Part of Restoration Roundup
Seasoned stunt driver Ken Carter has spent the past 20 years risking his life jumping cars three times a week. Feeling the pain from decades of injuries, he recognizes the end of his career is near. But before he calls it a day, he’s determined to achieve legend status — by jumping a car a mile over the St. Lawrence Seaway. After spending his life savings building a rocket car, he joins forces with ABC’s Wide World of Sports to build a massive ramp and put all the pieces in place to make his dream a reality. When the network sends Evel Knievel to inspect, he’s shocked by the danger involved and concludes this is the “daredevil stunt that might end all daredevil stunts.”
An epic journey to the heart of one man’s dangerous obsession, THE DEVIL AT YOUR HEELS is an unforgettable immersion into the mind of an inspired — if overly ambitious —dreamer that’s often described as a forerunner to AMERICAN MOVIE.
THE DEVIL AT YOUR HEELS was scanned and restored in 2K from the 16mm interpositive by the National Film Board of Canada.
“It is safe to say that everything that could go wrong went wrong….” —Albert Ohayon, NFB (National Film Board of Canada) Blog “You’ll watch THE DEVIL AT YOUR HEELS and swear it’s a tongue-in-cheek mockumentary…except this is not meant to be funny.” —Simon Major, Street Machine “One of my favorite documentaries of all time, up there with AMERICAN MOVIE and GREY GARDENS. Need more convincing? Our hero, Ken Carter, a middle-aged daredevil with a pronounced limp from a career of broken bones, describes himself as a ‘healthy specimen, sitting on the threshold of life.’ As the kids say: GOALS.” —Chris Crofton
