Evel Knievel (2004) | Full Movie | George Eads | Jaime Pressly

[@foto21]

When I was a kid, I lived not far from the Snake river jump site. That whole episode scared the H outta me, but it was a big thrill, too. Evel captured the imagination of America in a time before screens and computers came to dominate the world. He was the last of the big tent showmen. Made his mark, lived hard. Wild man.

[@johnlennon8653]

Grew up watching Knievel on Wild World Of Sports, never missed a single jump of his. Had a Honda SL 70 that I jumped the creek next to my grandfather’s farm on a Honda 250( about 100 feet across) and had half of the kids in town watching me do it in 1977 hoping I’d crash ( which I did after landing).

[@gizzyroberts18]

Its been decades, but one late afternoon I took care of this man at a hospital waiting for the pain Dr. There wasn't a lot of interaction as he was in the most SEVERE pain I had ever seen in my 50 year surgical nurse career. Please excuse what I'm going to say next,( i hope not to offend anybody ) there is no intent to sound blasphemous, But our LORD Jesus must have been way beyond what Mr EK was experiencing! !Ive only seen it twice in my career, there are just no words.RIP Mr EK

[@ScreenBlaze]

Crazy story! Thanks for sharing.

[@wsbill14224]

The silver Honda dirt bike George Eads rides in the cougar jumping scene is about 10 years too new. Looks to me like a 1974 model. The big 4 Japanese motorcycle makers didn't make dirt bikes until Yamaha in 1969, and the scene takes place before Evel Knievel was famous, which would be before 1967. If Evel was using a dirt bike back then, and considering he lived in Montana, it most likely would have been a Hodaka or a Husqvarna.

[@mystuffgarage]

Yep, 1974 CR125. My grade school buddy had that same bike in 1976.

[@edition-deluxe]

OH SNAP, Look what I just found in my suggestions... Evel original movie from 1971!!! Watching that next! Hope it's better than this was, lol.

[@daryletoews7099]

I think old version of this movie was better in some ways but that’s just my opinion.

[@SuperWooba]

He jumped the cougar in 1965 on a bike that wasn't made until the 70s. Minor oversight lol

[@daneblack2593]

Yeah I recognize that too

[@edition-deluxe]

haha! Nice catch. I find those often with the books (my field) one shelves in movies. Sometimes they are as much as 100 years off, lol.

[@foto21]

Jaime Pressley - slobber slobber.

[@diydarkmatter]

there was never and will never be any thing like the Knievels . they just dont make em like that any more .

[@leegoldeneagle9003]

Very good movie thanks 👍👍👍👍👍✌️

[@PigofSteel-z9l]

Rockin through death's door, white leather was all he wore.☠

[@johnlennon8653]

Apparently he designed his suits after the ones Elvis wore on stage.

[@robertwetherington3372]

How could he jump cougars on an Elsinore in 1965 when it didn't come out till 1973. People notice these details keep it realistic if that's even possible

[@daneblack2593]

I thought he was riding a Harley when he jumped that fountain for real and I saw it as a kid

[@jeffcampbell2710]

Triumph. I think it was a Tiger.

[@lonewolf5896]

@@jeffcampbell2710 It was an HD 750...not a Triumph....this movie is BS

[@tomparker9966]

​​@@lonewolf5896Yea I thought he jumped on HD XR750 which was a flat track bike in its day. However according to Wikipedia he used a Triumph Bonneville TT at Caesars Palace.

[@lonewolf5896]

@@tomparker9966 Your 100 % right Wiki is wrong completely.....

[@tomparker9966]

@lonewolf5896 Thanks for backing me up but I was curious because when I was a kid my local Harley shop had a XR750 in the showroom but I checked and HD didn't start making the XR750 until 1970. Evil made most of his jumps on one but he jumped the fountain Dec 31,1967. Evil used a Triumph Bonneville TT in 1967 and 1968.

[@dougfogarty2461]

This actor is nothing like evel knivel.

[@63Spatch]

Bwaaa!!!! At 11:12 he starts the bike, puts it in gear without using the clutch. The camera pans away to look as though he's pulling away and the bike sounds like it's revving while he's not giving it any throttle!!!!! LMAO

[@daneblack2593]

The star of this movie is that Ferrari

[@edition-deluxe]

It is gorgeous, but not as gorgeous, once you see the zillion dollar price tag they sell for these days!

[@robertwetherington3372]

@daneblack2593 if that was still around it is worth more money than all his jumps combined made him

[@daneblack2593]

I watched The Partridge family remake they all had bad wigs on and they're doing this one too

[@leeperola7023]

No triumph motorcycles were harmed in this film, only crapy american ones! 🤟🇬🇧

[@Near_miss]

old British saying about harleys over priced, over weight and over here .😅

[@hudson8865]

No honda elisinors at that time.

[@PvtNemesis]

I think the 'crappy' is redundant when talking about American motorcycles!

[@johnlennon8653]

He prefered Triumph because of the balance of the bike, but when the factory wouldn’t sponsor him , Harley stepped up with the XR 750, a race proven bike on the flat track. Triumph made a big mistake in not giving him bikes that would have given them far more publicity and sales.

[@johnlennon8653]

@@hudson8865Had a 75 Mt 250 on/ off road very much like that one, except for having lights that I took off when racing in the mid 70s. Had oil injection instead of pre mix. Used to add a bit of Testors/ Cox airplane fuel into the oil injection when I raced for a little bit more octane boost.

[@foto21]

Knievel did have some successful jumps they could've shown also.

[@edition-deluxe]

haha, right, they tried to hard to show the drama, but since they did it poorly they just filled it with the poorly executed dramatic scenes of his career. Alas making for a kind of boring movie, from something that should have been great!

[@dougfogarty2461]

I didn't know that he played Up on poor linda, what an arrogant pig.

[@edition-deluxe]

They only showed him flirting and hanging around girls; not cheating. Anyway show me a man who would be faithful if he had dozens of gorgeous women throwing themselves at him everywhere he went and treated him like a god--if you think you can, I'll show you a liar.

[@bedrockbloke619]

lucky to have a lovely wife like Linda! watching from Coventry England 😊

[@ScreenBlaze]

Thanks for watching!

[@borri68]

That's BS, false advertising, I did in fact drop a nuke on my Evel doll and it freakin' melted. So did the damn stunt cycle. 300 MPH with no eye protection, classic...

[@vintentgreene6959]

You s a 🇯🇲

[@edition-deluxe]

Kinda boring for such an exciting topic. Worth a watch, yes. Just know it's not the thrill packed death defying movie you are expecting, plus his hot wife is there!

[@walterwinn2842]

This was horrible all the bikes were incorrect, Honda Elsinore 😅😅😅😅

[@gizzyroberts18]

gg

[@bobbynelson2481]

What a bull shit movie