Jay Baruchel is Ken Carter in Canada’s ‘The Stunt Driver’ Full Trailer

“If you’re scared, why do you still want to jump?” “Every time I come off that jump, oh they respect you now, boy.” IFC has revealed their official US trailer for this biopic comedy known as The Stunt Driver, a story about Canada’s stuntman Ken Carter and his famous rocket car jump in 1979. The Stunt Driver is the latest film by Canadian filmmaker Michael Dowse, best known for his films Fubar & Fubar: Balls to the Wall & What If, returning to Canada for this one. The film chronicles the daredevil stuntman Ken Carter’s quest to execute a bold stunt launching a rocket car across the St. Lawrence River from Canada into the US in the 1970s, facing absurd challenges along the way. Jay Baruchel stars as Ken Carter, with Ben Foster as his American rival Evel Knievel, Ed Helms as Dick Keller, plus Laurence Leboeuf, Dan Bakkedahl, Joe Cobden, and Marc Beaupré. They actually shot this on location at the real St. Lawrence River jump point. It’s inspired by the 1981 doc film The Devil at Your Heels about Ken Carter, he also seems to be the inspiration for the character “Duke Caboom” in Toy Story 4. One dream. One jump. One man crazy enough to go for it. Based on an insane true story (here’s two teasers). In US theaters in September the same time as it opens in Canada in just a few months. Also premiering at TIFF up in Canada before it zooms into theaters. // Continue Reading ›