This movie is awesome, real stunts, real stunt men & women no CGI bollocks people showing real skill and bravery to entertain us love it old movies like this don't die they just get better and better
The highway patrolman that performed the stunt was Dave Mungenast. Along with being a stuntman, he was also an avid motorcycle rider, and collector. He was well known in the St. Louis area for owning several new car dealerships. Dave passed away a few years ago, but, anyone who knew him will be quick to tell you what a great guy he was, and express his passion for motorcycles.
They had the best cast of any movie. You had Rosco P. Coletrain, Judge “Hardcase” Hardcastle, Mayor Adam West, Terry Bradshaw, Stringfellow Hawk, Alfie Wise (The little guy in all of Burt Reynolds movies), and of course Frog and the Bandit.
irony-this movie is a tribute to stunt men, and the name "hooper" is homage to Joe Hooker the bike cops REAL father and the greatest stunt man up to then
Wait what..... Buddy Joe Hooker was a Director. Stunt Coordinator. Dar Robinson and Hal Needham were the highest paid stuntmen... Dar Robinson died in a motorcycle stunt making Million Dollar Industry. He was only 39. He was in thw world records book at that time. As the highest paid stuntman...
My family owned a brand-new Sierra Classic Suburban Wagon (GMC, 1976), so I recognise, and respect the Sierra Classic Logo. Kudos to the Set Designers, to achieving Authenticity...!
that was hilarious , sometime in 1995 in Haltom city because I saw them driving backwards on the highway , I decided to drive backwards too and through a trailer park , I stopped at lights and stop signs , never got pulled over it was funny seeing everyone else's reactions to my driving backwards making turns and being in afternoon traffic , a lot of people looked shocked and stunned , it was just as funny doing it as it was watching Burt Reynolds do it
My dad drove about 8 miles in reverse once with my uncle, grandma, and me riding in his old 75 dodge truck. Only because we were in the hills cruising logging roads and the transmission went out.
Rip, Burt R. Brian k. Watched this when it came on tv. Before cable .. The Stuntman an woman movie was just great stuff back then . Stunt movie that shows how stunts where done.. An how to be safe an how dangerous it can an could be
I used to have a Stuntman as a client for my work that I used to do. I didn’t see him too often but every time I did he was always limping and I would ask what happened and he would be like oh I got thrown off a house. One tough guy for sure.
To think that no movie today can hold a candle to movies of this era. I was born in the wrong decade man. Lil known fact: Burt Reynolds and Hal Needham (the director) were both stuntmen on olde western movies from the 50-60's. Hal Needham once said: "Hooper was the closest movie i ever directed that could be my entire life story told as a stuntman told in under 2 hours". As, Brian Keith's character is based of stuntman Jock Mahoney who was Sally Fields' step father. Hal Needham and " Mr. Clean", the guy standing next to Terry Bradshaw (NFL HOF Quarterback) went Burt Reynolds is about to fight in the Palamino Club. Mr Clean and Terry Bradshaw along with Burt Reynolds and Hal Needham wenton to do Cannonball run in 1981but in 1979 along with Mel Tillis, they all came out in Smokey and the bandit 2. I shit you not
@@lilorbielilorbie2496 Sort of true but then Colt was playing a toned down Burt being the original stuntman who really made it big, heck they were all great and like a family.
@@wotdoesthisbuttondoExactly that's why I have the Hooper movie on dvd as well as the complete series of The Fall Guy that way I can watch them when ever I want to.
@@lilorbielilorbie2496 Yep, can't always depend upon the internet hence a nice collection of Benny Hill and saved unseen classic Johnny Carson Shows keeping the true greats alive, they were all the great pioneers of entertainment and todays pretenders should study them all if got any brains and respect.
well, I used to drive Mack dumps back in the day and we had 5 speed reverse-- when you had to get a load back on a trail going a long way back, instead of making the foreman wait on you and trucks getting delayed, we all backed at 45- 50 mph-- You shifted just like you were driving forward.
