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19 June 1981 (USA) moreTagline:
You'll root for them all...but you'll never guess who wins.Plot:
A wide variety of eccentric competitors participate in a wild and illegal cross-country car race. full summary | add synopsisAwards:
1 win & 1 nomination moreNewsDesk:
(29 articles)
Dirty Mary Crazy Larry (From LateFilmFull. 1 July 2009, 2:05 AM, PDT)
Farrah Fawcett Dies Aged 62
(From EmpireOnline. 25 June 2009, 2:24 PM, PDT)
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What a pile-up.... moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Burt Reynolds | ... | J.J. McClure | |
| Roger Moore | ... | Seymour Goldfarb, Jr. | |
| Farrah Fawcett | ... | Pamela Glover | |
| Dom DeLuise | ... | Victor Prinzim / Captain Chaos | |
| Dean Martin | ... | Jamie Blake | |
| Sammy Davis Jr. | ... | Morris Fenderbaum | |
| Jack Elam | ... | Doctor Nikolas Van Helsing | |
| Adrienne Barbeau | ... | Marcie Thatcher, Lamborghini Babe #1 | |
| Terry Bradshaw | ... | Terry | |
| Jackie Chan | ... | Jackie Chan, Subaru Driver | |
| Bert Convy | ... | Bradford Compton | |
| Jamie Farr | ... | The Sheik | |
| Peter Fonda | ... | Chief Biker | |
| George Furth | ... | Arthur J. Foyt | |
| Michael Hui | ... | Subaru Engineer |
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View content advisory for parentsRuntime:
95 minCountry:
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1.85 : 1 moreSound Mix:
MonoCertification:
Iceland:L | Netherlands:12 (original rating) | Netherlands:6 (re-rating) | Argentina:13 | Finland:K-16 | Norway:16 (1982) | Sweden:15 | UK:PG | USA:PG | Singapore:PG | Spain:T | Australia:PGFun Stuff
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Continuity: At random times during the race, Seymour has his black gloves on and off. At one point where he is not wearing them while driving, his female passenger goes to press a button. He stops her, grabbing her hand, clearly wearing a black glove, yet back to the front-on shot he is clearly not wearing the gloves. moreQuotes:
Mad Dog: Hey, you the one running this fleabag?Desk Clerk: Huh?
Mad Dog: Where the hookers?
Desk Clerk: What?
Mad Dog: Hookers, man! Where the hookers?
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If you're looking for a movie loaded with cars, crashes, 1/8th of the Rat Pack, Adrienne Barbeau's best assets... oh yeah, and Burt Reynolds, look no further than "The Cannonball Run".
It was a hit back in 1981 and no wonder: Burt was on top of his game and we were all young and naive back then. Heck, I have a warm spot for all the rampant stupidity, myself.
All the better that Roger Moore plays a deft parody of his own James Bond persona, complete with an Aston Martin.
If you've seen this film way back when, no doubt you remember it with some fondness. Let's face it: it may not have been on par with films like "The Gumball Rally" or even "Death Race 2000", but in its own way and on its own terms, it works just fine.
A word of sage advice: if you watch this film, skip "Cannonball Run 2". It'll only ruin your good memories of the first. And if you didn't like the original, well....
Five stars. Plus one star extra for adding Jackie Chan for what adds up to mostly as a cameo as a karate-kicking racer. And a half star more for Adrienne Barbeau's fancy work with a jump suit zipper. Altogether, six and a half stars.
Wish she would have made it a seven.