The Stunt Man

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The Stunt Man is a 1980 satirical action-comedy film about a fugitive who becomes a stunt double on a tyrannical director’s movie set, blurring the line between reality and illusion.

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instanceOf film ⓘ
awardReceived Academy Award nomination for Best Actor (Peter O'Toole) ⓘ
Academy Award nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay ⓘ
Academy Award nomination for Best Director ⓘ
basedOn The Stunt Man (novel) ⓘ
linked to: The Stunt Man

novel by Paul Brodeur ⓘ
castMember Adam Roarke ⓘ
Alex Rocco ⓘ
Allen Garfield ⓘ
Barbara Hershey ⓘ
Chuck Bail ⓘ
Peter O'Toole ⓘ
Sharon Farrell ⓘ
Steve Railsback ⓘ
cinematography Mario Tosi ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
director Richard Rush ⓘ
distributor 20th Century Fox ⓘ
editingBy Jack Hofstra ⓘ
filmingLocation California ⓘ
genre action comedy ⓘ
black comedy ⓘ
satire ⓘ
hasTheme manipulation of perception ⓘ
paranoia and trust ⓘ
power of directors and filmmaking ⓘ
mainCharacter Cameron ⓘ
Eli Cross ⓘ
Nina Franklin ⓘ
motionPictureRating R ⓘ
musicBy Dominic Frontiere ⓘ
narrativeFocus blurring of reality and illusion ⓘ
fugitive hiding as stuntman ⓘ
notableFor blend of comedy, drama, and action ⓘ
meta-cinematic narrative ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
portrayedBy Barbara Hershey as Nina Franklin ⓘ
Peter O'Toole as Eli Cross ⓘ
Steve Railsback as Cameron ⓘ
producer Richard Rush ⓘ
publicationDate 1980 ⓘ
releaseType theatrical release ⓘ
runtime approximately 131 minutes ⓘ
screenwriter Lawrence B. Marcus ⓘ
Richard Rush ⓘ
setting film set ⓘ

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Dan Ireland → produced → The Stunt Man ⓘ
Peter O'Toole → notableWork → The Stunt Man ⓘ
Barbara Hershey → notableWork → The Stunt Man ⓘ
Allen Garfield → notableWork → The Stunt Man ⓘ
Mario Tosi → notableWork → The Stunt Man (1980 film) ⓘ
linked to: The Stunt Man
Mario Tosi → workedOn → The Stunt Man (1980 film) ⓘ
linked to: The Stunt Man
The Stunt Man → basedOn → The Stunt Man (novel) ⓘ
linked to: The Stunt Man
Dominic Frontiere → workedOn → The Stunt Man (1980 film) ⓘ
linked to: The Stunt Man
Barbara Lynn Herzstein → notableWork → The Stunt Man ⓘ