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    Hal Brett Needham (March 6, 1931 – October 25, 2013) was an American stuntman, film director, actor, writer, and NASCAR team owner. He is best known for...
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  • and four made-for-TV spinoff films. Created by stuntman and director Hal Needham, the first film of the trilogy, Smokey and the Bandit, was the second-highest-grossing...
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  • Smokey and the Bandit (category Films directed by Hal Needham)
    Williams and Mike Henry. The film marks the directorial debut of stuntman, Hal Needham. The film follows Bo "Bandit" Darville (Reynolds) and Cledus "Snowman"...
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  • The Cannonball Run (category Films directed by Hal Needham)
    The Cannonball Run is a 1981 action-comedy film directed by Hal Needham, produced by Hong Kong's Golden Harvest films, and distributed by 20th Century-Fox...
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  • Megaforce (category Films directed by Hal Needham)
    action film directed by former stuntman Hal Needham and written by James Whittaker, Albert S. Ruddy, Hal Needham and André Morgan based on a story by Robert...
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  • married name, Connie Needham, from season 4 onwards. David Needham's father is stuntman and film director/producer Hal Needham. Connie and David divorced...
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  • Stroker Ace (category Films directed by Hal Needham)
    Stroker Ace is a 1983 American action comedy sport film directed by Hal Needham and starring Burt Reynolds as the eponymous Stroker Ace, a NASCAR driver...
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  • Body Slam (film) (category Films directed by Hal Needham)
    Body Slam is a 1986 American comedy film directed by Hal Needham and starring Dirk Benedict, Roddy Piper, Tanya Roberts, Sam Fatu, and Captain Lou Albano...
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    career with a car-chase film, Smokey and the Bandit (1977), directed by Hal Needham, and co-starring Jackie Gleason, Jerry Reed, and Sally Field. He followed...
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  • Smokey and the Bandit II (category Films directed by Hal Needham)
    and the Bandit II is a 1980 American action comedy film directed by Hal Needham, and starring Burt Reynolds, Jackie Gleason, Jerry Reed, Dom DeLuise...
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  • artist Hal McRae (born 1945), American baseball player Hal Moore (1922–2017), U.S. Army general Hal Moore (wrestler) (1923–2003), American Hal Needham (1931–2013)...
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  • Cannonball Run II (category Films directed by Hal Needham)
    Jilly Dub Taylor as a sheriff Harry Gant as a mob henchman Director Hal Needham appears uncredited as a Porsche 928 driver in a cowboy hat, whose car...
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  • The Villain (1979 film) (category Films directed by Hal Needham)
    Australia) is a 1979 American metrocolor Western comedy film directed by Hal Needham and starring Kirk Douglas, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Ann-Margret, Paul Lynde...
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  • Hooper (film) (category Films directed by Hal Needham)
    Hooper is a 1978 American action comedy film directed by Hal Needham and starring Burt Reynolds, Sally Field, Jan-Michael Vincent, Brian Keith, Robert...
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  • allow Hal Needham to set the overall record. According to her contract, she was not supposed to exceed 400 miles per hour (640 km/h). Needham's sponsor...
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  • Rad (film) (category Films directed by Hal Needham)
    (international title: Hell Track) is a 1986 American sports film directed by Hal Needham from a screenplay by Sam Bernard and Geoffrey Edwards (son of Pink Panther...
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    Wallach (2010) James Earl Jones / Dick Smith (2011) D. A. Pennebaker / Hal Needham / George Stevens Jr. (2012) Angela Lansbury / Steve Martin / Piero Tosi...
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  • a NASCAR Winston Cup Series team. It was owned by Hollywood stuntman Hal Needham and actor Burt Reynolds. The team made its debut in 1981, fielding the...
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  • character (he previously appeared as himself in the 1968 film Paper Lion). Hal Needham was stunt coordinator on the film. List of American films of 1972 Sennett...
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    Harold Eugene "Hal" Roach Sr. (January 14, 1892 – November 2, 1992) was an American film and television producer, director, screenwriter, and centenarian...
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    Wallach (2010) James Earl Jones / Dick Smith (2011) D. A. Pennebaker / Hal Needham / George Stevens Jr. (2012) Angela Lansbury / Steve Martin / Piero Tosi...
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    Rocket". The vehicle, like its predecessor, was owned by film director Hal Needham, driven by Stan Barrett and designed and built by William Fredrick (Died...
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  • Hooper (1978), helmed by stunt-man-turned-director Hal Needham and starring Burt Reynolds. Needham decided to include outtakes in the film's end credit...
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  • following month, Rock Hudson signed to co-star. The stunt coordinator was Hal Needham, later a film director. According to Rock Hudson's lover Marc Christian...
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  • Bandit (film series) (category Films directed by Hal Needham)
    programming block from original Smokey and the Bandit director/writer Hal Needham. Brian Bloom stars as a younger version of Bo "the Bandit" Darville,...
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    Wallach (2010) James Earl Jones / Dick Smith (2011) D. A. Pennebaker / Hal Needham / George Stevens Jr. (2012) Angela Lansbury / Steve Martin / Piero Tosi...
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    Wolf. Body Slam Scotty the car dealer American comedy film directed by Hal Needham. 1988 Return of the Killer Tomatoes Professor Mortimer Gangreen A horror...
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    Wallach (2010) James Earl Jones / Dick Smith (2011) D. A. Pennebaker / Hal Needham / George Stevens Jr. (2012) Angela Lansbury / Steve Martin / Piero Tosi...
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  • Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Screenplay: Cannonball Run II (with Hal Needham and Harvey Miller) Won: 2005 Academy Award for Best Picture: Million...
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    released a 4K restoration of the 1980s cult-classic Rad by director Hal Needham. It starred Schwartzman's mother, Talia Shire, and was executive produced...
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