Aim for the Roses

Aim for the Roses is a 2016 Canadian documentary and musical docudrama about Canadian stuntdriver and daredevil Ken Carter’s attempt to jump the St. Lawrence River in a rocket-powered car, and the concept album it inspired. The film was written, directed and produced by John Bolton, and features the music of composer Mark Haney. It premiered at the 2016 Hot Docs International Documentary Festival and was the opening night film at the 2016 DOXA Documentary Film Festival. Summary In 1976, professional stuntdriver Ken Carter announced his plan to undertake his most ambitious stunt yet: an attempt to jump a mile over the St. Lawrence Seaway in a rocket-powered Lincoln Continental. In 2008, Canadian musician and composer, Mark Haney paid tribute to Ken Carter by making a concept album about the stunt. In 2014, it was announced that filmmaker John Bolton was making a movie about these two seemingly disparate moments of Canadian cultural history. On October 8, 2014, it was announced that filming had wrapped. Using archival footage from the actual stunt combined with elaborately choreographed musical numbers , Aim for the Roses links these two very different men by drawing parallels betwee