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Sunshine Superman
Sunshine Superman

Sunshine Superman

If there are mountains let's climb them. If there are buildings let's jump off them.

Genres

Documentary

OverView

Documentary portrait of Carl Boenish, the father of the BASE jumping movement, whose early passion for skydiving led him to ever more spectacular -and dangerous- feats of foot-launched human flight.

Others

Budget

$400000

Revenue

$88097

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Runtime

100 mins

Rating

6.517/10

Release Date

22 May 2015

Country

United States of America

Cast

Carl Boenisch

Carl Boenisch

Himself

Pat Sajak

Pat Sajak

Himself (archival footage)

Phil Donahue

Phil Donahue

Himself (archival footage)

Allison McCulloch

Allison McCulloch

Screening Party Attendee

Ellen Houlihan

Ellen Houlihan

Screening Party Attendee

Cecilie Bull

Cecilie Bull

Screening Party Attendee

Marah Strauch

Marah Strauch

Jean Boenish

Jean Boenisch

Jean Boenisch

Herself

Kathie Lee Gifford

Kathie Lee Gifford

Herself (archival footage)

David Frost

David Frost

Himself (archival footage)

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