Speed Zone! (1989)

Director:

Jim Drake

Writer (WGA):

Michael Short (written by)

Release Date:

21 April 1989 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Action

Tagline:

A comedy that's over the limit and beyond the law!

Plot:

Our racers are back for a third time in Speed Zone, a continuation of cannonball run 1 and 2. It's the...

Plot Keywords:

Automobile | Cross Country | Driver | Racing | Illegal Grand Prix Race

Awards:

1 win & 2 nominations

Cast

John Candy	...	Charlie Cronan
Donna Dixon	...	Tiffany
Matt Frewer	...	Alec Stewart
Joe Flaherty	...	Vic DeRubis
Tim Matheson	...	Jack O'Neill
Mimi Kuzyk	...	Heather Scott
Melody Anderson	...	Lea Roberts
Shari Belafonte	...	Margaret
Brian George	...	Valentino Rosatti
Art Hindle	...	Flash
Dick Smothers	...	Nelson van Sloan
Tom Smothers	...	Randolph van Sloan
Peter Boyle	...	Police Chief Spiro T. Edsel
Don Lake	...	Whitman
John Schneider	...	Donato
Jamie Farr	...	The Sheik
Lee Van Cleef	...	Rock-Skipping Grandfather
Harvey Atkin	...	Gus Gold
Eugene Levy	...	Leo Ross
Michael Spinks	...	Bachelor / Himself
Brooke Shields	...	Stewardess / Herself
Alyssa Milano	...	Lurleen
Louis Del Grande	...	Mr. Benson
Carl Lewis	...	Jogger / Himself
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Jean Pierre Bergeron	...	French Flight Passenger (uncredited)
Randy Johnson	...	Race Official (uncredited)
Sidney Laen	...	Child (uncredited)
Richard Petty	...	Himself (uncredited)
James Rae	...	Photographer (uncredited)

Directed by
Jim Drake

Writing credits (WGA)
Michael Short		(written by)

Produced by
Don Carmody	....	supervising producer
Wendy Grean	....	line producer
Vivienne Leebosh	....	co-producer
Andre Morgan	....	executive producer (as André Morgan)
Albert S. Ruddy	....	executive producer
Murray Shostak	....	producer

Original Music by
David Wheatley

Cinematography by
François Protat
Robert Saad

Film Editing by
Michael Economou

Casting by
Rosina Bucci
Mike Fenton
Judy Taylor

Production Design by
Richard Hudolin

Art Direction by
Richard Hudolin

Set Decoration by
Gilles Aird
Patricia Hall		(as Patti Hall)

Costume Design by
Paul-André Guérin

Makeup Department
Jocelyne Bellemare	....	key makeup artist
Kathy W. Estocin	....	hair stylist
Serge Morache	....	hair stylist: second unit
Ben Nye Jr.	....	makeup artist
Valli O'Reilly	....	key makeup artist
Benjamin Robin	....	hair stylist
Ronald J. Rolfe	....	assistant hair stylist
Dione Taylor	....	hair stylist (as Dionne Taylor)

Production Management
Don Buchsbaum	....	production manager
Paul Bujold	....	unit manager
Michel Guay	....	second unit manager
David Hood	....	production manager
Cindy Morton	....	post-production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Jack W. Cash	....	first assistant director
Carole Dubuc	....	second assistant director
Barbara Gelman	....	second assistant director
Pierre Houle	....	first assistant director: second unit
Donald Newman	....	first assistant director: second unit
Fred M. Waugh	....	second unit director
Michael Williams	....	first assistant director

Art Department
Serge Bureau	....	assistant art director
Yves Dubreuil	....	construction manager
Alain Giguère	....	scenic artist
Paul Hotte	....	property master
Doug McLean	....	assistant art director
Bjorn Reddington	....	property master

Sound Department
Pierre Blain	....	boom operator
Fred Brennan	....	sound effects editor
Don Cohen	....	location sound recordist
Kevin Fletcher	....	sound effects editor
Alan Geldart	....	sound effects editor
Debbie Horowitz	....	sound effects editor
Lock Johnston	....	dialogue editor
Charles Kelly	....	boom operator
Peter Kelly	....	sound re-recording mixer
Richard Lightstone	....	location sound recordist
Andy Malcolm	....	foley artist
Daniel Masse	....	sound mixer: second unit
Paul Massey	....	sound re-recording mixer
Tom McMurtry	....	sound effects editor
Bruce Nyznik	....	supervising sound editor
Allen Ormerod	....	sound re-recording mixer
Dale Sheldrake	....	adr editor
Mike Smith	....	boom operator: second unit
David Templeton	....	dialogue editor
David M. Weishaar	....	sound mixer: second unit
Michael Werth	....	adr editor
Don White	....	foley recording mixer

Special Effects by
Louis Craig	....	special effects
Mario Dumont	....	special effects technician
Dean Lockwood	....	special effects technician
Bill Gene Murphy	....	special effects: second unit
Samuel E. Price	....	special effects: second unit
Darrell Pritchett	....	special effects technician
Pierre 'Bill' Rivard	....	special effects technician
Bruce Robles	....	special effects: second unit (as John Bruce Robles)
Paul Stewart	....	special effects: second unit
John Thomas	....	special effects supervisor
Antonio Vidosa	....	special effects technician

