Being Evel

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Biopic of Evel Knievel that appears to be produced by an arm of the History Channel. Great production values and use of archival footage. They do some nice stuff with projections to liven up the talking heads portions. i couldn't help but feel that the film was made just in time as everyone who was there is aging and did some hard living. The film is clearly aimed at people who don't remember the seventies, and maybe don't know more than his name. it succeeds admirably at maintaining a level of suspense about how each milestone stunt would go. cool both as a sports doc and as a window into a world where everyone "rushed home from church to turn on Wide World of Sports". watch for it on tv or your favorite streaming service.