You are here:

Synopsis

Paul Henry surprises bungy jumping entrepreneur Alan John Hackett at Auckland Airport with the immortal words, "This is your life". The many guests in this 70-min. special include childhood go-kart friends, bungying celebs and police boat chief Lloyd McIntosh, who recalls the day he witnessed Hackett leaping off Auckland Harbour Bridge as "a highlight from his career". Hackett later stole up, and leapt off, the Eiffel Tower (less Man on a Wire, more man with rubber rope). Adds his mother Margaret: "I'm buggered if I consider him famous. He's just AJ."

Credits (10)

 Richard Hansen
 Julie Christie
 Gary Hunt

Post a comment

   
I am:
 

Please keep your comments relevant to this title. Email addresses are never displayed, but they are required to confirm your comments.

Comments

No one has commented yet. Go on, be the first!

Favourite:

You need to be logged in to add to your favourites.

Related Titles (7)

 All the Way Up There

Television, 1978 (Full Length)

Another story of high achievements

 This Is Your Life - Sir Howard Morrison

Television, 1989 (Full Length)

Another tribute to a famous New Zealander

 Great New Zealand River Journeys: The Clutha River

Television, 1991 (Excerpts)

More bungy jumping

 Intrepid Journeys, Tibet: Paul Henry

Television, 2004 (Excerpts)

Presenter Paul Henry in Tibet

 The Chair - Episode One

Television, 2002 (Full Length)

More from producer Julie Christie

 The Bridge

Television, 2002 (Full Length)

A documentary featuring AJ Hackett jumping off the Auckland Harbour Bridge

 Last Paradise

Film, 2010 (Excerpts)

AJ features in this history of NZ adventure sport

Collections.   See all collections ›  

Included in:

 Kiwi Ingenuity