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[showmasters]

We are pleased to announce our next guest for CMK, joining us on Saturday:

VIC ARMSTRONG

Harrison Ford's stunt double - Return of the Jedi, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom/Last Crusade, Blade Runner
Christopher Reeve's stunt double and stunt co-ordinator - Superman 1-3
Stunts/stunt co-ordinator/second unit director - James Bond: You Only Live Twice to Die Another Day
2nd Unit Director - Thor, The Amazing Spiderman, Green Hornet, I am Legend, Charlie's Angels
Director (opening sequence) - Terminator 2

And much more!

CLICK HERE for his filmography

[KingRichard76]

OH BEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEPPPPPPPPPPPP YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Vic is a TRUE LEGEND!!!!!

Lovely Guy I know he's going to be one hell of a very popular Guest.

Can't even begin to say how FAB this announcement is - I acutally swore out loud when I first saw this!!!!!

GET IN!!!!!!!!!!!

Edited by showmasters, 24 May 2012 - 11:23 PM.

[BreakingBad123]

You know as soon as I saw this announcement I was thinking of how happy kingrichard76 would be (i think you were talking about him in another topic)- guess i was right lol

[KingRichard76]

BreakingBad123, on 24 May 2012 - 09:12 PM, said:

You know as soon as I saw this announcement I was thinking of how happy kingrichard76 would be (i think you were talking about him in another topic)- guess i was right lol

You were right :)

lol I cant say how over the flipping moon I am over this announcement, I travelled all the way from Southend to Birmingham (and thats how much I wanted to meet him) just to get him to Sign my Indiana Jones Fedora (and for him to wear it so I can now say without a doubt that "Indiana Jones has actually worn  my Fedora. :) " and DVD Boxset - he and his wife (Wendy) were lovely enough to pose for pics at the table:


-, I asked him what it was like working with Mr. Spielberg and he said how it was - yes, Mr. Spielberg may be (to many) the Worlds Greatest Filmmaker but actually some of the biggest action sequences in Raiders, Temple of Doom were down to Vic actually saying "NO!" to Spielberg when the latter thought the take was perfect.

In his book - which I am sure he will have with him and which I recommend everyone who goes to see him to buy, he speaks of working with Spielberg, putting Harrison Ford off doing his own stunts, and gives a real cool look as to just how down to Earth Harrison was when they were shooting over here.

We had a chat about Harrison as well, and I can't stress this enough but if you want to know stuff about Harrison and how Harrison is a private person (hence like I've said before on this forum) then just talk to Vic.

Am so glad he's doing a Showmasters convention and I strongly predict that this thread will be getting a lot of attention before and after Collector with people saying how nice a time they had with him.

*N.B. I'm not on commission here

Edited by KingRichard76, 25 May 2012 - 01:19 AM.

[Skylover]

thanks, will be cool to meet him and his wife

[MikeDonovan]

GET IN THERE!!!

In that other thread I talked about having a bit of a e-mail conversation with Vic about LFACC - CM is just as good. Thanks for listening Jason - I will be bringing many items.

[BeatrixKiddo88]

Gah my budget is stretched so thin already but I really need to meet Vic!

[KingRichard76]

Skylover, on 24 May 2012 - 09:35 PM, said:

thanks, will be cool to meet him and his wife

They are lovely people :)

MikeDonovan, on 24 May 2012 - 11:16 PM, said:

GET IN THERE!!!

In that other thread I talked about having a bit of a e-mail conversation with Vic about LFACC - CM is just as good. Thanks for listening Jason - I will be bringing many items.

I totally loved your other thread and I'm glad that that has now lead to this :) He's gonna be so awesome and this is such a fab Guest to have. And is one of those rarities where his career spans so many different fandoms :)

BeatrixKiddo88, on 25 May 2012 - 12:03 AM, said:

Gah my budget is stretched so thin already but I really need to meet Vic!

Likewise, I've had to recalculate and rebudget and allocate and prioritise but this is a good opportunity and I would seriously recommend you going for it. :)

[MikeDonovan]

Now the next thing for us to campaign for is a talk

[KingRichard76]

A talk by Vic would be cool. I will suggest this, most likely he will have his Autobiography with him and (before you bought the book and both him and Wendy signed it - not sure if or how different it will be at this event) but with someone like Vic a talk would be utterly phenomenal all the stories he could tell.

I'd be up for that :)

[jedicouncil]

now i'm really gutted I can only attend the Sunday.  Hopefully it will go well and Vic and Wendy will be up for returning to another show

[Big_Pants]

Oh God, stop adding awesome people!!! I have too much I want this man to sign!!

[beepbop]

jedicouncil, on 25 May 2012 - 05:41 AM, said:

now i'm really gutted I can only attend the Sunday.  Hopefully it will go well and Vic and Wendy will be up for returning to another show

Yeah, I hope Showmasters can get him again for LFCC. He is a great guest, just to bad I won't be able to see him.

[del-boy]

vic is a great guy,i met him late last year,and he has the most wonderful stories to tell about all the films he has worked on,a very easy guy to talk to and someone i will be meeting again

[Marky242]

Think its a bit misleading showing the skiff scene from Return of the Jedi as, even though Vic has signed this pic he didn't actually work on this part of the movie - the only scene he worked on in jedi was doubling for Ford when he was tied to the log and being carried by the ewoks as Ford had hurt his back that day.

I hope sm either have the correct scene available or dont have an image for jedi available on Vics table!!

[bruces]

I might be interested if there's a picture of him with Stallone on the set of Rambo III.

[MikeDonovan]

Bruces - find one on the internet, and print it out - voila!

[KingRichard76]

I'm very surprised that his Autograph is going to be £10 - but hey, I'm not going to question it, thought it would have been around the £15 - £20 mark especially considering just how high profile he is.

[MikeDonovan]

Don't say it out loud King Rich!!!!

[KingRichard76]

lol, I wont. In fact nice to see you on here, I've been thinking, as I already have Vic on all my Indy stuff am considering getting him to Sign American Werewolf

Quite possibly this:



But it would be the only Autograph I'd get on it - as even though I'm not a big Bond Fan you've just gotta Love what Vic has brought to it, the other night on Twitter I was geeking out watching Die Another Day.

And also considering getting Vic to sign the Superman box set (again he and Wendy were both in it) and would be on it.

At £30 for all three I reckon it'd be cool. Your opinion? Bond or Superman?