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On the Set, at the Bar, Behind the Wheel, and Over the Edge with Hollywood Stuntmen
Bloomsbury Publishing
July 2008
On Sale: June 24, 2008
224 pages
ISBN: 1596910232
EAN: 9781596910232
Hardcover
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A thrillingly written look inside the crash-bang world of
the professional stuntman—the first reported book to
venture into this wild corner of the movie business.
In The Full Burn, bestselling author and acclaimed
journalist Kevin Conley takes readers inside one of the
most fascinating and dangerous jobs in the world. With
bravura storytelling and full access to many of the legends
of the field (including Uma Thurman’s double for Kill Bill
and the genius behind the Jason Bourne movies, among many
others), Conley gives a passenger’s-seat view of the
stuntman’s life: the history, the culture, and the tricks
of the trade, showing how—and why—stuntmen do what they do.
What’s the greatest stunt ever performed? Why is the
divorce rate among stuntmen so high? What’s it like to go
to work not knowing whether you’ll come back? What’s it
like for your wife? What’s the scariest trick a stuntman
does? Conley delivers the answers in the form of vivid
tales from his subjects’ lives—and, in trying to answer the
last question, one from his own, when he subjects himself
to the rite of passage known as the “full burn.” Funny,
gripping, and packed with amazing stories, this is an
irresistible book for anyone who loves the movies.
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