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The Cannonball Run

5.2

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Sequel:

Cannonball Run 2

Original title

The Cannonball Run

Year

1981

Running time

95 min.

Country

United States

Director

Hal Needham

Screenwriter

Brock Yates

Cast

Music

Al Capps

Cinematography

Michael C. Butler

Producer

20th Century Fox

Genre

Action. Adventure. Comedy | Road Movie. Car Movies

Synopsis

A cross-country car race provides the plot for this action-packed madcap comedy with an all-star cast. The fun continues from coast to coast with the likes of Burt Reynolds, Jackie Chan, Roger Moore, Farrah Fawcett, Dean Martin, Mel Tillis, Sammy Davis Jr., and dozens of others.

Awards: 1981: Nominated for Razzie Awards: Worst Supporting Actress (Farrah Fawcett)

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Critics' reviews

"'The Cannonball Run' is inoffensive and sometimes funny."

Vincent Canby: The New York Times
"Cross-country race of the title comes off as almost entirely incidental to the star turns. Overall effect is akin to watching the troupe take a vacation."

Variety Staff: Variety
"A truly stupid film based on what should have been a surefire hit"

Gene Siskel: Chicago Tribune
"'The Cannonball Run' is an abdication of artistic responsibility at the lowest possible level of ambition. In other words, they didn't even care enough to make a good lousy movie. (...) Rating: ½ (out of 4)"

Roger Ebert: Chicago Sun-Times
"70's stuff and nonsense but fun nevertheless with a crazy ensemble cast of celebrities of the era (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"

Ian Nathan: Empire
"Looks like something knocked off on rest days from 'Smokey and the Bandit II.'"

Time Out
"Fawcett offers to this corrupt "entertainment" a small measure of the fresh innocence Marilyn Monroe used to bring to her movies; watching her work under these circumstances is like watching a maiden being thrown to Moloch."

The Globe and Mail

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The Cannonball Run

1981

Hal Needham

5.2

(3,304)