Beauty Day
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Beauty Day

by Jay Cheel

Secondary title
Beauty Day
Country / Year
Canada / 2010
Duration
90 Min.
Languages
EnglishEnglish
Subtitles
GermanGerman
Genre
DOC: Portrait
Direction
Jay Cheel
Cast
Ralph Zavadil,
Robert Buick,
Nancy Dewar,
Barbara Zavadil

Breaking your neck while jumping off a ladder into a swimming pool is all part of the job. Ralph Zavadil, better known as Cap’n Video, is a crazy video artist whose stunt clips reached cult status in the 1990s. Long before Johnny Knoxville and Co. made a name for themselves on MTV’s ‘Jackass’, Cap’n Video was undertaking madcap missions for Ontario’s local TV station using his favourite props: a skateboard, a torch helmet and fire. Ten years after the programme was cancelled, Ralph is planning a comeback for the 20th anniversary of Cap’n Video. In addition to numerous clips from his video collection, this documentary also includes interviews with a more contemplative, quiet Ralph, and with friends and family members.

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