VALUTAZIONE IMDb
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LA TUA VALUTAZIONE
Un eclettico gruppo di persone partecipa a un'emozionante, segreta e illegale corsa su strada.Un eclettico gruppo di persone partecipa a un'emozionante, segreta e illegale corsa su strada.Un eclettico gruppo di persone partecipa a un'emozionante, segreta e illegale corsa su strada.
- Premi
- 1 candidatura in totale
Norman Burton
- Lieutenant Roscoe
- (as Normann Burton)
Lázaro Pérez
- Jose - Rolls Royce
- (as Lazaro Perez)
Recensioni in evidenza
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.
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.
Upon first view.. one will chuckle at the 70's production value in the opening sequence.
Get past that.
Gumball is the best of the cross-country race genre. Much better than any film in the Cannonball series. Why? For one...It's just as funny. Filled with some great lines and chock full of fantastic car sequences. Turning the speakers up may make it sound like you are at a Busch race. Raul Julia steals the show as far as the characters. Every moment that he's on the screen you'll have a smile from ear to ear.
"55 is unsafe....it's slow enough to make you think you're safe....but it's fast enough to kill you" Many scenes were shot at breathtaking speeds WITH THE ACTUAL ACTORS....this really adds to the realism... and overall, every car sequence is eye-popping. Where the 70's production value detracts from the film in the opening sequence....it actually helps in others...like when it adds a lightheartedness to the absolutely awesome downstretch in the waterways with the music....and of course the cars making music to automobile fans...Ferrari Daytona zipping....427 cobra roaring... steam from the water flying off the engine block.
The actors had fun making this one...and I had fun watching...all 20 some odd times.
shhhhhhhh..... ..........GUMBALL! 71/100
Get past that.
Gumball is the best of the cross-country race genre. Much better than any film in the Cannonball series. Why? For one...It's just as funny. Filled with some great lines and chock full of fantastic car sequences. Turning the speakers up may make it sound like you are at a Busch race. Raul Julia steals the show as far as the characters. Every moment that he's on the screen you'll have a smile from ear to ear.
"55 is unsafe....it's slow enough to make you think you're safe....but it's fast enough to kill you" Many scenes were shot at breathtaking speeds WITH THE ACTUAL ACTORS....this really adds to the realism... and overall, every car sequence is eye-popping. Where the 70's production value detracts from the film in the opening sequence....it actually helps in others...like when it adds a lightheartedness to the absolutely awesome downstretch in the waterways with the music....and of course the cars making music to automobile fans...Ferrari Daytona zipping....427 cobra roaring... steam from the water flying off the engine block.
The actors had fun making this one...and I had fun watching...all 20 some odd times.
shhhhhhhh..... ..........GUMBALL! 71/100
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!!!
Whenever this film is on TV, I always go out of my way to watch it. The script isn't over written, nor is the acting overdone as it had been well cast. Raul julia is excellent as as italian lothario who risks losing the race to make time with a groupie. Michael Sarazzin, here playing a bored tycoon, is always excellent in all the '70s movies he made. Whatever happened to him? Anyone out there know. The many stories and characters intertwine neatly, and don't outstay their welcome. Gary Busey also stars as a lame-brain racer, and later went on to portray many a villian in future films.
This film actually inspired a really rich kid to organise an annual gumball around Europe and America. So how's that for an endorsement?
Forget The Cannonball Run and it's straining to get laughs. Check this out if you've never seen it before.
This film actually inspired a really rich kid to organise an annual gumball around Europe and America. So how's that for an endorsement?
Forget The Cannonball Run and it's straining to get laughs. Check this out if you've never seen it before.
Lo sapevi?
- QuizThe actors do their own driving.
- BlooperThe 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.
- Curiosità sui creditiLinda Vaughn ... Emergency Plan Alpha
- ConnessioniFeatured in Hollywood's Hottest Car Chases (2010)
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Dettagli
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- Budget
- 4.500.000 USD (previsto)
- Tempo di esecuzione1 ora 47 minuti
- Mix di suoni
- Proporzioni
- 2.35 : 1
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