The police officer was Dave Mungenast . He owns multiple car dealerships in St. Louis . World class motorcycle rider /racer . I work at his Honda Store we had orientation today which led Me here . I watched this movie at the drive in when I was a kid ha ha
There was an episode of CHIPS where Jon and Ponch caught a guy doing this very thing. They cited him for no brake lights and probably could have also got him for red lights on the front of the car.
@jmowreader9555.. Nice. Interesting fact, what episode was it? They no doubt copied it from the movie. Chips was hitting it's heyday back in 78' right at the same time as Burt's movies!.. I love the disco theme sound opening of Chips. Actually, all the TV shows back then had wonderful opening melody themes..
@fodsaks They rigged the back wheels to turn and the drive hid in a compartment in the bed and looked out a hole in a tail gate. Just read Hal Needham's (The director) new book that came out a month ago and he described how they did it.
Yeah they made a special vehicle that had the body on backwards, when they pull away you can see them trying very hard not to show that the front wheels steer from the bed-side. But you can see them shimmy.
All you have to do is turn the rearend upside down and the gears become opposite. Drive is going backwards and reverse is forward that's how he could get freeway speed driving backward otherwise he would have tached out normally.
Yeah, all you have to do is turn the rearend upside down. LOL.... Reminds me of my 1947 Edsel pickup truck I had back in the day. Turned the rearend upside down, put on a pair of fine tune battery cables and a set of Studebaker spead increasing mud flaps. The ole girl would run 90mph in 2nd reverse. Wrecked that truck 3 times before I learned how to drift deadmans curve in 2nd reverse with that rearend turned upside down. LOL....
Nice comfortable pile of dirt spread out to land on falling off the bike, so funny.. Burt - "How can we protect the motorcycle patrolman?" Hal - "Well we can't use a mattress or an Airbag too obvious.." Let's just spread some dirt out!.." Motorcycle stuntman - "Ok, I'll go with that"
Well, it IS still a movie. Although they show the guys just clipping the carabiner onto his Sam Browne belt, i'm sure for the actual stunt he had a full torso harness on and some kind of spring to soften the pull. Otherwise the hard yank would snap his spine and neck. Have you ever tried to drive backwards at speed? Any tiny twitch of the wheel and the truck would fishtail wildly, plus reverse is a low gear so you could only go 30 or so. I'm betting they put in a reverse gearbox so they could back up fast, and if you look at the K10 pickup right as he power-slides it around and starts backing up, you'll see an offset 3rd member in the rear, giving away the fact there was a solid steering axle in the back, so they could rear-steer instead of steering the front axle in reverse. That would make the truck steer alot easier. After seeing a Subaru Brat in a salvage yard outside Hollywood, Arkansas a few years back, i remembered seeing this one in Hooper. I was surprised it had 4-wheel independent suspension and disk brakes. That same salvage yard had/has? about 15 International Harvester Scout II's as well.
Thanks to this and Chainsaw Massacre 2 (directed by.. you guessed it.. Tobe Hooper), we now know chevy step-side square-bodies can drive 55+ in reverse.
I believe it's The Last Movie Star. He was set to film his role in Tarantino's new "LA" film, but sadly died 3 wks before shooting his scenes. However, he did all the lead up work & table reads, so Tarantino sees his "LA" film as Burt's last & he also credits Burt at the end of the picture. Burt was actually rehearsing his lines for "LA" when he had his heart attack. Bruce Dern, also a good friend of Burt's, was brought in to replace him, and did a fine job. But I sure do wish we had that part to remember Burt by as well.
@dathorndike4908.. Don't be afraid.. Climb in your truck and give it a try! Come out here to Nevada where there's more room.. And oh yes, don't forget your cowboy hat.. 🤠
One of the most underrated burt Reynolds movies ever , absolute classic !
