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Hal Needham

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Hal Brett Needham (March 6, 1931 – October 25, 2013) was an American stuntman, film director, actor and writer. [1]

59 relations: Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Advance to the Rear, Arkansas, Blazing Saddles, Budweiser Rocket, Burt Reynolds, California, Cannonball Run II, Chuck Roberson, Clint Walker, French Connection II, Governors Awards, Harry Gant, Have Gun – Will Travel, Hooper (film), How the West Was Won (film), In Harm's Way, Jackson County Jail (film), John Wayne, Korean War, Land speed record, Little Big Man (film), Los Angeles, Los Angeles Times, Mach 1 Racing, McLintock!, McQ, Megaforce, Memphis, Tennessee, Missouri, Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series, One More Train to Rob, Paratrooper, Quentin Tarantino, Rad (film), Richard Boone, Second unit, Shoot Out at Big Sag, Skoal (tobacco), Smokey and the Bandit, Sometimes a Great Notion (film), Stan Barrett, Stroker Ace, Stunt double, Take a Hard Ride, Taurus World Stunt Awards, Tennessee, The Bridge at Remagen, The Cannonball Run, The Culpepper Cattle Co., ..., The Devil's Brigade (film), The Fiend Who Walked the West, The Great Race, The Undefeated (1969 film), The War Lord, The War Wagon, United States Army, Viceroy (cigarette), W.W. and the Dixie Dancekings. Expand index (9 more) »

Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS (often pronounced as am-pas), also known as simply the Academy) is a professional honorary organization with the stated goal of advancing the arts and sciences of motion pictures.

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Advance to the Rear

Advance to the Rear is a light-hearted 1964 American western comedy film set in the American Civil War.

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Arkansas

Arkansas is a state in the southeastern region of the United States, home to over 3 million people as of 2017.

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Blazing Saddles

Blazing Saddles is a 1974 American satirical Western comedy film directed by Mel Brooks.

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Budweiser Rocket

The Budweiser Rocket was an American 3-wheeled land vehicle, generally resembling the 1970-era Blue Flame land speed record holding vehicle in appearance, powered by a hybrid liquid and solid-fuel rocket engine with an extra booster from a Sidewinder missile, that has been claimed as being the first vehicle to have broken the sound barrier on land.

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Burt Reynolds

Burton Leon Reynolds Jr. (born February 11, 1936) is an American actor, director, and producer.

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California

California is a state in the Pacific Region of the United States.

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Cannonball Run II

Cannonball Run II is a 1984 American comedy film starring Burt Reynolds and an all-star cast, released by Warner Bros. and Golden Harvest.

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Chuck Roberson

Charles Hugh "Chuck" Roberson (May 10, 1919 – June 8, 1988) was an American cowboy, actor, and stuntman.

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Clint Walker

Norman Eugene "Clint" Walker (May 30, 1927 – May 21, 2018) was an American actor and singer.

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French Connection II

French Connection II is a 1975 crime drama film starring Gene Hackman and directed by John Frankenheimer.

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Governors Awards

The Governors Awards presentation is an annual award ceremony hosted by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), at the Grand Ballroom of the Hollywood and Highland Center, in the Hollywood district of Los Angeles, California.

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Harry Gant

Harold Phil Gant.

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Have Gun – Will Travel

Have Gun – Will Travel is an American Western television series that aired on CBS from 1957 through 1963.

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Hooper (film)

Hooper is a 1978 American action comedy film directed by Hal Needham and stars Burt Reynolds, Sally Field, Jan-Michael Vincent, Brian Keith, Robert Klein, James Best and Adam West.

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How the West Was Won (film)

How the West Was Won is a 1962 American Metrocolor epic-Western film.

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In Harm's Way

In Harm's Way is a 1965 American epic Panavision war film produced and directed by Otto Preminger and starring John Wayne, Kirk Douglas, Patricia Neal, Tom Tryon, Paula Prentiss, Stanley Holloway, Burgess Meredith, Brandon deWilde, Jill Haworth, Dana Andrews, and Henry Fonda.

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Jackson County Jail (film)

Jackson County Jail is an American exploitation action thriller film from 1976 directed by Michael Miller, starring Yvette Mimieux, Tommy Lee Jones, and Robert Carradine.

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John Wayne

Marion Mitchell Morrison (born Marion Robert Morrison; May 26, 1907 – June 11, 1979), known professionally as John Wayne and nicknamed "The Duke", was an American actor and filmmaker.

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Korean War

The Korean War (in South Korean, "Korean War"; in North Korean, "Fatherland: Liberation War"; 25 June 1950 – 27 July 1953) was a war between North Korea (with the support of China and the Soviet Union) and South Korea (with the principal support of the United States).

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Land speed record

The land speed record (or absolute land speed record) is the highest speed achieved by a person using a vehicle on land.

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Little Big Man (film)

Little Big Man is a 1970 American western film directed by Arthur Penn and based on the novel Little Big Man by Thomas Berger.

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Los Angeles

Los Angeles (Spanish for "The Angels";; officially: the City of Los Angeles; colloquially: by its initials L.A.) is the second-most populous city in the United States, after New York City.

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Los Angeles Times

The Los Angeles Times is a daily newspaper which has been published in Los Angeles, California since 1881.

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Mach 1 Racing

Mach 1 Racing was a NASCAR Winston Cup Series team.

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McLintock!

