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Gizmo! is a american film of genre Comedy directed by Howard Smith released in USA on 18 january 1980

Gizmo! (1977)

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Released in USA 18 january 1980
Directed by
OriginUSA
Genres Comedy,    Documentary
Rating76% 3.8112253.8112253.8112253.8112253.811225

Gizmo! is a 1977 documentary film produced and directed by Howard Smith about improbable inventions, and uses old newsreel footage about these inventions. Early examples of parkour and buildering are also featured, including footage of an urban acrobat, John Ciampa (the "Brooklyn Tarzan"), and a stuntman, Arnim Dahl.

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Ce document est un hommage à tous les inventeurs qui ont tenté l'impossible, un regard humoristique porté sur les projets, les tentatives, les paris les plus insensés, une façon nouvelle d'envisager l'ère technologique en montrant que, sans ces milliers d'hommes et de femmes du monde entier qui ont osé rendre plausible l'invraisemblable, nous serions encore en train de rouler avec des « roues carrées ». (Texte français écrit et dit par Pierre Tchernia. Musique de Dick Lasky, durée du film 85 min)

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