I'll put it on par with _Smokey and the Bandit_
#byebyeniceofficer 😆
"That's no problem. Wait here." 👇🤠
true... after seeing this
i learned to drive faster
First time I'd seen a Scout SS II ( Jimbo's truck ) . Been wanting one ever since.
Its absolutely up there with his best !
One of my favorite movies of all time
This movie is awesome, real stunts, real stunt men & women no CGI bollocks people showing real skill and bravery to entertain us love it old movies like this don't die they just get better and better
I keep telling my kids to watch the old movies. When a car jumped a river. It was real. Man car and water. CGI is crap!
Watch the scene in White Lightning when the stuntman Hal Needham, jumps the car on to the boat. He hurt himself in the process.
CGI SUCKS!!!!
The highway patrolman that performed the stunt was Dave Mungenast. Along with being a stuntman, he was also an avid motorcycle rider, and collector. He was well known in the St. Louis area for owning several new car dealerships. Dave passed away a few years ago, but, anyone who knew him will be quick to tell you what a great guy he was, and express his passion for motorcycles.
Wouldn't be a bit surprised if he helped plan that stunt.
Uncle Dave was indeed a great person, and a great stuntman. (His off-road racing career was pretty astonishing as well.)
Always wanted to know who that stuntman was. Good to know, thank you!
They had the best cast of any movie. You had Rosco P. Coletrain, Judge “Hardcase” Hardcastle, Mayor Adam West, Terry Bradshaw, Stringfellow Hawk, Alfie Wise (The little guy in all of Burt Reynolds movies), and of course Frog and the Bandit.
Hal Needham and Burt Reynolds. An absolutely unbeatable combination
Top class
Only two times..
@@CaptainSpalding72 Pardon?
Hooper, Smokey and the Bandit, Cannonball Run, all fantastic Burt Reynolds and Hal Needham classics. Never get tired of them.
Don’t forget Stand on it (Stroker Ace)
(JUNIOR) : WHAT WE ARE DEALING WITH HERE;(IS A TOTAL LACK OF RESPECT FOR THE LAW)😆😆😆😂😂
funniest part is he leaves STILL driving backwards after getting a ticket !!
Burt & his Crew. Too Cool for today’s P.C. Sissies.
Ummm.. where in any of this did anyone say anything that would be considered not PC today?
today we said good by to a legend,, R.I.P. Burt
Love old movie trucks, the body was on the frame backwards for the revers driving scenes. Fall guy had rear engine trucks for the jump scenes
I love this fuckin movie!!!! The 2 most badass actors ever Burt Reynolds and Jan Michael Vincent!!
Lovin' that Super Scout II
@Gnillob802 and of course James Best.. aka Roscoe P. Coltrane
irony-this movie is a tribute to stunt men, and the name "hooper" is homage to Joe Hooker the bike cops REAL father and the greatest stunt man up to then
Wait what..... Buddy Joe Hooker was a Director. Stunt Coordinator. Dar Robinson and Hal Needham were the highest paid stuntmen... Dar Robinson died in a motorcycle stunt making Million Dollar Industry. He was only 39. He was in thw world records book at that time. As the highest paid stuntman...
Love this movie. Second only to Smokey and the Bandit.
My family owned a brand-new Sierra Classic Suburban Wagon (GMC, 1976), so I recognise, and respect the Sierra Classic Logo. Kudos to the Set Designers, to achieving Authenticity...!
Many critics would state it's even better than Smokey. Hooper is a VERY under appreciated film!
Burt Reynolds, Jan-Michael Vincent, Sally Field, Brian Keith, Robert Klein, Adam West and Terry Bradshaw. Back when casting agents kicked ass.
And James Best 👌
Hooper is a great movie!!
Burt will certainly be missed
DONT WATCH IT THEN this was NO CARE OF PC OR WHO MIGHT BE OFFENDED!
