Stunt Performer

Stunt Performer — page 1 — STUNITEKFURMER tunt performers knock on deaths door every time they go to work As long as there have been movies men THE and women stunt performers have been T in the business of making falls fights and chases look spectacular It s the job of these brave skilled athletes to perform a film's most dangerous stunts OO ONEISTIAN a EL A584 VE

Stunt Performer — page 2 — Ja A RB KE 2n T N890 WDC XTREME FACT Stunt work accounts for more than half of all movie related

Stunt Performer — page 3 — HSTORY oday's stunt performer job took shape with the invention of the motion picture camera in the 1890s By the 1920s tough people such as Cowboys construction workers and soldiers performed death defying stunts SAE on movie sets A few actors as in performed their own stunts Actor Buster Keaton risks death in this famous stunt front view above and side view below in 928's Steamboat Bill Jr a Ir XTREME QUOTE I was mad at the time or I would never have done the thing Buster Keaton referring to letting a 3 ton 2 7 metric ton house fall while he stands in the open window

Stunt Performer — page 4 — Stuntman James Bud Ekins jumps a motorcycle over a 12 foot 3 7 m barbed wire fence in the 1963 movie The Great Escape It is one of the most famous stunts in movie history As time passed stunts became more and more dangerous Studios wanted to protect their stars Stunt performers became vital to movie production Stuntman Vic Armstrong in 1989's Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade jumps from a horse onto a tank This dangerous stunt was named one of the top 10 film stunts of all

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