The Cannonball Run Page #3

Synopsis: This comedy film brings Burt Reynolds, Roger Moore, Farrah Fawcett, Dom DeLuise, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr. and an all-star cast to the starting line of the ultimate auto race, a madcap cross-country scramble that roars full-speed ahead. This action-comedy was inspired by an actual event: the Cannonball Baker Sea-To-Shining-Sea Memorial Trophy Dash, an anything goes, all-stops-out - and very much illegal - competition that has grown to legendary proportions within the last ten years.
Genre: Action, Comedy, Sport
Director(s): Hal Needham
Production: 20th Century Fox
  1 win & 2 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.2
Metacritic:
28
Rotten Tomatoes:
29%
PG
Year:
1981
95 min
1,853 Views


I can't see sh*t, can you?

No problem, son.

No problem.

What was that?

That's... That's... That's...

perfect.

That's better than hiding...

- That's better than hiding it out back.

- I know.

But the only problem

we got now...

is we have to go and retune it.

All right?

Let's go get a beer first.

Yeah, let's go get... Let's... Beer.

I'd like to thank Mona Carson

of Westport...

for that wonderful combination

of hemp sandwiches...

and wood chip consomme.

And now, the moment

you've all been waiting for.

This is a titty turn...

terrific turnout for the meeting.

- Yes, terrific.

- He led the campaign...

to ban the use of electric toothbrushes

during peak load hours.

I suppose you...

came here to hear me speak.

No, not really.

I'm into trees.

Trees.

Friends of Nature love trees,

you know...

so I come to the meetings.

That's very interesting.

I love anybody who loves trees.

They happen to be

a great passion of mine.

You know what I like

best about trees?

- No, what?

- That you can lie under them...

on a moonlit night

with the breeze blowing...

ball your brains out.

Mr. Arthur j. Foyt.

Mr. Foyt.

Give that sucker some juice.

The only thing hiding it...

hiding it... hiding it in the pool...

did was make it pretty.

It ain't running worth a sh*t.

And it's wet!

I know that. Just hit it

one more time, all right?

Hold it! Hold it!

I know what's wrong.

Don't think for a minute...

that we in Washington...

don't appreciate your Mothers' March...

to ban the sale

of colored toilet paper...

to help reduce irritation...

of the rectum.

But today...

I want to direct my remarks...

to an old...

and familiar enemy...

the automobile.

One more time.

Let me hear it.

It reminds me of a poem...

I wrote.

"The automobile, the automobile..."

Are you all right?

They picked on the wrong one

this time!

I guarantee

they're gonna pay for this...

because when the going gets tough,

the tough get going.

She's running good now, buddy.

I still think

we ought to paint it.

If we're gonna paint it, let's go ahead

and Midasize it, all right?

There's the motel.

The Cannonballers have the parking lot

all jammed up.

Man, I can't handle this traffic.

Hold on to your lunch pail.

This may get a little weird.

Wait a minute.

Slow down!

You the one running this flea bag?

- Where are the hookers?

- What?

Hookers, man.

Where are the hookers?

Excuse me.

- Hello, Mad Dog.

- Hey,j.j.

You probably didn't realize this,

but the parking lot's outside.

Yeah, I know.

Brakes went out.

- You think you're the president?

- Well...

let me make one thing

perfectly clear.

We feel terrible about it.

And if they can't take a joke...

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Brock Yates

Brock Wendel Yates (October 21, 1933 – October 5, 2016) was an American print and TV journalist, screenwriter and author. He was longtime executive editor of Car and Driver, an American automotive magazine. He was a pit reporter for CBS' coverage of certain NASCAR Sprint Cup (at the time, the Winston Cup) series races in the 1980s, including the Daytona 500. He was also one of the main commentators on the TNN motor sports TV show American Sports Cavalcade with Steve Evans. Paul Page, Gary Gerould, and Ralph Sheheen also occasionally appeared on the show. He served as a commentator on racing and vintage cars for the Speed Channel, a U.S. cable television channel affiliated with Fox Sports. Yates was a best-selling author, most frequently about automotive topics and motor sport. Some of his articles and commentaries for Car and Driver magazine and other publications have had considerable impact within the auto industry and general public, beginning with his 1968 critique of the American auto industry, its management, and its products: "The Grosse Pointe Myopians". A recurring theme of his nonfiction work was the way American automotive management frequently grew arrogant, lost touch with its markets, and failed to respond to changing public needs/tastes, technology, and energy/environmental concerns. Yates' first articles appeared in Science and Mechanics Magazine when he was 16 years old.Yates wrote for The Truth About Cars briefly in January and February 2008.On January 26, 2017 Yates was named to the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America. more…

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