Hooper
by Hal Needham
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Actor: Brian Keith, Burt Reynolds, Jan-Michael Vincent, John Marley, Sally FieldDirector: Hal Needham
Brand: Warner Brothers
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono; English (Subtitled)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Full Screen, NTSC
Picture Format: Pan & Scan, 1.33:1
Running Time: 99 minutes
DVD Release Date: 1998-11-10
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: Warner Home Video
Movie Reviews of Hooper
Movie Review: Just Entertaining
Summary: 4 Stars
Burt Reynolds has had a varied career. The Smokey & The Bandit series were well done and provided a lot of laughs.
HOOPER,on the other hand, had some excellent scenes, Jackie Gleason stole every scene he was in. Jerry Reed not only wrote the title song in less than 24 hours, he played a wonderful 'sidekick' to Burt. Fred the dog (who came from a local dog kennel) was a scene stealer without knowing he was doing it.
Hal Needham out did himself with the direction.
Good entertainment without one real swear word and nobody took their clothes off!!! Golly Wompers! Why don't other producers and writers give it a try.
Summary of Hooper
When it comes to life-threatening exploits, they don't get any better than those of professional stuntman Sonny Hooper - until now. Although Sonny's body is feeling the effects of his very long and successful career, the appearance of a charismatic rival on the scene causes him to attempt the most spectacular and dangerous stunt of his career.The clarity of hindsight has turned Burt Reynolds's heyday in the 1970s into a time capsule of good ol' boy lunacy, and his movies remain as vital to that decade as disco and Watergate. Hooper represents the tail end of Reynolds's popularity, the last gasp before Reynolds moved on to forgettable romantic comedies and the sheer desperation of Smokey and the Bandit II and The Cannonball Run. Like those films it's harmless fun, and Hooper--conceived as a tribute to veteran stuntman Buddy Joe Hooker--benefits from the fact that both Reynolds and director Hal Needham were former stuntmen. The movie features three generations of stuntmen played by Brian Keith, Reynolds, and Jan-Michael Vincent, the last as a cocky young stunt-star who urges Reynolds to perform his greatest stunt ever: leaping a rocket-powered car over a wide gorge (a stunt inspired by the real-life exploits of daredevil Evel Knievel). What's fun about no-brainers like Hooper is that Reynolds's brand of macho mischief never really goes out of style. It's dated, but it's always going to find an appreciative audience. --Jeff Shannon
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