Number one NASCAR driver Ricky Bobby stays atop the heap thanks to a pact with his best friend and teammate, Cal Naughton, Jr. But when a French Formula One driver, makes his way up the ladd... Read allNumber one NASCAR driver Ricky Bobby stays atop the heap thanks to a pact with his best friend and teammate, Cal Naughton, Jr. But when a French Formula One driver, makes his way up the ladder, Ricky Bobby's talent and devotion are put to the test.Number one NASCAR driver Ricky Bobby stays atop the heap thanks to a pact with his best friend and teammate, Cal Naughton, Jr. But when a French Formula One driver, makes his way up the ladder, Ricky Bobby's talent and devotion are put to the test.
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- 8 wins & 9 nominations
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- TriviaCal, Ricky, and Girard were all introduced during driver introductions at the 2005 UAW Ford 500 at Talladega. Ricky and Cal were cheered, but when Girard was introduced as a driver from France driving the Perrier car, the entire crowd started booing without any prompting.
- GoofsIn one of the races, Ricky Bobby has a "Fig Newton" sticker on his windshield, taking up practically the entire windshield. During his crash sequence, there is no sticker on his windshield.
- Quotes
Ricky Bobby: If you ain't first, you're last.
- Crazy creditsAfter the credits, there is a scene where "Walker" and "Texas Ranger" are reading with Ricky Bobby's mom and discussing symbolism in William Faulkner's "The Bear".
- Alternate versionsIn the DVD version of the film the scene where young Ricky steals his mother's station wagon (as seen in the theatrical version) is missing.
- SoundtracksKing of the Road
Written and Performed by Roger Miller
Published by Sony/ATV Tree Publishing
Courtesy of Mercury Records
Under license from Universal Music Enterprises
Featured review
Talladega Nights The Ballad of Ricky Bobby: Meh, it was okay
Talladega Nights is one of those movies I was rather shocked I hadn't seen, it was high profile, I don't mind Ferrell's work and you see it referenced all time yet it's taken me this long to get around to it.
I expected generic Hollywood drivel and it is, but thanks to some decent writing (In places) I'd say it's an above par effort (Just).
With a vast who's who cast and co-written by Ferrell himself this tells the story of Nascar driver Ricky Bobby as he reaches the pinnacle of the industry only to lose it all when a rival turns up and takes his spot.
With Greg Germann playing the same character he always does, namely the really easy to hate villainous type and Sacha Baron Cohen whom I simply cannot abide for some reason. Regarding him I have to say I admire his work and him as a human being, I just can't stand him in anything I've seen thus far!
The film adopts all the usual tropes you'd expect and is hugely paint by numbers, it's incredible cast feel rather wasted though it was really nice to see Gary Cole as it always is.
Some of the writing caught me off guard with how good it was, sadly that only happened 3-4 times and the rest is really generic stuff.
If you like standard Hollywood comedy you can do worse, if you want something you haven't seen a hundred times before then hop, skip and jump over it.
The Good:
Gary Cole
Some surprisingly good humor
Some great songs on the soundtrack
The Bad:
Sacha Baron Cohen
Usual formula
I expected generic Hollywood drivel and it is, but thanks to some decent writing (In places) I'd say it's an above par effort (Just).
With a vast who's who cast and co-written by Ferrell himself this tells the story of Nascar driver Ricky Bobby as he reaches the pinnacle of the industry only to lose it all when a rival turns up and takes his spot.
With Greg Germann playing the same character he always does, namely the really easy to hate villainous type and Sacha Baron Cohen whom I simply cannot abide for some reason. Regarding him I have to say I admire his work and him as a human being, I just can't stand him in anything I've seen thus far!
The film adopts all the usual tropes you'd expect and is hugely paint by numbers, it's incredible cast feel rather wasted though it was really nice to see Gary Cole as it always is.
Some of the writing caught me off guard with how good it was, sadly that only happened 3-4 times and the rest is really generic stuff.
If you like standard Hollywood comedy you can do worse, if you want something you haven't seen a hundred times before then hop, skip and jump over it.
The Good:
Gary Cole
Some surprisingly good humor
Some great songs on the soundtrack
The Bad:
Sacha Baron Cohen
Usual formula
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- Talladega Nights
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- Budget
- $72,500,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $148,213,377
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $47,042,215
- Aug 6, 2006
- Gross worldwide
- $163,362,432
- Runtime1 hour 48 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 2.39 : 1
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What was the official certification given to Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (2006) in France?
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