The Cannonball Run brings Burt Reynolds, Roger Moore, Farrah Fawcett,Dom DeLuise, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis, Jr. and an all-star cast to the staryting line of the ultimate auto race., a madcapcross country scramble that roars full-speed ahead. Hal Needham, the director of such souped-up hits as "Smokey and the Bandit," "Hooper" and "Smokey and the Bandit II" is at the helm of a wild action-comedy inspired by an acctual event: The Cannonball Sea-To-Shining-Sea Memorial Trophy Dash., an anything- goes, all-stops-out and thoroughly illegal- competition that has grown to legendary proportions in the last ten years.
E**S
love the artwork
Its great when the DVD has artwork too. DVD plays great, what a great cast.
S**7
Great movie
Great movie great price for it
R**
👍
Great movie. But childhood favorite. Highly recommended.
D**D
Classic example of history.
Classic comedy about car racing. Great actresses and actors too.
A**R
Editing
I don't know why they edit some of the language from the original movie.
D**N
Timeless classic for those that who know. A plus
Man I loved this movie I bought it because well if you are a in your 40's or beyond you seen and loved this movie several times and know the music. Super fast and easy purchase im super with how fast this showed up. Completely sealed and brand new. Get one. Send one to a friend get two. Love it
D**L
Great movie
Good movie
E**M
Great for me
I love this film. I first saw it as a kid and I'm familiar with most of the cast, so that'll at least partly explain my attraction to it.Highlights here for me...- Intro with Lamborghini police chase in desert.- Real camels in desert intro scene with the sheik.- Any scene with Roger Moore, Jackie Chan, or Jamie Farr, with their corresponding theme music.- Jackie Chan's 1st intro to mainstream America, not including his earlier Big Brawl.- A great cast of stars & neat cars, including a red Ferrari, a silver Aston Martin, and a white Rolls Royce.Kids today may actually recognize Jackie Chan & Terry Bradshaw before they recognize anybody else. Roger Moore playing Seymour Goldfarb, Jr., a guy who thinks he's Roger Moore, is fantastic to me. He along with his gadget-filled Aston Martin & near James Bond music is almost single-handedly the reason I prefer this 1st film to the sequel. In this 1st movie we also see a lot of the great Lamborghini, whereas in the sequel, the Lamborghini is ditched near the beginning due to a breakdown.I actually appreciate the humor in this. Jamie Farr as the sheik here is impressively politically incorrect, as is much of the film, but in a mainly tame way. I re-watch this a lot, with my favorite sections being the beginning to Bert Convy riding a motorcycle out of an airplane over Arizona, and then from when Jackie first enters the desert to the end of the film. These beginning & end sequences simply have the most replay value for me.In the audio commentary, the directer & producer incorrectly state that this is Jackie Chan's 1st American film. The producer later clarifies this, saying it's Jackie's 1st exposure to a broad, American audience. This is mainly true. Jackie's 1st American film was actually the Big Brawl, which was released a year earlier, in 1980. Because Cannonball Run was a huge hit, and the Big Brawl was a huge flop, it's logical that Jackie's 1st widespread introduction to America would be considered Cannonball Run. It actually was my introduction to Jackie Chan, although I didn't become fanatical about him & his movies until I rediscovered him in the mid-90's.- Product tie-ins... many brand-names are mentioned or seen here. A partial list: 7-11; Budweiser; Camel; Coca-Cola; Dr. Pepper; GMC Trucks; Goodyear; Hawaiian Tropic & the Hawaiian Tropic Girls; and NASCAR; not to mention the various main auto makers. Some people like this product placement- I think it adds a nice element.P.S. My disc is white, but newer discs may look completely different.
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