Stunt Rock

Stunt Rock (1978)

The Ultimate Rush.

Australian stuntman Grant Page goes to Los Angeles to work on a television series. He uses his spare time to lend his expertise to rock band Sorcery. Page helps the band develop pyrotechnic magic tricks for their shows, and also recounts to his own exploits as a stuntman and daredevil as well as various stunts by other greats.

Date of release
1978-06-30
TMDB
5.6 / 10 (18)
Runtime
1h 26m
Genres
Action, Drama, Music
Director
Brian Trenchard-Smith

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Box office: A$54K

Stunt Rock is a 1978 Australian mockumentary musical action film directed by Brian Trenchard-Smith and starring Grant Page.

Production

Trenchard-Smith says he was in the shower in December 1977 when the concept of the film came to him. "Famous stuntman meets famous rock group - much stunt, much rock: the kids will go bananas! Eureka!" He wrote a six-page outline in half an hour, motivated in part by a desire to launch Grant Page as an international star.

Trenchard-Smith hurriedly went to America to look for a band. Foreigner was interested but were on a tour and would not be back in time. Trenchard-Smith luckily found the Los Angeles–based band Sorcery. Sorcery was signed to do the picture in Dec. 1977, and signed with EMI Records in January 1978. The soundtrack album was recorded at the Warner Bros. Burbank CA. studios in March 1978.

The director says he also had to rewrite the script to incorporate a Dutch actress for the Dutch market, and the making of the film was intensely political and happened in far too quick period of time. "It was a film that went from six page treatment to stereo answer print in 4 1/2 months. That is no way to make a feature and, when you see the film, you will answer why."

Stunt Rock includes footage from other films in which Grant Page had appeared, such as Mad Dog Morgan (1976).

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