Poster from TMDB
Gizmo!
Sign in to saveGizmo! 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"), Frank "Cannonball" Richards and a stuntman, Arnim Dahl.
In the Vinony graph
Within Vinony's link graph, Gizmo! is referenced by 9 other articles, and connects out to IMDb, Wayback Machine and documentary film.
Vinony files it under 1977 American films, 1977 documentary films and 1977 English-language films.
Its subject is documented across 5 Wikipedia language editions.
Film · TMDB
6.6A documentary about some of the thousands of inventions that did things we never thought needed doing, or in ways we never considered doing them. A respectful, yet humorous tribute to the inventors whose vision, however far-reaching, was just a little off the mark.
Cast
- Milt Moss as Narrator
Themes
- stock footage
This product uses the TMDB API but is not endorsed or certified by TMDB.
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- documentary film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Director
- Howard Smith
- Duration
- 75
- FilmAffinity ID
- 633891
Show 2 more facts
- publication date
- 1977-01-01
- title
- Gizmo!
Sources (1)
via Wikidata · CC0
~1 min read
Encyclopedic overview
1 sectionsContents
- External links
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"), Frank "Cannonball" Richards and a stuntman, Arnim Dahl.
==External links==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Gizmo!” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.