bunch, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid and Little Big Man.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Udel, James C.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Theater- und Filmwissenschaft | Andere Darstellende Künste Filmwissenschaft, Fernsehen, Radio Filmtheorie, Filmanalyse

Über Autor(innen)

A member of IATSE's Local 80 Grips since 1993, >James C. Udel has held the position of call steward with the Hollywood Union for the past eight years. Besides serving as the Local's archivist, he also penned a feature column for Below the Line magazine called Footnotes. He lives in Sherman Oaks, California.