Mat Hoffman Movies
Tamra Davis directs the extreme sports documentary Keep Your Eyes Open. Contains dangerous stunts and personal interviews with top athletes. Some of the subjects include skiier Seth Morrison, Motocross racer Travis Pastrana, BMX rider Mat Hoffman, snowboarder Tina Basich, and surfer Sunny Garcia. Also features goofy skits featuring Spike Jonze and Beastie Boy Mike D (the director's husband) as security guards. Original music by the Beastie Boys. ~ Andrea LeVasseur, All Movie Guide
- 2002
Five fearless riders take on a series of death-defying courses in this video showcasing the talents of BMX daredevils Mat Hoffman, Chad Kagy, Kevin Robinson, Day Smith, and Seth Kimbrough. Highlights from Hoffman's 2002 CFB Series are also featured. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
- 2001
Providence, RI, was once again the scene in July 2000 of the second summer Gravity Games, the "alternative sports and lifestyle" event sponsored by NBC. This video features the freestyle bikes competition, where the motto is "anything goes," as long as it's non-motorized and on two wheels! The heroes of this extreme sport show their stuff in three different events: "vert," "bike dirt," and "bike street." The fans wait eagerly for the results of the competition while watching high-flying tricks, collisions, flat tires, and more. The video captures the highlights of all the triumphs and defeats. ~ Sarah Block, All Movie Guide
For fans who thought the stakes couldn't be raised any higher and the bar couldn't be lowered any further, the original cast and crew of the stunt comedy sensation that swept the globe return for another round of jaw-dropping feats that are guaranteed to have viewers wincing through their laughter. Jeff Tremaine directs, and Johnny Knoxville, Bam Margera, Chris Pontius, Steve-O, Ryan Dunn, and Jason "Wee Man" Acuna return to the screen to endure more pain and humiliation than ever thought possible on the big screen. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Johnny Knoxville, Steve-O, (more)
Johnny Knoxville and his crew of fun-loving masochists bring their routines to the big screen in this feature adaptation of the popular but controversial MTV series Jackass. A crew of young men perform a variety of strange, painful, and often humiliating stunts for the amusement of themselves and those around them, including crawling across dozens of mousetraps while wearing rodent make-up, being rolled down bowling lanes on skateboards, racing in golf carts across an ancient driving range, giving themselves self-inflicted paper cuts, making snow cones out of urine, tightrope walking over live alligators, using uninstalled sanitary plumbing in a hardware store, terrifying Japanese pedestrians while wearing panda costumes, and much, much more. Johnny Knoxville, the show's creator and star, returns to head up this movie version of Jackass, along with series regulars Bam Margera, Ryan Dunn, Chris Pontius, Steve-O, Dave England, Jason "Wee Man" Acuna, Preston Lacy, Ehren McGhehey, and Brandon DiCamillo; Henry Rollins, Tony Hawk, and Spike Jonze are among the movie's guest stars. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Johnny Knoxville, Bam Margera, (more)
- 1988
- R
Though a fine cast was assembled for this comedy, none can save this embarrassingly humorless satire. Henderson Dores (Daniel-Day Lewis) is a very proper British art expert sent to rural Georgia by his boss to purchase a painting by Renoir. The present owner, hillbilly Loomis Gage (Harry Dean Stanton), claims he bought the painting for $500 in France in 1946. Dores offers $10 million, but Gage's scheming son Freeborn (Maury Chaykin) has made a deal with a rival art dealer for $15 million. Steven Wright plays Dores' business rival Pruitt with his typical deadpan charm, and Joan Cusack and Laurie Metcalf provide romantic interest. Tea and crumpets collide with moonshine and cornbread in this feature, but the results are unpalatable. ~ Dan Pavlides, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Daniel Day-Lewis, Harry Dean Stanton, (more)
- 2002
- PG13
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The director (Rob Cohen) and star (Vin Diesel) of the previous summer's hit The Fast and the Furious (2001) are reunited for this spy thriller billed as a next-generation James Bond adventure. Diesel stars as Xander Cage, a nihilist extreme sports enthusiast nicknamed "Triple X" because of a large tattoo covering his back and neck. Cage's illegal stunts and poor attitude (he's given to spouting dialogue such as, "Have you ever been punched in the face for talking too much?") land him in jail, where he's recruited/blackmailed into government service by the National Security Agency's Augustus Gibbons, who likes Cage for his skills and expendability. The new secret agent is assigned to infiltrate a Russian crime ring called Anarchy 99, whose access to biochemical weaponry is making the United States extremely nervous. With the help of some high-tech gadgets from weapons master Toby Lee Shavers (Michael Roof), Cage is able to make his way into Anarchy 99, where he targets the group's leader Yorgi (Marton Csokas) and falls for the organization's second-in-command, Yelena (Asia Argento). XXX (2002) is the first in a hoped-for franchise of sequels for the film's producer, Revolution Studios. ~ Karl Williams, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Vin Diesel, Asia Argento, (more)
In August, 2001, the Summer X Games came to the city of Brotherly Love, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and some of the world's greatest extreme athletes arrived to show off their skills in motocross, BMX, skateboarding, street luge, and many other events. Ultimate X is a documentary (produced by the ESPN cable network) which collects exciting highlights from the X Games competition, with Buckey Laskek, Bob Burnquist, Dave Mirra, T.J. Lavin, Brian Deegan, and many others giving their all to prove who's the best. The film also includes a cutting edge soundtrack, featuring music from Pennywise, P.O.D., and much more. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Clifford Adoptante, Parks Bonifay, (more)
A literal interpretation of the oft-produced biography of 15th century historical heroine Joan d'Arc, this four-hour television miniseries version of Joan's story is lavishly produced. In a tiny village during the Hundred Years' War, teenager Joan d'Arc (Leelee Sobieski) has been raised by her parents, flinty Peter (Powers Boothe) and Isabelle (Jacqueline Bisset), amidst the wreckage continually wrought by British incursions into the area. A devout girl, Joan experiences visions of St. Catherine, which lead her to believe that she may be the "Maid of Orleans," a mythical figure who will lead France to victory over its enemies. Counseled by local priest Father Monet (Robert Loggia), Joan pursues her destiny in spite of her father's wishes. At first supported only by lowly commoners, Joan comes to the attention of the Dauphin, King Charles (Neil Patrick Harris). Together with his scheming advisor Bishop Cauchon (Emmy-winner Peter O'Toole), Charles uses Joan to unite his quarreling factions. Skeptical but superstitious, Charles' generals, including La Hire (Peter Strauss) are eventually won over by Joan's startling victories. But awaiting Joan is a disastrous Parisian campaign and Charles' betrayal. ~ Karl Williams, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Leelee Sobieski, Jacqueline Bisset, (more)
