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Hooper

1978 · 99 min

A breezy, boisterous good time full of barroom scrapping, daredevil stunts and easygoing charm, with a quiet ache about bodies wearing out.

Directed by: Hal Needham
Genres: Action, Comedy
Starring: Burt Reynolds, Jan-Michael Vincent, Sally Field

Tagline: Ain't nobody can fly a car like Hooper!
Overview: Legendary stunt man Sonny Hooper remains one of the top men in his field, but due to too many stressful impacts to the spine and the need to pop painkillers several times a day, he knows he should get out of the industry before he ends up permanently disabled.

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Directed by: Hal Needham
Genres: Action, Comedy
Starring: Burt Reynolds, Jan-Michael Vincent, Sally Field

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Tone: lightstrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 2 of 3
campystrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: friendship
work
aging
ambition
loyalty
Places: workplace
big city
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: ensemble
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Horror	1
Humour	7
Realism	6
Romance	4
Tension	4
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Complexity	3
Emotional weight	4

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Genres: action, comedy
Directed by: Hal Needham
Written by: Bill Kerby, Thomas Rickman
Starring: Burt Reynolds, Jan-Michael Vincent, Sally Field, Brian Keith, John Marley, Robert Klein, James Best, Adam West
Music: Bill Justis
Cinematography: Bobby Byrne
Runtime: 99 min
Country: United States of America
Languages: English

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