While preparing to film it, he interviewed various stunt men for the lead role and learned about Knievel. George Hamilton was writing a screenplay about a bronco rider who became a motorcycle rider. Cheryl Smith as Girl Buying Ticket At Rodeo (uncredited, Smith's feature film debut.).The only thing really left to us is a choice about our death. And this time - civilization being what it is and all - we have very little choice about our life. And next week, I go out there and I do it again. I go into the arena and I compete against destruction and I win. They jump right alongside of me - they take the bars in their hands, and for one split second, they’re all daredevils. People come out from their jobs, most of which are meaningless to them, and they watch me jump 20 cars, maybe get splattered. There are millions of people that look at our lives and it gives theirs some meaning. Important people in this country, celebrities like myself - Elvis, Frank Sinatra, John Wayne - we have a responsibility. In the monologue, he describes himself as the "last gladiator", which would later be used by the real Evel Knievel in his 1998 documentary, The Last of the Gladiators.īelow is a transcript of the monologue from the movie:
HAMILTON MONOLOGUE MOVIE
The film ends with Knievel successfully completing the February 1971 jump at the Ontario Motor Speedway (129 feet) and riding off onto a dirt road which leads to the edge of the Grand Canyon (at the time of production, Evel Knievel was hyping a jump over the Grand Canyon, a jump which never got beyond the early planning stage).Īs the movie closes over the Grand Canyon, George Hamilton delivers a voice-over monologue in the Knievel character. If it is impossible, it will be done." And that, ladies and gentlemen, is what I live by.įollowing his introduction, the story follows a flashback narrative through Knievel's life. A Roman General in the time of Caesar had the motto: "If it is possible, it is done. They tell Evel Knievel to jump a motorcycle across the Grand Canyon is impossible, and they say that every day. And they probably told Neil Armstrong a walk on the moon was impossible. They told the Wright Brothers to fly was impossible. They told the settlers to live in a wild land was impossible. Now they told Columbus to sail across the ocean was impossible. And I told that boy last night that nothing is impossible. Before I jump this motorcycle over these 19 cars - and I want you to know there's not a Volkswagen or a Datsun in the row - before I sail cleanly over that last truck, I want to tell you that last night a kid came up to me and he said, "Mr Knievel, are you crazy? That jump you're going to make is impossible, but I already have my tickets because I want to see you splatter." That's right, that's what he said. It is truly an honor to risk my life for you. Ladies and gentlemen, you have no idea how good it makes me feel to be here today. Knievel is speaking directly to the camera describing his upcoming daredevil motorcycle jump: The film opens with Knievel (Hamilton) at the Ontario Motor Speedway in Ontario, California. The film depicts Knievel reflecting on major events in his life, particularly his relationship with his girlfriend/wife, Linda. The story is a biography, with fictionalized events, of the famed motorcycle daredevil, who grew up in Butte, Montana. The song can also be known as "Laurens Interlude".Evel Knievel is a 1971 American biographical film starring George Hamilton as motorcycle daredevil Evel Knievel.
Lafayette falls to his knees putting his hands in his face, and Mulligan chugs his flask. In the live version, while Eliza and Hamilton receive word of John's death, Marquis de Lafayette and Hercules Mulligan are on the balcony, also reading letters.Lin-Manuel Miranda wanted this to be a surprise song in the musical, which is perceived to be the reason why it was not placed on the cast recording.His dream of freedom for these men dies with him." As you know, John dreamed of emancipating and recruiting 3,000 men for the first all-black military regiment.
"On Tuesday the 27th, my son was killed in a gunfight against British troops retreating from South Carolina.
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