BURT MADE SOME FUNNY ASS MOVIES!
so nice, movies just dont hang this well anymore,
same old crap, this is when movies where movies.
thanks
Burt being an ex stuntman and did all his stunts until his back injury is a great homage to the art of the gag. Great movie
When I was in elementary school everybody wanted to be nurses and fireman, I said I wanna be A Stuntman !!!! Thx Burt
I wanted to thank you for posting the Fight at the palomino club, I watch it every now and again. Totally the Best! Thanks!
Back when driving and drinking beer was frowned upon . . . that's it. No jail. No ticket. Just, "You know better than that."
I'm too young to remember but was it really like that? So long as you weren't driving on the sidewalk or something extreme.
@@JesusBehindtheWheel It was really like that. So sad how it is today
@@dathorndike4908 times are changing good old days then
RESPONSIBLE drinking and driving! Now days, people can't drive SOBER, much less after a few cocktails!
that was hilarious , sometime in 1995 in Haltom city because I saw them driving backwards on the highway , I decided to drive backwards too and through a trailer park , I stopped at lights and stop signs , never got pulled over it was funny seeing everyone else's reactions to my driving backwards making turns and being in afternoon traffic , a lot of people looked shocked and stunned , it was just as funny doing it as it was watching Burt Reynolds do it
HELLYEAH BROTHER Bill Cook ,
It was fun as well as an adrenaline rush , I could've gotten in trouble for that 😆
My dad drove about 8 miles in reverse once with my uncle, grandma, and me riding in his old 75 dodge truck. Only because we were in the hills cruising logging roads and the transmission went out.
LOVE Hooper. Defo the best by Burt along with Cannonball Run 1.
This was one of the Best of Burt Reynolds, Sally Fields and Jan Michael Vincent
Godspeed, Hal Needham
Thanks for all the great movies!
I love the dirt layed out for the cop when he falls
The fun they must of had wish I could have been there
Rip, Burt R. Brian k. Watched this when it came on tv. Before cable .. The Stuntman an woman movie was just great stuff back then . Stunt movie that shows how stunts where done.. An how to be safe an how dangerous it can an could be
No seatbelts and no respect for safety. Love it!
I used to have a Stuntman as a client for my work that I used to do. I didn’t see him too often but every time I did he was always limping and I would ask what happened and he would be like oh I got thrown off a house. One tough guy for sure.
I love how the whole clan stops behind Hooper and waits while he is getting the ticket. Then they all tear the hell up leaving..lol
To think that no movie today can hold a candle to movies of this era. I was born in the wrong decade man. Lil known fact: Burt Reynolds and Hal Needham (the director) were both stuntmen on olde western movies from the 50-60's. Hal Needham once said: "Hooper was the closest movie i ever directed that could be my entire life story told as a stuntman told in under 2 hours". As, Brian Keith's character is based of stuntman Jock Mahoney who was Sally Fields' step father. Hal Needham and " Mr. Clean", the guy standing next to Terry Bradshaw (NFL HOF Quarterback) went Burt Reynolds is about to fight in the Palamino Club. Mr Clean and Terry Bradshaw along with Burt Reynolds and Hal Needham wenton to do Cannonball run in 1981but in 1979 along with Mel Tillis, they all came out in Smokey and the bandit 2. I shit you not
Burt is the man. BR rules.
love this movie. Burt, Brian Keith, Vincent, Best, West, Sally Field...pure fun.Hooper, the man who made Eastwood look so fine.
Bondek I think that you have your stunt men mixed up. It was Colt Severs The Fall Guy tv show that made Eastwood look so fine.
@@lilorbielilorbie2496 I was making a play on the fact Hal Needham had a hand in Fall Guy as well as Hooper which had a similar theme
@@lilorbielilorbie2496 Sort of true but then Colt was playing a toned down Burt being the original stuntman who really made it big, heck they were all great and like a family.
@@wotdoesthisbuttondoExactly that's why I have the Hooper movie on dvd as well as the complete series of The Fall Guy that way I can watch them when ever I want to.
