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The Cannonball Run (1981)

PG   |    |  Action, Comedy, Sport

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A wide variety of eccentric competitors participate in a wild and illegal cross-country road race. However, the eccentric entrants will do anything to win the road race, including low-down, dirty tricks.

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  • Farrah Fawcett and Burt Reynolds in The Cannonball Run (1981)
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Awards

1 win & 2 nominations.

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4 February 2006 | gotfong
10
| one of my all-time favourites!!!!!!!
Okay, realistically speaking, it is not "excellent" in the grand scope of cinema history...It has virtually no plot, for example. But it's hysterically funny and just makes you feel happy all over. Could it be Sammy Davis Junior and Dean Martin paired as drunken priests in a red Ferrari that makes it so great? Is it the doctor of mysterious origin ("Don't you EVER tell me where you found him!" who seldom needs more than his middle finger for an examination? Perhaps it's Mr Uh, Mr Uh,...Foyt! No, the greatest reason for watching this film is for the sheer joy of experiencing Dom Deluise in orange spandex saving the world...and don't forget! "Hamsters are a big responsibility!"

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Trivia

The Ferrari 308 used in the movie belonged to director Hal Needham.

Quotes

Mr. Foyt: Well, how do you all feel now you have raped the American highways?
J.J. McClure: Beautiful!

Goofs

When Captain Chaos saves the Lamborghini Babes, we hear a female voice say "You're so macho", but neither woman was speaking.

Crazy Credits

An animated car drives around the 20th Century Fox logo, hiding out in the zero. It is chased by a police car, which crashes into one of the searchlights. The sequence ends with Burt Reynold's trademark laugh.

Alternate Versions

For some reason, the video version dubs over some of the language heard in the big screen and pay channel versions. For example, when Bert Convy asks Peter Fonda what he wants, Fonda answers "Your ass" in the original, but is heard to say "You're asking me?" on the video version.

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The Cannonball Run
Written by Chuck Mangione (as C. Mangione)
Performed by Chuck Mangione

Storyline

Plot Summary

Synopsis (WARNING: Spoilers)

Genres

Action | Comedy | Sport

Details

Release Date:

19 June 1981

Language

English, Cantonese, Japanese, Arabic

Country of Origin

USA, Hong Kong

Filming Locations

St. Louis, Missouri, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$18,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$11,765,654 21 June 1981

Gross USA:

$72,179,579

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$72,179,579

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