This 1971 feature film tells the story of infamous motorcycle daredevil, evel knievel. Daredevil motorcyclist evel knievel sails over seven mack trucks during a practice jump in the openair canadian national exhibition stadium in toronto, ont. Knievel was incensed upon learning of the books contents and. As a youth, knievel was often jailed for stealing hubcaps and motorcycles, including a harleydavidson motorcycle at age. The evel knievel story 1 episode 2005 biography 1 episode. Evel knievel sits in the steam powered rocket motorcycle that will hopefully take him across snake river canyon on september 8, 1974. See all 4 formats and editions hide other formats and editions. At, he obtained his first motorcycle, but crashed it while attempting a stunt.
Evel knievel 19382007 actor stunts evel knievel was born on october 17, 1938 in butte, montana, usa as robert craig knievel. Matthew mcconaughey, michelle rodriguez, kid rock, guy. October 17, 1938 november 30, 2007, professionally known as evel knievel, was an american stunt performer and entertainer. Pilot for an adventurecomedy series starring sam elliott as the title character and. Evel knievel, who died in 2007, failed to clear the chasm in 1974 in a rocketpowered skycycle when the parachute malfunctioned and deployed. Soon after, he traveled to knievels hometown of butte, montana for the annual evel knievel days celebration. Overview of evel knievel, 1974, directed by michael oherlihy, with sam elliott, gary barton, karen philipp, at turner classic movies. Its equal parts comedy and biography with plenty of stunts thrown in for good measure, its 1. An earlier prototype, the skycycle x1 designed by doug malewicki and retired u. Biography of the famed motorcycle daredevil, much of which was. At almost every stop, there was some sort of crime or mystery that had to be solved by the devlins.
Evel knievels famed jump over the fountains at caesars palace in las vegas in 1967. It was tested in november 1973 and dove in the snake river. I didnt anticipate this movie would be as enthralling as it is. Evel knievel s famous snake river canyon jump on september 8th, 1974, famous daredevil evel knievel climbed into a steampowered rocket and attempted to blast across idahos snake river canyon. The skycycle x2 was a steampowered rocket owned by evel knievel and flown during his snake river canyon jump in idaho in 1974. Check out the vast collections of evel knievel pictures from ap images. Evel knievel 1974 stream deutsch hd filme kostenlos. Knievels nationally televised motorcycle jumps, including his 1974 attempt to. On september 8, 1974, knievel attempted to jump the snake river canyon on a. Robert craig knievel, professionally known as evel knievel, was an american. In the pilot evel knievel must compete against a female motorcycle. Robert evel knievel said that he was first inspired to jump over things when he was eight years old, attending an auto daredevil show.
Read on wikipedia edit history talk page print download pdf. This is an original 1974 amherst evel knievel 12 inch 33 rpm record. After months of research and a lengthy negotiation, he acquired a set of evel knievels 1974 jump leathers. Evel knievel waves as he is lowered to his rocket on sept. The hardliving motorcycle daredevil, whose exploits made him an international icon in the 1970s, died friday, nov. Why two evel knievel wannabes cant get canyon doover off the.
The 19car jump was filmed for the movie evel knievel. The film depicts knievel reflecting on major events in his life just before a big jump. By continuing to use the service, you agree to our use of cookies as. Though his 1974 snake river gag was a failure, knievel continued to pull off ramptoramp jumps over buses, cars and other motorcycles through the. In 1977 a man called shelly saltman released a book titled evel knievel on tour, a biography that painted a somewhatunflattering portrait of the daredevil. Robert craig evel knievel was the first of two children born to robert e. In an interview with the new york times in 1974, mr. Again, other than the lack of restoring this dvd, the moviedisc isnt too terribly. Before an audience of 35,000, his largest to date, evel jumped 50 piled. Provided to youtube by the orchard enterprises evel knievel jeff duncan wanderlust. In the pilot evel knievel must compete against a female motorcycle daredevil. Evel knievel simple english wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Based on the technology or filming practices of the early 70s, this is an average type of film.
