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Watch: Hooper 1978 123movies, Full Movie Online – Aging stuntman Sonney Hooper is still on top as one of the best stuntmen in the business. But up and coming Ski is starting to do bigger and better stunts. Hooper has the experience to setup a stunt safely, and Ski lacks the common sense to know when a stunt is too dangerous. Maybe together, along with their fun loving buddies, they can do a stunt together that will surpass anything that anyone has done..
Plot: 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 pain killers several times a day, he knows he should get out of the industry before he ends up permanently disabled.
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Ratings:

	6.3/10 Votes: 7,175
	67% | RottenTomatoes
	70/100 | MetaCritic
	N/A Votes: 95 Popularity: 7.187 | TMDB

Reviews:

Simple but slick stunt-man flick.
Following the success of the 1977 film “Smokey And The Bandit” Burt Reynolds was, for a short time at any rate, the world’s no.1 box-office star. Alas, like so many actors who get to the top Burt soon found himself losing his mantle as he stumbled from one lousy picture to another. Part of the problem was that Reynolds formed a long-running partnership with stuntman-turned-director Hal Needham, a union that yielded too many bad movies. In total, the two men worked together six times. A chronological list of their films together would run like this: “Smokey And The Bandit”, “Hooper”, “Smokey And The Bandit II”, “The Cannonball Run”, “Cannonball Run II”, and “Stroker Ace”. Of this sequence, only the first two are really worthy of praise. The others are generally rather poor movies which met with considerable negativity from the critics and did little to enhance the star’s popularity with the public. “Hooper” was released in 1978 and, as noted, was the second of the Reynolds-Needham collaborations. It is a simple but very slick story set in the world of testosterone-fuelled Hollywood stuntmen, and is perhaps the best of Reynolds’ late ’70s/early ’80s films.

Sonny Hooper (Burt Reynolds) is a middle-aged Hollywood stuntman. He leads a freewheeling lifestyle with his girlfriend Gwen (Sally Field) and her father Jocko (Brian Keith), who was himself once a leading stuntman and is something of a father figure for Sonny. Sonny begins to feel the heat when a young new stuntman named Ski (Jan Michael Vincent) appears on the scene and threatens to take his mantle as the bravest performer in the business. Believing that he has never proved his greatness – neither to himself, his girlfriend, his companions nor the younger generation of the profession – Sonny decides to pull off one final stunt so dangerous and outrageous that it will cement his place in legend. Film-maker Roger Deal (Robert Klein) offers Sonny just the stunt he is looking for. Deal is busy making a James Bond style adventure movie and needs two fearless drivers to perform a record-breaking 325 feet leap across a collapsed bridge in a jet-fuelled sports car. Sonny and Ski agree to do the jump, even though everyone close to them urges them to turn it down as the odds of performing it successfully seem almost impossible.

“Hooper” is admittedly a light film with a story that demands little of the viewer, but on its own terms it is an enjoyable and involving film. The performances are surprisingly strong and nuanced for a film set in the world of macho stunt performers. Reynolds appears brash on the surface but elicits genuine humanity in the scenes where he torments himself over the daredevil legacy he wants to leave behind. Field is superb as his terrified girlfriend; Vincent shows gung-ho spirit as the youthful pretender; Keith is wonderful as the old-timer who has lived long enough in the business to appreciate the value of survival; and Klein gives the best performance in the entire film as the single-minded director willing to risk the lives of his stunt team in order to shoot the greatest action sequence ever filmed. The film is punctuated with several impressive action sequences, and climaxes with the jet car leap around which the story is based. This closing sequence is brilliantly put together – with real suspense generated about whether the drivers will or will not survive their attempt. As brash, brainless and brawny as it is, “Hooper” is still a tremendously enjoyable film. Fans of fast cars and sensational stunts will revel in it!

not as funny as Smokey but still good
Sonny Hooper (Burt Reynolds) is the best stuntman in the business admired by the stars. His girlfriend Gwen (Sally Field) has legendary stuntman Jocko Doyle (Brian Keith) as her father. Cully (James Best) is his loyal sidekick. Ski (Jan-Michael Vincent) is the new young upcoming hot shot. Sonny pranks him on their first meeting and they begin a friendly rivalry. Hooper injures himself in a record breaking fall and the doctor tells him that he could be paralyzed after one more bad fall. Director Roger Deal (Robert Klein) is so impressed with the stunts that he writes a bigger ending to the movie. Sonny comes up with a grand stunt across a gouge in a rocket car for him and Ski.

The biggest problem for this movie is ‘Smokey and the Bandit’. It fails in comparison but honestly, that’s high bar to clear. Burt is still cackling his laugh but this movie isn’t gut busting funny. It’s hijinx fun. It definitely has the stunts. This is a good homage to the Hollywood stuntman. The characters are lovable. It has a good simple story. It’s an enjoyable ride. It’s also one of the first to have a good outtakes reel for the closing credits.

Other Information:

Original Language en
Runtime 1 hr 39 min (99 min)
Budget 6000000
Revenue 78000000
Status Released
Rated PG
Genre Action, Comedy
Director Hal Needham
Writer Thomas Rickman, Bill Kerby, Walt Green
Actors Burt Reynolds, Jan-Michael Vincent, Sally Field
Country United States
Awards Nominated for 1 Oscar. 3 nominations total
Production Company N/A
Website N/A

Technical Information:

Sound Mix Mono
Aspect Ratio 1.85 : 1
Camera Panavision Panaflex
Laboratory Metrocolor, Hollywood (CA), USA
Film Length N/A
Negative Format 35 mm
Cinematographic Process Spherical
Printed Film Format 35 mm