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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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Burt & Company In Their Element 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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95 minCountry:
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1.85 : 1 moreSound Mix:
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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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To get material for this movie, Brock Yates ran the final Cannonball in 1978. The move cost him his editorial position at Car and Driver magazine which has since been reinstated. moreGoofs:
Crew or equipment visible: When the pick-up truck is trying to outrun the police and jump over the moving train, the ramp is visible. moreQuotes:
Organizer: I'd like to welcome you all to an event that's sometimes been called the Automotive counterpart to the Bay of Pigs. moreSoundtrack:
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Burt Reynolds made a fortune in this area with these goofy "chase" movies (this and Smoky and The Bandit plus all the sequels). They featured a an irreverent '70s attitude toward about anything decent with an emphasis on a sleazy atmosphere, all covered up with a lot of humor, and they worked. They worked because they were fast-moving generally fun movies to watch.....certainly not any great works of art.
Cannonball Run had an all-star cast of Reynolds, his good buddy Dom DeLuise, Farah Fawcettt, Jack Elan, Roger Moore, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr., Adrienne Barbeau, Jamie Farr, Jackie Chan, on and on....pretty amazing.
Reynolds, of course, was Mr. Cool/Mr. Macho.....at least in his eyes. Fawcett and Barbeau meant beauty and boobs whom all men - especially dimwitted cops which Hollywood loved to feature - drooled over. The Japanese were made to look stupid (this was pre-PC days) as were priests (nothing's changed there with filmmakers). The movie is filled with really profound statements such as, "Why do we take all these risks? Oh, just for the hell of it." Yes, words to live by.
Yet, as dumb as this movie can be at times, is does provide a lot of laughs and speaking of that, DeLuise's laugh always made everyone do the same. Sometimes the best part of these films were the outtakes at the end with DeLuise cracking up and Reynolds slapping him!