@@lilorbielilorbie2496 Yep, can't always depend upon the internet hence a nice collection of Benny Hill and saved unseen classic Johnny Carson Shows keeping the true greats alive, they were all the great pioneers of entertainment and todays pretenders should study them all if got any brains and respect.
I am starting to think this movie was a commentary on the police state of america.
They don't make movies like this anymore
Real life ? Scratching my head today’s sifi you idiot weakest world to be living in in is today
Movie made when the world was fun...
hooper meets CHiPs :-)
@trunda96 Nothing like the life of a hollywood stuntman by Bent Myggen
"Hey! Wadya think your doing!"
"Just going backwards!"
Too funny.. 🤣
well, I used to drive Mack dumps back in the day and we had 5 speed reverse-- when you had to get a load back on a trail going a long way back, instead of making the foreman wait on you and trucks getting delayed, we all backed at 45- 50 mph-- You shifted just like you were driving forward.
Ol Brian Keith is so cool in this movie.
Legend
The police officer was Dave Mungenast . He owns multiple car dealerships in St. Louis . World class motorcycle rider /racer . I work at his Honda Store we had orientation today which led
Me here . I watched this movie at the drive in when I was a kid ha ha
1 dislike must be the copper on the bike
In today's world... they would be in prison for the rest of their lives..
In blue states, yes!
Nothing like The Good Life end up the PRETTIEST Girl Around
There was an episode of CHIPS where Jon and Ponch caught a guy doing this very thing. They cited him for no brake lights and probably could have also got him for red lights on the front of the car.
@jmowreader9555.. Nice. Interesting fact, what episode was it? They no doubt copied it from the movie. Chips was hitting it's heyday back in 78' right at the same time as Burt's movies!.. I love the disco theme sound opening of Chips. Actually, all the TV shows back then had wonderful opening melody themes..
When i was a teenager some friends of mine tried some of these stunts
And survived.. My wife says my Gardian Angels are bald and grey headed.
when the fuck will you tube get this movie...hell i will gladly pay for it but no they still dont have it.
Awsome movie my favorite part in the movie I would love to have that Scout SS 2
The cop doesn't enter the roadway and there's a ton of dirt laid down for him to land on.
I think this is the reason my friends won't ride with me when I get my license
Who is getting married these days?! 🤣 They tried to warn us
Back in the day before Mad Mothers!
Oh, that ridiculous joke! Lol
One Burt Reynolds best movies !
Siri says "That's not nice". LOL
man I miss Hal and Burt
For years l wondered which movie had the motorcycle cop and cable scene. And now l finally found it! Yes!!
I love smoke and the bandit movie's but now I have found a other movie I like of brut,s Hooper
@fodsaks
They rigged the back wheels to turn and the drive hid in a compartment in the bed and looked out a hole in a tail gate.
Just read Hal Needham's (The director) new book that came out a month ago and he described how they did it.
Roscoe P. Coltrane (James Best) was a real good fighter in the movie !
Just going 55 backwards. Love this movie.
LOL, great movie.
Man, that Subaru Brat....I wish I had one of those. They're cool little trucks.. Pretty rare to find one nowadays. (At least where I live)
Yeah they made a special vehicle that had the body on backwards, when they pull away you can see them trying very hard not to show that the front wheels steer from the bed-side. But you can see them shimmy.
I love that scene. excelent. Thank you.
Vaya con Dios, my Brother!
Back when movies were fun with no political correctness.
Hal Needham was awesome.
All you have to do is turn the rearend upside down and the gears become opposite. Drive is going backwards and reverse is forward that's how he could get freeway speed driving backward otherwise he would have tached out normally.
Yeah, all you have to do is turn the rearend upside down. LOL....