Visual Effects by
Michael Condro	....	director of photography: special effects

Stunts
Matt Birman	....	stunt driver
Bobby Burns	....	stunts
Jim Dunn	....	stunts
Linda Fetters	....	stunts
Randy Johnson	....	stunts
Ken Kirzinger	....	stunts
Marlon Sterling Long	....	stunt performer
Minor Mustain	....	stunt coordinator: second unit
David Rigby	....	stunts
Betty Thomas	....	stunt coordinator: second unit
Ric Roman Waugh	....	stunts
Gary J. Wayton	....	stunt performer

Camera and Electrical Department
Brian Baker	....	gaffer: second unit
Marc André Berthiaume	....	best boy: second unit
Robert Brown	....	still photographer
Stephen S. Campanelli	....	steadicam operator
Jean Courteau	....	gaffer
François Dupéré	....	key grip: second unit
Pierre Dury	....	still photographer
Craig Fleming	....	best boy
Jacques Gauthier	....	best boy: second unit
Paul Gravel	....	focus puller
Frieder Hocheim	....	gaffer
Jean-Paul Houle	....	gaffer: second unit
Tony Jefferson	....	rigging grip
Rick Lamb	....	assistant camera
Jan Mark Lapointe	....	best boy grip
John Lewin	....	best boy
Larry Lynn	....	camera operator
Dominique Ricard	....	first assistant camera
Gilbert Salas	....	first assistant camera
Takashi Seida	....	still photographer
Edmondo Sepulveda	....	key grip: second unit
Dermot Stoker	....	key grip
Marcia Tenney	....	first assistant camera
Bert Tougas	....	camera operator
Elan Yaari	....	best boy
Jamie Young	....	dolly grip
Robert D. McBride	....	camera operator (uncredited)

Editorial Department
Bill Johnstone	....	color timer

Music Department
Paul F. Antonelli	....	composer: additional music
Stu Cantor	....	music supervisor
Jacqueline Carmody	....	music editor
Murray Deutsch	....	music supervisor

Transportation Department
Jim Disensi	....	transportation coordinator
Tim Parkinson	....	driver
Joe Sanchez	....	transportation coordinator
Myron P. Shepherd	....	transportation coordinator

Other crew
France Boudreau	....	script supervisor
Don Carmody	....	bond representative
Raymond Chow	....	presenter
Karlene Gallegly	....	location manager
Damian Ganczewski	....	production coordinator
Elisabeth-Ann Gimber	....	production coordinator
Angela Heald	....	production coordinator
Claudette Messier	....	script supervisor: second unit
Judy Redlin	....	script supervisor
Mike Rom	....	production assistant
Binnie Ruben	....	location manager
Corinne Saaranen-Welch	....	script supervisor: second unit
François Sylvestre	....	location manager

Production Companies

• Entcorp Communications

Distributors

• Delta Vidéo Diffusion (1990) (France) (VHS)
• Filmayer Vídeo S.A. (2000) (Spain) (DVD)
• Image Entertainment (1990) (USA) (laserdisc)
• Media Home Entertainment
• Orion Pictures Corporation
• Scotia (1989) (West Germany) (theatrical)
• VMP (1989) (West Germany) (VHS)

Also Known As:

Cannonball Fever
Cannonball Run III (Canada: English title) (working title)

Runtime:

94 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Iceland:L | West Germany:6 (f) | Norway:11 | USA:PG | Australia:PG

Filming Locations:

Lachute, Québec, Canada

Company:

Entcorp Communications

Trivia:

The only character to return from the first two Cannonball Run movies is Jamie Farr as The Sheik.

Goofs:

Factual errors: Approx 33 minutes into the movie, the black Ferrari Daytona passes the white house, but it only has one person in it (Shari).

Quotes:

Tiffany: You really want to win this thing, don't you?
Charlie Cronin: Oh, absolutely. I mean winning the Cannonball. That's something you tell your grandkids about.
Tiffany: You're a grandfather? You look so young.
Charlie Cronin: Oh no, I'm not a grandfather yet. I hope to have grandkids someday, but I'm not a grandfather yet.
Tiffany: Oh, I see what you mean. It's nice to have things in your life that are important. But to do the things you want to do, you have to do things you don't want to do.

Movie Connections:

Spoofs Duel (1971) (TV)

Unworthy of the Cannon Ball Run Legacy.

I know people have debated this but this movie IS part of the Cannon Ball Run series. Its only tie however is a brief appearance by Jamie Far as The Shiek within the first few minutes of the movie. After that the movie severs most of its ties with the first two save for the race. Here a new crop of Cannon Ballers run the race while being pursued by Spiro T. Edsel a sheriff in the mold of Bufford T. Justice (a character played by the late Jackie Gleason on the Smokey and the Bandit series). Now believe it or not this is actually a decent movie when viewed outside of the Cannon Ball Run series. However when lined up with the first two Cannon Ball Run movies this just seems like a blatant rip off of them and to a lesser extent Smokey and the Bandit.