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UNITED KINGDOM · 1978

Eddie Kidd

Peter Greenaway
European Art Cinema stunt performance motorcycle stunts youth achievement record-breaking entertainment industry
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Synopsis

At the age of 18, stunt cyclist Eddie Kidd had already broken world records, been a stunt double for Harrison Ford and released a couple of singles. Yet this profile piece for the COI cinemagazine series “This Week in Britain” offers glimpses that his high life had both its ups and downs. A record-breaking jump of 24 cars was to be the big attraction of a May bank holiday at the National Motor Mus

Year1978
CountryUnited Kingdom
DirectorPeter Greenaway
MovementEuropean Art Cinema
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