Le casse-cou

Titre original : Viva Knievel!

1977
PG
1h 46m

ÉVALUATION IMDb

3,5/10

1,4 k

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He's powered his Harley over cars, trucks, lions, infernos and plummeted headlong into a canyon. But if the mob has its way, his next incredible leap will land him six feet under.

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Action Adventure Biography Crime

Un cascadeur reconnu, Evel Knievel, accepte de faire un numéro de saut en moto au Mexique. Cependant, ce contrat cache un complot d'un baron de la drogue sans scrupules, voulant utiliser son... Tout lireUn cascadeur reconnu, Evel Knievel, accepte de faire un numéro de saut en moto au Mexique. Cependant, ce contrat cache un complot d'un baron de la drogue sans scrupules, voulant utiliser son équipe pour importer des stupéfiants.Un cascadeur reconnu, Evel Knievel, accepte de faire un numéro de saut en moto au Mexique. Cependant, ce contrat cache un complot d'un baron de la drogue sans scrupules, voulant utiliser son équipe pour importer des stupéfiants.

Director
- Gordon Douglas
Writers
- Antonio Santean
- Norman Katkov
Stars

Voir l’information sur la production à IMDbPro

ÉVALUATION IMDb

3,5/10

1,4 k

MA NOTE

Director
- Gordon Douglas
Writers
- Antonio Santean
- Norman Katkov
Stars

Voir l’information sur la production à IMDbPro

Anecdotes
The film premiered in June 1977, three months before Evel Knievel and his associates attacked promoter Shelly Saltman with an aluminum baseball bat on September 21, 1977. With Knievel losing most of his sponsorship and marketing deals as a result of the bad publicity, the film became much less commercially attractive, only opening in four further international markets after Knievel's conviction. In addition, the wholesome image of Knievel the movie promoted and the plot point concerning Knievel's promoter being corrupt seemed ill-judged in the light of the events that saw Knievel imprisoned. As a result, the film fell into comparative obscurity until the DVD release.

Gaffes
During this film various characters put on helmets 20+ times and never does anyone use a chin strap, thus rendering the helmets basically useless.

Citations
Jessie: End of the line Evel.
Evel Knieval: What did you say?
Jessie: End of the line, man.
Evel Knieval: What are you talking about, your suppose to be at the other end.
Jessie: No. I always have been before, but not anymore. Today is my turn, my shot at the glory, I'm making this jump.
Evel Knieval: What are you talking about. Those people paid their pesos to see me jump.
Jessie: No way, man. I'm jumping. I've always known I was better than you. Today I'm gonna prove it. Now you just get out of my way.
Evel Knieval: Hey! You been smoking something? You're high!
Jessie: Man, maybe you oughtta get high! Hey man, Millard wants to kill you and your buddy Will to. You know, he even thinks he's gonna kill me.
Evel Knieval: Why? Why would he do that?
Jessie: Millard only brought you down here for one purpose and that's to take your body back to the United States as cover for about fifty million bucks worth of cocaine.
Evel Knieval: Look, I've got a jump to make.
[Jessie hits Evel in the head with his helmet and is knocks him out]
Evel Knieval: .

Connexions
Edited into E! True Hollywood Story: Evel Knievel (1998)

Bandes originales
The Washington Post
(uncredited)
Music by John Philip Sousa

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Muerte a esta pelicula!

Daredevil Evel Kneivel (just say his name out loud - ridiculous) stars as himself. The movie seems to portray Kneivel as some sort of wheelie-popping Christ figure.

You can't see it enough to fathom how truly bizarre it is. Kneivel says he's never taken a drug in his life, which is good so there was plenty enough to go around for the writer, the director and love interest Lauren Hutton.

And Kneivel's not even the weirdest guy in the movie! That honor goes to poor old Gene Kelly who plays Evel's sad excuse for a mechanic. His performance is quite possibly the worst captured on film; Kelly was playing this either as senile or retarded, though I suppose it doesn't matter which.

It's rough when the most convincing actor in the film is from Frank Gifford.