Yakima Canutt new film Great now on DVD!!

[Hello2222]

I just got back from the screening of "Yak's Last Ride" the life of Yakima Canutt. It was excellent. The audience really went wild, when Mr. Canutt hung on the neck of a bucking horse. And showed behind the scene footage of Mr. Canutt directing Charlton Heston in "Ben Hur."

 

The Producer was there. He said it was filmed where John Ford made "Stagecoach" and that "Yak's Last Ride" in now on DVD with the Hank Worden special. He directed & produced.

 

www.hankworden.com

 

It was a really good film. What I enjoyed was it was shot of Film NOT video.

 

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[markfp2]

Thanks for sharing this. I was not aware of it. Yak was certainly on of the greatest stuntmen and I for one will be getting this one.

[Hello2222]

Thanks Mark for your reply. I got the DVD and it's great. Best

[CineSage]

I once arranged for Hank Worden to attend a film-study screening of THE SEARCHERS at the American Film Institute. Hank held the class rapt for an hour, with his tales of working with John Ford, Howard Hawks, John Wayne and other illustrious by-then-long-gone co-workers and employers.

 

He was a lovely gentlemen, and seemed quite touched that later generations would be interested in his career. He's missed.

[makers1313]

in the last two years ive started collecting old john wayne movies, ive found myself scrolling through and stopping to watch the ones with canutt---what a great actor