Victor Magnotta

Victor Magnotta

Born: October 10, 1943
Died: January 8, 1987
in Pleasantville, New York, USA
Magnotta was known in the film industry as a stunt coordinator for numerous features shot in New York during the 1970s and 1980s. In addition to handling the stunts on "Taxi Driver," Magnotta lent his expertise to films like Brian De Palma's "Dressed to Kill," Francis Ford Coppola's "The Cotton Club," Ron Howard's "Splash" and Russel Mulcahy's "Highlander," among many other titles. Magnotta's final screen credit was as coordinator and stunt performer in the 1988 film "The In Crowd."

While performing a stunt for the 1987 film "The Squeeze" which required him to drive a car off a ramp and into the Hudson River, a specially designed Plexiglass windshield trapped him inside the car after it entered the water, resulting in Magnotta's death at the age of 43.

Movies for Victor Magnotta...

After Hours
Title: After Hours
Character: Dead Man
Released: August 16, 1985
Type: Movie
Desperate to escape his mind-numbing routine, uptown Manhattan office worker Paul Hackett ventures downtown for a hookup with a mystery woman.
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The World According to Garp
Title: The World According to Garp
Character: First Coach
Released: August 13, 1982
Type: Movie
A struggling young writer finds his life and work dominated by his unfaithful wife and his radical feminist mother, whose best-selling manifesto turns her into a cultural icon.
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The Soldier
Title: The Soldier
Character: Bruiser
Released: June 1, 1982
Type: Movie
Terrorists take over a plutonium bomb and threaten to detonate it in a Saudi Arabian oil field. A special anti-terrorist unit is sent in to stop them.
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Raging Bull
Title: Raging Bull
Character: Fighting Soldier (Reeves Fight)
Released: November 14, 1980
Type: Movie
The life of boxer Jake LaMotta, whose violence and temper that led him to the top in the ring destroyed his life outside of it.
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A Private Battle
Title: A Private Battle
Released: October 7, 1980
Type: Movie
A dramatization of the story of noted writer/journalist Cornelius Ryan, author of "The Longest Day," and the valiant battle against terminal cancer that led him to write about his ordeal, with the help of his loving wife, while at the same time determined to complete "A Bridge Too Far," which he had spent years researching.
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The Warriors
Title: The Warriors
Character: Police
Released: February 1, 1979
Type: Movie
Prominent gang leader Cyrus calls a meeting of New York's gangs to set aside their turf wars and take over the city. At the meeting, a rival leader kills Cyrus, but a Coney Island gang called the Warriors is wrongly blamed for Cyrus' death. Before you know it, the cops and every gangbanger in town is hot on the Warriors' trail.
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Taxi Driver
Title: Taxi Driver
Character: Secret Service Photographer
Released: February 9, 1976
Type: Movie
A mentally unstable Vietnam War veteran works as a night-time taxi driver in New York City where the perceived decadence and sleaze feed his urge for violent action.
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Who's That Knocking at My Door
Title: Who's That Knocking at My Door
Character: Boy in Fight
Released: November 15, 1967
Type: Movie
A Catholic New Yorker falls in love with a girl and wants to marry her, but he struggles to accept her past and what it means for their future.
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It's Not Just You, Murray!
Title: It's Not Just You, Murray!
Released: January 13, 1964
Type: Movie
Now middle-aged, mobster Murray looks back at his humble beginnings as a bootlegger and his rise to becoming wealthy and highly influential. Through it he talks about how much of his success and happiness is due to the support of his "friend" Joe. Unfortunately the only one who blindly believes Joe is anything close to a friend is Murray, because it's obvious to everyone that Joe back-stabs him at every chance and is sleeping with his wife.