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Release Date:
March 13, 1981
Original Title:
The Devil at Your Heels
Alternate Titles:
The Late Show Presents: The Devil At Your Heels
Genres:
Documentary
Production Companies:
ONF | NFB
Production Countries:
Canada
Ratings / Certifications:
US: NR
Runtime: 103
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.
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Additional Photography:
Don Virgo
Director:
Robert Fortier
Director of Photography:
Barry Perles
Editor:
Robert Fortier
Executive Producer:
Arthur Hammond
Barrie Howells
Original Music Composer:
Art Phillips
Producer:
Adam Symansky
Bill Brind
Robert Fortier
Writer:
David Wilson
Charles Lazer
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