The Stunt Driver
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2026, Canada/UK, 99 min, dir: Michael Dowse
Written and directed by Michael Dowse, THE STUNT DRIVER is based on the true story of Ken Carter, the world champion stunt driver who tried to jump a mile over the St. Lawrence River in a rocket car in the mid-seventies. After many broken bones, Ken’s dream was to end his 30-year career with a big jump, a big paycheck, and to one-up his American rival Evel Knievel. He enlists the best in rocket car design, a big sports manager and builds a 90-foot ramp. Two vying crews film documentaries leading up to the event. In the vein of Free Solo or Fitzcarraldo, this is an underdog story about one man’s singular blinding passion to complete the impossible, to finish what he started. What’s both funny and tragic is that his mile-long jump, to anyone with two eyes, is completely impossible.
Screening:
October 28th at 9:30PM
October 29th at 7:00PM
Written and directed by Michael Dowse, THE STUNT DRIVER is based on the true story of Ken Carter, the world champion stunt driver who tried to jump a mile over the St. Lawrence River in a rocket car in the mid-seventies. After many broken bones, Ken’s dream was to end his 30-year career with a big jump, a big paycheck, and to one-up his American rival Evel Knievel. He enlists the best in rocket car design, a big sports manager and builds a 90-foot ramp. Two vying crews film documentaries leading up to the event. In the vein of Free Solo or Fitzcarraldo, this is an underdog story about one man’s singular blinding passion to complete the impossible, to finish what he started. What’s both funny and tragic is that his mile-long jump, to anyone with two eyes, is completely impossible.
Screening:
October 28th at 9:30PM
October 29th at 7:00PM
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Where is it happening?
8712 109 Street, Edmonton, AB, Canada, Alberta T6G 1E9
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Host or PublisherMetro Cinema
