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Once You Hear ‘The Fall Guy’ Director Explain Why We Need a Best Stunt Oscar, You’ll Agree · Direct From Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest

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  Speaker 1: Direct from Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest.
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  Speaker 2: While many of the creative professionals working on movies have
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  Speaker 2: a shot at an OSCAR through the Academy Awards main
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  Speaker 2: event and their Scientific and Technical Awards, one crucial department
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  Speaker 2: that's still not honored is the stunt team. But that
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  Speaker 2: may soon change with momentums starting to build for a
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  Speaker 2: Best Stunt Design Oscar and The Fall Guy director David Leitch,
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  Speaker 2: who got his start as a stunt man, has been
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  Speaker 2: very vocal in his support of the award category. On
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  Speaker 2: the Toolkit podcast, he was saying, we've always been in
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  Speaker 2: the shadows, but that's not the problem. It's a misconception
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  Speaker 2: by the Academy that stuntmen want awards as recognition for
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  Speaker 2: one off stunts.
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  Speaker 3: That's not it.
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  Speaker 2: The recognition that we want is our artistic contribution to
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  Speaker 2: the movie.
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  Speaker 3: Look at Ben Hurr. What is Ben hur without the
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  Speaker 3: chariot races?
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  Speaker 2: It's not anything. Buster Keaton and Charlie Chaplin, Cinema's great
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  Speaker 2: first directors were stunt performers and told stories. Through action,
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  Speaker 2: we amplify a story. David Leitch there making a strong
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  Speaker 2: case for Best Stunt Design finally being honored at the
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  Speaker 2: oscars his new film, The Fall Guy's in theater.
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  Speaker 1: That's direct from Hollywood.