Hooper

Hooper is a 1978 Action-Comedy motion picture based loosely on the experiences of director Hal Needham, a one-time stuntman in his own right, and serves as a tribute to stuntmen and stuntwomen in what was at one time an underrecognized profession. Veteran stuntman Sonny Hooper (Burt Reynolds) is known in Hollywood as "the greatest stuntman alive", and is currently working as Adam West's stunt double on the fictitious film The Spy Who Laughed At Danger (West plays himself in Hooper). His on-set antics and wisecracks are a trial for egotistical director Roger Deal (Robert Klein), and even more so for Deal's bossy assistant Tony (Alfie Wise), who gets Hooper in trouble with the Humane Society over a stunt involving a dog (in the movie, stunts are referred to as "gags"). But the years of self-abuse on and off the set are fast catching up with Hooper, with the numerous stunts- and an addiction to painkillers- beginning to take their toll on his body. Hooper's home life has its... full article at wikipedia