20 Stunts Across Movie History That Deserved an Oscar
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After nearly a century of Oscars, the Academy still does not feature a category recognizing stunts. Stunts have been uplifting cinema since the beginning. Death-defying performers like Tom Mix, Helen Gibson, Harold Lloyd, and Douglas Fairbanks Sr. brought their craft to film before the Academy was even formed. And there have been countless great stunt performances in the past 93 years. Starting in the year of the first Academy Awards, here are 20 films that more than deserved a stunt Oscar.
Warner Bros.
Wings (1927)
Director William A. Wellman spent months figuring out how to shoot realistic air-combat sequences featuring Thomas-Morse MB-3s. An airborne camera system was developed by 2d Lt. Clarence S. “Bill” Irvine. He also choreographed the dogfights and flew one of the planes. The resulting footage is still stunning nearly 100 years later.
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