He broke his pelvis in the fall, but walked out of the stadium. The series was inspired by the huge popularity of evel knievel and featured ernie, tod and sandy devlin, orphans who earned their living as circus performers. Get the best deals for evel knievel autographed at. Evel incarnate the life and legend of evel knievel download online. I always liked the dry comedy of this comical movie of the great evel knievel and the actors appearing in this movie. None of his memorabilia was there, mckay said in a 2014 interview. Evel knievel was an american daredevil who became an icon in the 1970s for his incredible motorcycle stunts. He was born in 1938 and raised by his grandparents in butte, mont. During the 1970s, movies and television shows were created, based on evel knievels daredevil life. Factbased account of the famous stuntman, from his early days to the nearfatal motorcycle jump at caesars palace. Over the course of his career, he attempted more than 75 ramptoramp motorcycle jumps. Biography of the famed motorcycle daredevil, much of which was filmed in his. Evel knievel evel knievel 1974, gatefold, vinyl discogs.
Evel knievel by black gwaluh free listening on soundcloud. Evel knievel, american motorcycle daredevil who captivated audiences with his deathdefying stunts. If you were a young boy, like i was, in the summer of 1974, you talked about two things. Knievel was inducted into the motorcycle hall of fame in 1999.
In the pilot, evel knievel must compete against a female motorcycle daredevil. Robert craig knievel professionally known as evel knievel, was an american stunt performer. According to many interviews knievel gave, he was rechristened evil knievel by local police officers who arrested him for stealing hubcaps when he was young. Ernie was a motorcycle daredevil, while tod and sandy helped out as mechanics. Also has the original color photo with printed signature. It was here, in 1974, where evel knievel made history by attempting to jump the 1,600foot wide snake river canyon. Sam eliot played knievel in a 1974 television pilot and george eads played knievel in a madefortelevision movie released that same year. George hamilton starred in the 1971 movie, evel knievel. American folk hero was first reality star but also had an ugly dark side. The story is a biography, with fictionalized events, of the famed motorcycle daredevil, who grew up in butte, montana. We will provide an email coa regarding the history of the piece. Evel knievel is a 1971 motion picture starring george hamilton as motorcycle daredevil evel knievel. Evel knievel full list of movies and tv shows in theaters, in production and upcoming films. The film depicts knievel reflecting on major events in his life, particularly his.
Navy engineer robert truax, superficially resembled a motorcycle. Knievel is known for trying to do more than 75 ramptoramp motorcycle jumps between 1965 and 1980, and in 1974, a failed jump across snake river canyon in idaho in the skycycle, a steampowered rocket. The skycycle x2 will be at 56 degree angle during takeoff. Evel knievel tv movie 1974 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
Evel knievel lost control of his motorcycle and crashed after clearing buses at londons wembley stadium on may 26, 1975. Biography of the famed motorcycle daredevil, much of which was filmed in his home town of butte, montana. Evel knievel october 17, 1938 november 30, 2007, born robert craig knievel, was an american daredevil and entertainer. A fictional superstar daredevil created for an ad campaign for what appears to be a german based chain of.
With sam elliott, noble willingham, gary barton, michael anderson jr pilot for an adventure and comedy series starring sam elliott as the title character and gary barton as his sidekick. Pilot for an adventure and comedy series starring sam elliott as the title character and gary barton as his sidekick. Evel knievels jump of the fountains at caesars palace on 123167 is the. Cote divoire, egypt, france, germany, hong kong, india, indonesia, italy. His parents split when he was young and had little contact with him. Evel knievel 1974 lp vinyl record evel knievel author format. Amongst other things, the book claimed that knievel used antisemitic slurs, cheated on his wife, and abused both prescription drugs and alcohol. His brushes with the law led to a popular belief that the police gave him. We use cookies for various purposes including analytics and personalized marketing.