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The Devil at Your Heels (1981)
Directed by Robert Fortier
“The story of a daredevil... Ken Carter wants to jump a car a mile”
Documentary · 1h 43m
Devil at Your Heels, traces the trials of stuntman Ken Carter who attempts a death-defying aerial jump in a car. Not content with a normal jump, Ken Carter attempts a jump from Canada to the USA. This feature-length documentary shines a light on the intense preparation that led to Carter’s first attempt to jump a car across a mile-wide stretch of the St. Lawrence River – a 5-year period during which the dare-devil raised a million dollars, erected a 10-storey take-off ramp and built a rocket-powered car. Winner of the Canadian Screen Award for Best Feature Length Documentary at the 4th Genie Awards in 1983.
Cast
Gordon Pinsent
Ken Carter
Evel Knievel
Dar Robinson
Crew
- Director
- Robert Fortier
- Writer
- David Wilson, Charles Lazer
- Director of Photography
- Barry Perles
- Original Music Composer
- Art Phillips
- Editor
- Robert Fortier
- Producer
- Robert Fortier, Adam Symansky, Bill Brind
Details
- Release date
- 1981-03-13
- Runtime
- 1h 43m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- Canada
- Production
- ONF | NFB
- Budget
- $300,000