amyk
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Post by amyk on Aug 2, 2012 14:38:59 GMT -5
I'm really glad to have the chance to see what the stuntmen look like. I think it would be very interesting to have a chance to talk with them.
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Post by efiste2 on Aug 4, 2012 13:46:25 GMT -5
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Post by efiste2 on Aug 5, 2012 18:01:11 GMT -5
Here you get a good glimpse of the driver and the passenger dummy jumping the car through the gap the A Team Van left in the billboard
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Post by amyk on Aug 6, 2012 12:32:19 GMT -5
We always knew Decker was a dummy, right? Just kidding (and not referring to Decker on this board)!
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Post by sidney on Aug 7, 2012 11:46:17 GMT -5
I *can't* believe he was *really* on fire!!! How amazing is that that that guy does that for a living!
<<shudder>> Very happy that my husband is so boring now.
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Post by efiste2 on Aug 14, 2012 16:47:54 GMT -5
Hope im not boring you guys..............Heres some caps of one of my favourute vehicle stunts on The A Team from "There Goes the Neighbourhood"....a huge turnover....back in the day before such stunts were as common, its quite unbelievable that a TWO ton car would be thrown around like this, and with a DRIVER inside!!! this cap shows how tough the roll cage was made....stregnthening bars at all angles.............. and after a big side impact and that huge turnover, the structure or caged area of the car is still intact and in shape as it settles after the stunt....a tribute to the chaps that built these stunt cars.... Heres another cap from another turnover, not the best pic but i have lightened it up to show the heavy duty cage and the driver (BA was supposed to be driving) One more.......
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Post by amyk on Aug 15, 2012 13:48:44 GMT -5
I just still am so shocked that there were actually drivers. I seriously thought it was all done with remote controls or something!
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Post by efiste2 on Aug 15, 2012 14:56:34 GMT -5
Most of the guys that did these stunts will have numorous metal plates in backs and more than likely still having surgery to keep them able to sit up straight.......I know Allan Wyatt of the "Dukes" god rest his soul had lots of plates in his spine, and a very bad neck for all of his life from all the jumps....as do most of the GL jump pilots.......
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Post by efiste2 on Sept 5, 2012 17:23:13 GMT -5
Finally discovered who was Dirk Benedicts stunt double, Norman Howell......you see him in virtually every episode of The A Team as Face's stunt double but can also be spotted as an MP or bad guy.......he is a now a very experienced stunt-man/co-ordinator and his career is still going strong, check it out at IMDB.
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Post by HoudiniDerek on Sept 5, 2012 19:57:27 GMT -5
Really? I thought Face's stunt double was the one who played Fake Face in SHOWDOWN!
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Post by efiste2 on Sept 6, 2012 11:05:22 GMT -5
Yep....thats the one, Norman Howell, well spotted, I did have an idea it maybe Faces stunman in showdown by the way it actually looked like Dirks Benedicts Double.....and the way he never speaks (as far as i can recall) when I watched this episode a few weeks ago, but forgot all about it but I never knew for definate until Corey Eubanks mentioned it on one of his stunt stories on wednesday (well worth checking out on YOUTUBE!!) www.youtube.com/watch?v=kI5b6uPAOHI&feature=plcp
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Post by amyk on Sept 6, 2012 14:33:31 GMT -5
Is Fake B.A. also B.A.'s stunt double?
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Post by efiste2 on Sept 6, 2012 18:16:44 GMT -5
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Post by efiste2 on Sept 6, 2012 18:33:23 GMT -5
Did a quick search on IMDB and found Steve Chambers, Dwight Shultz's double..........
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Post by amyk on Sept 7, 2012 9:27:33 GMT -5
You can see him very easily in the van's driver seat in TROUBLE ON WHEELS when they stop and pick up the fake stop sign.
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