McLintock! is a 1963 American western comedy film, starring John Wayne and Maureen O'Hara, directed by Andrew V. McLaglen.

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McQ

McQ is a 1974 Technicolor neo-noir crime film directed by John Sturges, starring John Wayne in Panavision.

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Megaforce

Megaforce (or MegaForce) is a 1982 action film directed by former stuntman Hal Needham and written by James Whittaker, Albert S. Ruddy, Hal Needham and André Morgan based on a story by Robert S. Kachler.

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Memphis, Tennessee

Memphis is a city located along the Mississippi River in the southwestern corner of the U.S. state of Tennessee.

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Missouri

Missouri is a state in the Midwestern United States.

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Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series

The Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series (often shortened to the Cup Series) is the top racing series of the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR).

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One More Train to Rob

One More Train to Rob is a 1971 American Technicolor Western film directed by Andrew McLaglen.

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Paratrooper

Paratroopers are military parachutists—military personnel trained in parachuting into an operation and usually functioning as part of an airborne force.

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Quentin Tarantino

Quentin Jerome Tarantino (born March 27, 1963) is an American director, writer, and actor.

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Rad (film)

Rad is a 1986 American film about BMX racing.

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Richard Boone

Richard Allen Boone (June 18, 1917 – January 10, 1981) was an American actor who starred in over 50 films and was notable for his roles in Westerns and for the TV series Have Gun – Will Travel.

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Second unit

Second unit is a discrete team of filmmakers tasked with filming shots or sequences of a production, separate from the main or "first" unit.

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Shoot Out at Big Sag

Shoot Out at Big Sag is a 1962 American Western film.

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Skoal (tobacco)

Skoal is a brand of dipping tobacco, also known as moist snuff.

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Smokey and the Bandit

Smokey and the Bandit is a 1977 American action comedy film starring Burt Reynolds, Sally Field, Jackie Gleason, Jerry Reed, Pat McCormick, Paul Williams and Mike Henry.

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Sometimes a Great Notion (film)

Sometimes A Great Notion, also known as Never Give A Inch, is a 1970 American drama film directed by Paul Newman and starring Newman, Henry Fonda, Michael Sarrazin and Lee Remick.

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Stan Barrett

Stan Barrett (born June 26, 1943) is a Hollywood stuntman, stunt coordinator and actor.

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Stroker Ace

Stroker Ace is a 1983 American action comedy film directed by Hal Needham and starring Burt Reynolds as the eponymous Stroker Ace, a NASCAR driver.

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Stunt double

A stunt double is a type of body double, specifically a skilled replacement used for dangerous film or video sequences, in movies and television (such as jumping out of a building, jumping from vehicle to vehicle, or other similar actions), and for other sophisticated stunts (especially fight scenes).

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Take a Hard Ride

Take a Hard Ride is a 1975 DeLuxe Color Italian-American Spaghetti Western film directed by Antonio Margheriti.

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Taurus World Stunt Awards

The Taurus World Stunt Awards is a yearly award ceremony held midyear that honors stunt performers in movies.

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Tennessee

Tennessee (translit) is a state located in the southeastern region of the United States.

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The Bridge at Remagen

The Bridge at Remagen is a 1969 DeLuxe Color war film starring George Segal, Ben Gazzara and Robert Vaughn in Panavision.

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The Cannonball Run

The Cannonball Run is a 1981 American-Hong Kong comedy film starring Burt Reynolds, Roger Moore, Dom DeLuise, Farrah Fawcett, and an all-star supporting cast.

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The Culpepper Cattle Co.

The Culpepper Cattle Co. or Dust, Sweat and Gunpowder (Australian title) is a 1972 Revisionist Western film produced by Twentieth Century Fox.

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The Devil's Brigade (film)

The Devil's Brigade is a 1968 American DeLuxe Color war film filmed in Panavision, based on the 1966 book of the same name co-written by American novelist and historian Robert H. Adleman and Col.

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The Fiend Who Walked the West

The Fiend Who Walked the West is a 1958 Western movie based on the 1947 film noir Kiss of Death.

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The Great Race

The Great Race is a 1965 American Technicolor slapstick comedy film starring Jack Lemmon, Tony Curtis, and Natalie Wood, directed by Blake Edwards, written by Blake Edwards and Arthur A. Ross, and with music by Henry Mancini and cinematography by Russell Harlan.

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The Undefeated (1969 film)

The Undefeated is a 1969 American Western and Civil War era film directed by Andrew V. McLaglen and John Wayne (uncredited) and starring John Wayne and Rock Hudson.

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The War Lord

The War Lord is a 1965 American film about Medieval warfare in 11th century Normandy, starring Charlton Heston and directed by Franklin J. Schaffner.

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The War Wagon

The War Wagon is a 1967 Western film starring John Wayne and Kirk Douglas, released by Universal Pictures, directed by Burt Kennedy, produced by Marvin Schwartz, and adapted by Clair Huffaker from his own novel.

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United States Army

The United States Army (USA) is the land warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces.

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Viceroy (cigarette)

Viceroy is an American brand of cigarettes, currently owned and manufactured by R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company in the United States and British American Tobacco outside of the United States.

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W.W. and the Dixie Dancekings

W.W. and the Dixie Dancekings is a 1975 American comedy film directed by John G. Avildsen, starring Burt Reynolds, and written by Thomas Rickman.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hal_Needham

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