The True Adventures of the World's Greatest Stuntman
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The True Adventures of the World's Greatest Stuntman

My Life As Indiana Jones, James Bond, Superman and Other Movie Heroes

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eBook - ePub

The True Adventures of the World's Greatest Stuntman

My Life As Indiana Jones, James Bond, Superman and Other Movie Heroes

About this book

You may not know it, but you've seen Vic Armstrong's work in countless movies. From performing stunts in the James Bond movie You Only Live Twice to directing the actions scenes for recent blockbusters The Green Hornet and Thor, the Academy Award-winning Vic Armstrong has been a legend in the movie industry for over 40 years. Along the way he's been the stunt double for a whole host of iconic heroes, including 007, Superman, and most memorably, Indiana Jones - as Harrison Ford once joked to him, "If you learn to talk I'm in deep trouble." As a stunt co-ordinator and second unit director, Vic is behind the creation of such movies as Total Recall, The Mission, Dune, Rambo III, Terminator 2, Charlie's Angels, Gangs of New York, War of the Worlds, I Am Legend and Mission: Impossible III, to name but a few, as well as several Bond films. He's got a lot of amazing stories to tell, and they're all here in this hugely entertaining movie memoir, which also features exclusive contributions from many of Vic's colleagues and friends, including Harrison Ford, George Lucas, Martin Scorsese, Pierce Brosnan, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Angelina Jolie, Kenneth Branagh and Sir Christopher Lee. With an introduction by Steven Spielberg, and over 100 previously unpublished on-set photos from Vic's own collection.

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Information

Publisher
Titan Books
Year
2011
eBook ISBN
9780857687937
Print ISBN
9781848568747

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Praise
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright
  5. Dedication
  6. Contents
  7. Introduction By Steven Spielberg
  8. Take One
  9. Starting Gates
  10. Breaking Into Movies
  11. The First Ninja
  12. Stunt Man For Hire
  13. Bond On Ice
  14. Surviving The Recession
  15. David Lean
  16. How To Fall Out Of A Helicopter
  17. Learning From The Best
  18. Historical Epics
  19. The Curse Of The Green Jersey
  20. Back In Bondage
  21. Close Encounters Of The Kubrick Kind
  22. Family Business
  23. Small Screen Stunts
  24. Vic Of Arabia
  25. Face To Face With Oliver Reed And Peter Sellers
  26. Mrs Mick Jagger
  27. A Bridge Too Far
  28. Superman
  29. Winner Takes It All
  30. Dalliances With Disney
  31. High Adventure
  32. Hal And Burt
  33. Leaps Of Faith
  34. A Werewolf In Piccadilly
  35. Raiders Of The Lost Ark
  36. Escape From Baghdad
  37. Never Say Never Again
  38. The Return Of Indy
  39. Fantasy-Land
  40. Up The Amazon With De Niro
  41. The Real Mafia
  42. Steve, Sly And Ken
  43. The Last Crusader
  44. Total Recall
  45. Trouble In Thailand
  46. Future Wars
  47. Director's Chair
  48. Arnie's Last Stand
  49. A Touch Of The Errol Flynns
  50. Bug Hunt
  51. Tomorrow Never Dies
  52. A Double Dose Of Connery
  53. The World Is Not Enough
  54. Vic's Angels
  55. Marty And Harvey
  56. Die Another Day
  57. Cruise Missile
  58. Roy
  59. Last Man Alive
  60. China Syndrome
  61. Superheroes
  62. Looking Back
  63. Filmography
  64. Index Of Names And Film Titles
  65. Endpapers
  66. Photos