When I'm watching a movie, I love seeing a real stunt. There's something about the reality of these dangerous actions that makes the movies all the more visceral and the experience better. Today, I want to go over ten of my favorite real-life stunts. Let's dive in. 1. Buster Keaton: The Falling House in 'Steamboat Bill, Jr.' (1928)This has to be the most famous stunt of all time. Long before digital effects, Buster Keaton was risking it all for a laugh.With mere inches of clearance on either side, any miscalculation in his placement or the wall's trajectory would have been fatal. The guy let a house fall on him for a gag. 2. Jackie Chan: The Pole Slide in 'Police Story' (1985)No list of insane stunts is complete without the legendary Jackie Chan. For Police Story, Chan leaped from a balcony onto a metal pole several stories high, sliding down through a cascade of exploding light bulbs before crashing through a glass ceiling. The guy is a miracle, and his movies are some of my favorites. 3. Tom Cruise: The Burj Khalifa Climb in 'Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol' (2011)Tom Cruise has made a career of pushing the envelope with his stunt work. For Ghost Protocol, Cruise, harnessed to the building by a series of carefully concealed wires, scaled the exterior of the Burj Khalifa in Dubai, over 1,700 feet above the ground. It's an insane thing to watch and crazy that the world's biggest movie star even attempted it....
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