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INTER-MISSION Presents REEL ACTION STUNT HEROES
We are excited to present a special adrenaline rushing night filled with thrills, danger and ...a few bumps and bruises. Meet the real action heroes from our favorite films and TV shows! See how stunts are done from behind the scenes featuring LIVE demonstrations. Learn how new technology has affected safety and security measures as well as hear the harrowing stories from our faithful daredevils.
WHEN: Monday, September 29, 2003, 6:15pm-10pm WHERE: The Henrietta Mears Center COST: Members: $20 dinner and program, $10
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Veteran
stuntman, Bob Yerkes, has been fighting, flying and falling
for 56 years in the wild world of stunts, aerials and acrobatics!
The motion picture and television industry refers to Yerkes as "Mr.
Circus" for his prolific contribution as a stunt performer
and teacher to the Stars. Bob has doubled for Robert Duvall in Breakout,
Arnold Schwarzenegger in Commando, Christopher Lloyd in Back
To The Future, Della Reese in Touched By An Angel and
even "Charles Darwin" in Adaptation. We'll screen
successful stunts (and some not-so-successful) from Towering
Inferno, Earthquake, Return of the Jedi and many
more death-defying blockbuster hits. Bob received a "Best Highwork
Award" for dangling off the Statue of Liberty in Remo Williams.
Hollywood
stuntman, stunt coordinator and stunt rigger, Allen Robinson,
has worked on over 75 films, TV shows and commercials. His career
began in live theme park shows and has performed stunts in over
8000 shows. He has since gone on to stunt coordinate for Robert
Zemeckis in The Polar Express and has stunt doubled for many
of Hollywood's A-list talent including Tom Hanks in Forrest Gump,
Road to Perdition, and Jim Carrey in Batman Forever.
Allen is part of an exclusive club where working in very high environments,
getting set on fire, engaging in fights and bungee jumping off hot
air balloons is all in a day's work. He is President of the Adrenaline
Workshop Inc. where he designs and fabricates stunt equipment for
the film and TV industry as well as for Cirque Du Soleil, and Disney
Cruise Lines. 
Dakota
Bown has been dancing jazz, tap, and ballet for over 18 years
and acting on stage since the age of five, but don't let this brave
beauty fool you. Bown is a hard-as-nails martial artist, precision
driver, skydiver, rock climber and gymnast extraordinaire for many
prime time TV shows; Law & Order (also for Special
Victims Unit and Criminal Intent), Sopranos as
well as for features in Stuart Little II and Max &
Grace.