The nearly 90-minute film is backed by Seven Bucks Productions , which is co-founded by movie star Dwayne Johnson . Braun’s purpose was to finish what Knievel started and prove he could’ve made it had his parachute not prematurely deployed. On his attempt, Braun’s rocket travelled about 2,900 feet into the air and went approximately a mile — easily covering the canyon near Twin Falls, Idaho. Braun deployed the giant red, white and blue parachute — homage to Knievel. But then I thought to myself, ‘I’m just going to treat this like another day at work,”‘ Braun said .

Source: National Post September 20, 2018 11:48 UTC