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DVD

Being Evel

Call Number

  • DVD 921 K694B (CEN)

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Edition

Standard edition.

Performers

Featuring: Johnny Knoxville, Robbie Knieval, Frank Gifford, Tony Hawk, George Hamilton.

Publication Information

[Brooklyn, NY] : FilmRise, 2015.

Physical Description

1 videodisc (100 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

Audience

Not rated.

Summary

"A generation of Americans grew up worshipping self-styled hero Evel Knievel, watching him every Saturday on Wide World of Sports and buying his ideal toys. For producer/subject Johnny Knoxville and so many others, he was the ultimate antidote to the disenchantment of the 70's. But few knew the incredible and often complex aspects of his epic life, which, like his jumps, was sometimes glorious and sometimes disastrous. With an entire genre of sports ascending from his daring inventiveness, now is the time to look at the extreme man and his complicated legacy"--Container.

Notes

Title from container.

DVD release of the 2015 documentary.

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