Reminds me of my 1947 Edsel pickup truck I had back in the day. Turned the rearend upside down, put on a pair of fine tune battery cables and a set of Studebaker spead increasing mud flaps. The ole girl would run 90mph in 2nd reverse. Wrecked that truck 3 times before I learned how to drift deadmans curve in 2nd reverse with that rearend turned upside down. LOL....
I loved this movie when it first came out.
Favorite
Great moments in this movie.
Nice comfortable pile of dirt spread out to land on falling off the bike, so funny..
Burt - "How can we protect the motorcycle patrolman?"
Hal - "Well we can't use a mattress or an Airbag too obvious.." Let's just spread some dirt out!.."
Motorcycle stuntman - "Ok, I'll go with that"
I've often wondered if that guy playing the cop, hurt his back doing that stunt?
A sharp pull to the back couldn't have been good!
Well, it IS still a movie. Although they show the guys just clipping the carabiner onto his Sam Browne belt, i'm sure for the actual stunt he had a full torso harness on and some kind of spring to soften the pull. Otherwise the hard yank would snap his spine and neck.
Have you ever tried to drive backwards at speed? Any tiny twitch of the wheel and the truck would fishtail wildly, plus reverse is a low gear so you could only go 30 or so. I'm betting they put in a reverse gearbox so they could back up fast, and if you look at the K10 pickup right as he power-slides it around and starts backing up, you'll see an offset 3rd member in the rear, giving away the fact there was a solid steering axle in the back, so they could rear-steer instead of steering the front axle in reverse. That would make the truck steer alot easier.
After seeing a Subaru Brat in a salvage yard outside Hollywood, Arkansas a few years back, i remembered seeing this one in Hooper. I was surprised it had 4-wheel independent suspension and disk brakes.
That same salvage yard had/has? about 15 International Harvester Scout II's as well.
PRETTY FANCY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thanks to this and Chainsaw Massacre 2 (directed by.. you guessed it.. Tobe Hooper), we now know chevy step-side square-bodies can drive 55+ in reverse.
What was the last big screen movie that Burt Reynolds appeared in?
I believe it's The Last Movie Star. He was set to film his role in Tarantino's new "LA" film, but sadly died 3 wks before shooting his scenes. However, he did all the lead up work & table reads, so Tarantino sees his "LA" film as Burt's last & he also credits Burt at the end of the picture. Burt was actually rehearsing his lines for "LA" when he had his heart attack. Bruce Dern, also a good friend of Burt's, was brought in to replace him, and did a fine job. But I sure do wish we had that part to remember Burt by as well.
I always wondered after seeing this movie- but was too scared to try it. Is a car really capable of going that fast in reverse?
I didn't think so either...prob a truck with the body turned other way round?
Apparently it's as fast as you can in first gear...up to 40mph!
@dathorndike4908.. Don't be afraid.. Climb in your truck and give it a try! Come out here to Nevada where there's more room.. And oh yes, don't forget your cowboy hat.. 🤠
I love this movie. One of my favorite movies to watch
To this day it still bugs me that the Scout SSII left tail light is out. Love this clip!
Now a days would be all CGI! Can never replace these old classics
CGI SUCKS to the moon!
I love this movie. It's not a oscar winner. But if it weren't for stunt men and women movies would suck. CGI makes things noticeable fake.
1:43 Is that the same hooker van/camper(run by "Foxy Lady") from Smokey and the Bandit?
The Subaru Brat, whoever thought it was a good idea to install seats facing backwards in the bed of a small pickup.
Rip Burt Reynolds.
I'm still trying to hunt for this movie on streaming. I don't think it's on BluRay but it's definitely on DVD if you can find it.
Definateyl on VHS
Classic. However, that poor transmission really took a beating going that fast in a gear it was never designed for.
sally field look awesome in this room
Awesome movie
I have seen this movie and this clip a lot, and it's still funny in 11/2023
you can tell the truck body is mounted on the frame backwards..
Attempted murder on a police officer and all he got was a ticket.
Great Film!!!!
R.i.p burt