Review of Hooper (1978) by Gary T — 07 Sep 2014

Very very very funny......man I have just seen this movie 4 the 1st time n think that this is such a great little movie 2 watch.....its got a good cast of actors/actressess throughout this movie.....i think that burt reynolds, jan michael vincent, sally field, brian keith (.R.I.P.), john marley (.R.I.P.), play good roles/parts throughout this movie.....i think that the director of this action/adventure/comedy movie had done a good job of directing this movie because you never know what 2 expect throughout this movie.....i think that this is such a great comedy movie 2 watch, it is such a really well written/acted/directed movie 2 watch, its got a great cast throughout this movie.....YOU HAVE GOT TO WATCH THE END OF THE CREDITS THROUGHOUT THIS MOVIE AS SOMETHING HAPPENS AT THE END OF THE CREDITS THROUGHOUT THIS MOVIE........man this is such a really funny movie 2 watch, its got a good soundtrack throughout this movie....

The whole cast:::

Burt Reynolds as Sonny Hooper.

Sally Field as Gwen Doyle.

Jan-Michael Vincent as Delmore "Ski" Shidski.

Brian Keith as Jocko Doyle.

Robert Klein as Roger Deal.

John Marley as Max Berns.

James Best as Cully.

Alfie Wise as Tony.

Adam West as Himself.

Terry Bradshaw as Brawler.

Man this is such a really funny movie 2 watch, the whole cast seem like there having a good laugh throughout this movie as it is such a really funny movie 2 watch.....its got good fight scenes throughout this movie.....its got good car chases throughout this movie....man I think that burt reynolds was so funny throughout this movie.....man this is such a really funny movie 2 watch......

It was rumoured the director character in the film was a send up of Peter Bogdanovich who had made two films with Reynolds.

The "destruction of Los Angeles" sequence that concludes both The Spy Who Laughed at Danger and Hooper was filmed in the Tuscaloosa, Alabama area, with all but the final rocket car jump shot at the former Craig Air Force Base.

Hooper enjoyed moderate success at the box office; it was one of the top ten films of 1978, but ultimately the film was deemed a letdown in comparison to Reynolds' Smokey and the Bandit, second only to Star Wars in box office gross the year before. Hooper grossed $78 million domestically, nearly 40% less than the gross of Smokey in 1977 ($126 million).

The film was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Sound for (Robert Knudson, Robert Glass, Don MacDougall and Jack Solomon).

The "blooper reel" credits.

Hooper was also one of the first movies to make use of the blooper reel credit crawl. The technique, originated by Needham, showed a smaller screen of outtakes from the film to one side while the film's credits scroll slowly up the other side. Needham refined this technique for later films such as Smokey and the Bandit II and the Cannonball Run movies. (In Hooper the credit reel was mostly a montage of many of the stunts performed in the movie itself, owing to the film's tribute to the stunt industry.) It was later adapted into other films, including the CGI animated Toy Story 2 and A Bug's Life, for which the bloopers were intentionally created, and in TV series including The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air and Home Improvement. Most of Jackie Chan's films also feature blooper reel credit crawls, due to his experience in The Cannonball Run.

Man this is such a great comedy movie 2 watch, its got a great cast throughout this movie....man this is such a really really really funny movie 2 watch, with a great cast throughout this movie it is highley entertaining movie 2 watch as it is so so so so funny movie 2 watch......