In 1987, White Water Summer, starring Kevin Bacon and Sean Astin, was released. The movie did poorly in theaters but gained a following on cable and video, becoming a coming-of-age cult classic. This episode, I’m joined by Mark Ray, one of the film’s stuntmen. He talks to me about the movie and his experience filming it.

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The original post from 2012: White Water Summer

Toward the end of the episode, you heard a portion of a song that Mark put together. Here’s a link to the full song

Some stills from the movie, courtesy of Mark.

First, this is from toward the end of the movie. Mark says to “look closely at the canoe.” If you look right behind Sean Astin, you can see that there’s a gash in the canoe, which would have made the white water rapids climax impossible.

Here’s a still from the trailer that has Mark in it. He’s in the navy shirt with the red stripe and orange helmet, his back to the camera.

And one more mountain shot featuring Mark in the scene. As we talked about in the show, the creators took full advantage of shooting on location.

Mark was also kind enough to share a few pictures with me.

Jonathan Ward, K.C. Martel’s stunt double, and Mark:

The entire cast and crew:

The movie is currently streaming on Roku and Tubi, and can be rented from Amazon. It also pops up on YouTube every once in a while. Here’s the trailer: