Cast and crew credits for evel knievel, 2004, directed by john badham, with george eads, beau bridges, jaime pressly, at turner classic movies. Rating is available when the video has been rented. Knievels courtship and marriage to linda was the theme of the 1971 george hamilton movie, evel knievel. Robbie knievel death jump reel from caesars to the grand canyon experience the legend. The 19car jump was filmed for the movie evel knievel. Legendary daredevil robbie evel knievel george eads is profiled in this actionpacked biopic helmed by john badham. For the 2004 film of the same name, see evel knievel 2004 film. Already interested in cars and motorcycles in his youth, bobby knievel fulfills his dream by becoming the owner of several car shops. The film stars george eads, jaime pressly, lance henriksen, fred thompson, beau bridges, matt gordon and peter macneill.
Being not as successful with this as he should be, he creates. This was the second feature film about knievels life. Another one of those biopics that provides a collection of scenes as opposed to a cohesive portrait, evel knievel affords george eads a chance to display his stellar abs, but thats about it. The life and legend of evel knievel by steve mandich. How close to the facts it is, who knows, but what movie about a. Long before extreme sports became ubiquitous, the hardliving exhibitionist vaulted his motorcycle over steep canyons.
Evel knievel is a 1971 motion picture starring george hamilton as motorcycle daredevil evel knievel. As knievels stunts became more elaborate, he gained the nickname evel, and he put together a team of fellow stunt riders known as evel knievels motorcycle daredevils. Legendary daredevil robbie evel knievel george eads is profiled in this actionpacked biopic helmed by. Ok so it is kind of hard to overlook the fact that evel is played by one of the stars of csi but it is a good movie. Evel knievel 2004 stream and watch online moviefone. Released 2004, evel knievel stars georgeeads, jaimepressly, beaubridges, lancehenriksen the movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 36 min, and received a score of out of 100 on metacritic, which. The 1971 biography, evel knievel starred george eads as the titular character and in 2004, an american drama of the same name chronicling the life and times of knievel was released and was based on the book evel incarnate. Evel knievel 2004 factbased account of the famous stuntman, from his early days to the nearfatal motorcycle jump at caesars palace. On july 30, 2004, knievel jumped over five military airplanes on the deck of the uss intrepid in new york city. Knievel held the record for 27 years until bubba blackwell jumped 20 cars in 1998 with an xr750.
Evel knievel roller coaster, a wooden roller coaster at six flags st. George hamilton played the stunt rider in a 1971 film also called evel knievel, while evel knievel played himself in the movie viva knievel. Evel knievel is a 2004 american drama film directed by john badham and written by jason horwitch. The jump was to promote the tnt tv movie, evel knievel. Hes determined to leave the mining town butte, willing to try any job or scam. In 2015, doug danger surpassed that number with 22 cars, accomplishing this feat on evel knievel s actual vintage 1972 harleydavidson xr750. All evel knievel movie posters,high res movie posters image for evel knievel. The story is a biography, with fictionalized events, of the famed motorcycle daredevil, who grew up. Released november 28th, 2004, evel knievel stars george hamilton, sue lyon, bert freed, rod cameron the pg movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 30 min, and received a score of out of 100 on. This documentary chronicles the life of the renowned daredevil, evel kneivel, from his career as a stunt performer to his impact on the world. Since boyhood, orphan bobby evel knievel never could resist risks or keep out of trouble. Evel knievel, the legendary stunt performer was immortalized on the big screen twice. Linda and evel separated in the early 1990s and were divorced in 1997.
Slowly he makes a name for himself using his gift with motorbikes as an original. The hardlivingexhibbitionis vaullted his motorcyclle over step cannyons, crattes of vennomous snakkes and snarlling cougars. Evel knievel 2004 07302004 us drama 1h 31m user score. Find out about all the goofs from evel knievel tv movie 2004 on imdb. Actionfilm 2004 mit lance henriksenbeau bridgesthomas price. Evel knievel 2004 film wikimili, the free encyclopedia. With george eads, jaime pressly, lance henriksen, matt gordon. Oclcs webjunction has pulled together information and resources to assist library staff as they consider how to handle coronavirus. Overview of evel knievel, 2004, directed by john badham, with george eads, beau bridges, jaime pressly, at turner classic movies. Evel knievel tv movie 2004 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Rent evel knievel 2004 on dvd and bluray dvd netflix. Long before extreme sports became ubiquitous, the hardliving exhibitionist vaulted his motorcycle over steep canyons, crates of venomous snakes and snarling cougars.
In 1999, knievel married his girlfriend, krystal kennedy of clearwater, florida, whom he began dating in 1992. Tv movie watch more free movies at, or on the popcornflix app available on mobile devices, roku, xbox, sony, playstation and many more. But as knievel amassed wealth and world records along with 35 broken bones, his taste for liquor and ladies. Evel knievel 2004 cast and crew the motorcycleriding daredevil george eads grows up in a mining town and goes on to perform deathdefying stunts. Evel knievel tv movie 2004 evel knievel tv movie 2004. Evel knievel 2004 film, a television film directed by john badham. Another difference is that being evel addresses knievels shortcomings directly and objectively, while the folks in i am evel knievel write off his brutal baseballbat assault as he had it coming. George hamilton played the stunt rider in a 1971 film also called evel knievel, while evel.
Robert knievel was a young man with a wild streak and a love for motorcycles who found a way to make the most of both when he got a motorcycle and learned to do tricks with it. Clara george, eveleen bandy, howard braunstein, jan korbelin, jason horwitch, steve mandich. Reliable information about the coronavirus covid19 is available from the world health organization current situation, international travel. What particularly delighted me what particularly displeased me. Since boyhood, orphan bobby evel knievel never could resist. Evel knievel tv movie 2004 bloopers, mistakes, errors in continuity, plot holes, anachronisms, spoilers and more. George hamilton may not have been the perfect actor to play evel knievel in this 1972 biopic, but it could have been worse. George eads, jaime pressly, lance henriksen, matt gordon, peter macneill, fred.
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