The original characters from The Cannonball Run (1981) race across the country once more in various cars and trucks.
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Hal Needham
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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Burt Reynolds | ... | J.J. McClure | |
| Dom DeLuise | ... | Victor Prinzim / Captain Chaos / Don Canneloni | |
| Dean Martin | ... | Jamie Blake | |
| Sammy Davis Jr. | ... | Morris Fenderbaum | |
| Jamie Farr | ... | The Sheik | |
| Marilu Henner | ... | Betty | |
| Telly Savalas | ... | Hymie Kaplan | |
| Shirley MacLaine | ... | Veronica | |
| Susan Anton | ... | Jill, Lamborghini Babe | |
| Catherine Bach | ... | Marcie, Lamborghini Babe | |
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The Sheik who competed at the last Cannonball Run, is berated by his father for not winning it. So he tells him to go and win. Problem is that there is no Cannonball Run. So his father tells him to make one of his own. He puts up a million dollars as the prize. So former Cannonballers J.J. and his buddy Vince join, as does Blake and Fenderbaum and some other characters. But Blake and Fenderbaum owe a mobster some money, and the mobster owes some other guy more. He then decides to grab the Sheik and hold him for ransom so he can pay the guy back. Written by rcs0411@yahoo.com
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EnglishRelease Date:
29 June 1984 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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Budget:
$20,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend USA:
$8,223,948, 1 July 1984Gross USA:
$28,078,073Company Credits
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King: , we have the fastest planes, the fastest boats, and the fastest cars. Except for one: yours! Last year, I sent you to America for one simple task. So simple. To emblazen the Falafel name as fastest in the world by winning the Cannonball Run. And you... failed!
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The Mitsubishi, driven by Jackie Chan and Richard Kiel, drove into a lake, and re-created the Lotus Esprit from The Spy Who Loved Me (1977), that changed into a submarine. While underwater, the theme from Jaws (1975) was played, that referenced Richard Kiel's character "Jaws", from The Spy Who Loved Me (1977) and Moonraker (1979). See more »Goofs
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[first lines]King: For one thousand centuries, the Falafel Family has ruled the deserts with one thing: speed! We had the fastest camels and the fastest horses. And now, due to... you know what
[mimics oil bubbling up]
King: , we have the fastest planes, the fastest boats, and the fastest cars. Except for one: yours! Last year, I sent you to America for one simple task. So simple. To emblazen the Falafel name as fastest in the world by winning the Cannonball Run. And you... failed!
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Stop in the Name of LovePerformed by The Supremes
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Truly one of the greatest American films of the 20th Century. Superior comedic timing, wit, intelligence, chemistry-- a poignant social commentary on the conspicuous consumption of the mid-1980s. Hilarity only surpassed by its taut direction, superior pacing and production value, the likes of which had been unseen since Battleship Potemkin or 2001.
The editing on this masterpiece (by William Gordean, famous for his genre-defining work on Tank Girl-- yes, that William Gordean) exceeds brilliance. How did they get it to look like Frank Sinatra was really in those scenes? How? How? Magic, my friend. Hollywood Magic.
To think that in 1984 this film was overlooked by the Academy for the likes of trivial, petulant "movies" like The Killing Fields and Amadeus is the greatest tragedy in cinematic history. Shame on you, Oscar. Shame. On. You.