Longtime "Smokey and The Bandit" fans might be interested to learn the Burt Reynolds and Jackie Gleason diner scene was ...

There are men. There are manly men. And then there's Hal Needham. Now 80 years old, Needham has done more in one life than most men have done in ten. He's just published a book, Stuntman!: My ...

"Smokey and the Bandit" isn't the sort of movie one generally associates with the RiverRun International Film Festival, which includes films that garner critical praise. "Smokey," on the other hand, ...

According to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the “Best Picture” of 1977 is Woody Allen’s Annie Hall. That’s nuts. No one cares about that movie. Only two movies made in 1977 still ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) – Hal Needham, a top Hollywood stuntman who turned to directing rousing action films including “Smokey and the Bandit” and “The Cannonball Run,” has died. He was 82. His business ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) – Hal Needham, a top Hollywood stuntman who turned to directing rousing action films including “Smokey and the Bandit” and “The Cannonball Run,” has died. He was 82. His business ...

Hal Brett Needham (March 6, 1931 – October 25, 2013) was an American stuntman, film director, actor and writer. He is best known for his frequent collaborations with actor Burt Reynolds, usually in ...

Hal Needham was born to be a stuntman. He was taking “crazy” risks as a teenager, long before he was leaping from planes, jumping from high-rise buildings and crashing burning cars in a screen career ...

Acclaimed actor-director-producer Burt Reynolds, the late stuntman and director Hal Needham and veteran stuntman Bob Herron will be honored at the 54th annual Stuntman’s Ball on Sept. 19 at the ...