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Füge eine Handlung in deiner Sprache hinzuAn eclectic group of people takes part in a secret, and illegal, cross country road race.An eclectic group of people takes part in a secret, and illegal, cross country road race.An eclectic group of people takes part in a secret, and illegal, cross country road race.
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Norman Burton
- Lieutenant Roscoe
- (as Normann Burton)
Lázaro Pérez
- Jose - Rolls Royce
- (as Lazaro Perez)
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Just seeing these cars when in 1976 they were still "cheap" enough to not simply be garage queens - a Mercedes-Benz 300SL roadster, 427 Cobra, Ferrari Daytona Spyder, E-Type Jag...
This is based loosely on a true race, Brock Yate's original Cannon Ball Run - in which, if I am not mistaken, was in 1971 and like the movie, left Manhattan but ended up in Redondo Beach. Yates and Dan Gurney won in a Ferrari Daytona Coupe at 35:54, and surprisingly a Chevy Van was second some 50 minutes later.
Like the actual race there was some contestants who had a specially rigged van with a huge gas tank that was supposed to take them across the country without need for a fill up - nothing said on bathroom breaks.
If you are looking for a movie with some deep social message this isn't the one but if you like cars (and listening to the wonderful noises of the Cobra and Ferrari) this is the movie...
This is based loosely on a true race, Brock Yate's original Cannon Ball Run - in which, if I am not mistaken, was in 1971 and like the movie, left Manhattan but ended up in Redondo Beach. Yates and Dan Gurney won in a Ferrari Daytona Coupe at 35:54, and surprisingly a Chevy Van was second some 50 minutes later.
Like the actual race there was some contestants who had a specially rigged van with a huge gas tank that was supposed to take them across the country without need for a fill up - nothing said on bathroom breaks.
If you are looking for a movie with some deep social message this isn't the one but if you like cars (and listening to the wonderful noises of the Cobra and Ferrari) this is the movie...
So, you've just spent thousands of dollars on a new home entertainment center and you want to take it for a spin around the block... what movie do you watch? 'Gumball Rally' would be a lovely choice. It's pure simple fun filled with raw visceral sights and sounds. Leave the serious films till later, this one will make you feel you've gotten your money's worth. Capturing the heart and soul of the real life "Cannonball Baker Sea-to-Shining-Sea Memorial Trophy Dash" of the '70s, it's the tale of an unofficial, illegal, recurring race from New York to Los Angeles... anything goes. And what goes? Lapchick, the Mad Hungarian, trying to spend 36 hours non-stop on a motorcycle; a van filled with hundreds of gallons of fuel so they don't have to delay for fuel stops; Raul Julia as the Italian race driver Franco and his famous first rule of Italian driving. And in that over-filmed concrete gully known as the LA River there is the BEST sequence ever shot there when a Ferrari Daytona duels with a 427 Cobra... they didn't rely simply on trick shots and undercranked cameras, often the cars were really driven to their limits. Forget the later, far inferior 'Cannonball' movies; the 'Gumball' people actually knew their cars, and they'll have you craving a powerful engine, a full tank of gas, and the open road.
This is the ultimate anti-Ralph Nader movie.
This movie should be must-see at driving schools, to show drivers-to-be the difference between pointing a car and actually DRIVING.
This movie truly has a sense of humor, as anyone who has owned a sports car can tell you.
From the classic "Lucas-the prince-of-darkness" electrical system of the Jaguar, to the (much cheered by us European car buffs) "corvette incident" (I do not want to give it away).
My favourite is, of course, the motorcyclist, who, if I recall correctly, does not say anything at all during the movie, but steals the show when he is on.
Great fun and several levels above the later copycat "Cannonball Run" series.
Particularly liked by good drivers with a sense of humour.
This movie should be must-see at driving schools, to show drivers-to-be the difference between pointing a car and actually DRIVING.
This movie truly has a sense of humor, as anyone who has owned a sports car can tell you.
From the classic "Lucas-the prince-of-darkness" electrical system of the Jaguar, to the (much cheered by us European car buffs) "corvette incident" (I do not want to give it away).
My favourite is, of course, the motorcyclist, who, if I recall correctly, does not say anything at all during the movie, but steals the show when he is on.
Great fun and several levels above the later copycat "Cannonball Run" series.
Particularly liked by good drivers with a sense of humour.
Somehow this movie came and went on DVD and I missed out. My loss.
This is one of the great outlaw road race comedies - better than Cannonball
Run, better than most of the Smokey and the Bandit movies. Time-warp
yourself back to America in 1976 with its national 55 mile-per-hour speed
limit and a recent history of gas rationing, and you will better appreciate
the spirit of this film. The incomparable Raul Julia is superb as the ringer Italian race car driver hired to win for the Ferrari team. Norman Burton
defines for generations the frustrated cop role in this film, and a youthful
Garey Busey tears up the screen as a rebel hick in a Camaro. I still get a
chill when I see the Cobra and Ferrari tearing down the Long Beach flood
control channels with no speed limits, lots of water and smooth concrete,
and the California sun shining down, and I still can't visit the Queen Mary
without seeing the Gumball Rally finish line and the lovely young insurance
policy hired by Michael Sarrizin. Mindless fun, but like a Sunday drive up
the coast, well-worth the trip. And if you find an extra copy of the DVD,
please send it my way!!!
This is one of the great outlaw road race comedies - better than Cannonball
Run, better than most of the Smokey and the Bandit movies. Time-warp
yourself back to America in 1976 with its national 55 mile-per-hour speed
limit and a recent history of gas rationing, and you will better appreciate
the spirit of this film. The incomparable Raul Julia is superb as the ringer Italian race car driver hired to win for the Ferrari team. Norman Burton
defines for generations the frustrated cop role in this film, and a youthful
Garey Busey tears up the screen as a rebel hick in a Camaro. I still get a
chill when I see the Cobra and Ferrari tearing down the Long Beach flood
control channels with no speed limits, lots of water and smooth concrete,
and the California sun shining down, and I still can't visit the Queen Mary
without seeing the Gumball Rally finish line and the lovely young insurance
policy hired by Michael Sarrizin. Mindless fun, but like a Sunday drive up
the coast, well-worth the trip. And if you find an extra copy of the DVD,
please send it my way!!!
The driving sequences through the early mourning streets of New York City are some of the best I have ever seen. There are no camera tricks. The drivers really are launching those incredible cars around the corners at full throttle. The movie is worth watching just for the incredible driving. So few films do it correctly, fortunately this is not one of those films.
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- WissenswertesThe actors do their own driving.
- PatzerThe Cobra has visible front-end damage when it is on the interstate towards the end of the race. In the waterways, the front end is intact.
- Crazy CreditsLinda Vaughn ... Emergency Plan Alpha
- VerbindungenFeatured in Hollywood's Hottest Car Chases (2010)
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- 4.500.000 $ (geschätzt)
- Laufzeit1 Stunde 47 Minuten
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