The Cannonball Run Page #4

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
1,866 Views


Thank goodness. We just had

a terrible accident.

We'd like to help you,

but we're off duty.

This man looks bad.

Maybe he's dead.

Then you should call the coroner.

J. J., he don't look too good.

- I think he just had his bell rung.

- Can't you do something?

You're professionals.

This is our day off.

Will you guys do something?

This man's life is hanging by a thread.

You have to be scientific. It could go

up the nostrils, affect the sinuses.

That's true.

There.

Don't bother about the bill.

Just give him

a couple of enemas...

and call me in the morning.

- Hi. How's it going?

- Perfect.

We'd like two singles.

J.j. McClure, Victor Prinzim.

I'll be in the bar.

I always like a couple drinks

right after surgery.

I wonder why that guy

parked his truck in the lobby.

Only in America.

Get me 12 suites.

- Better yet, the entire floor.

- Yes, sir.

Too much couscous.

I would sure as H

like to get my hands...

on those Hell's Angels

who were driving that truck.

But you know, it's probably

just as well...

because I am a wild bull

when I lose my temper.

I love wild bulls.

It's really funny that you should...

Oh, my God. It's them.

- "Them" who?

- Those Hell's Angels.

They could be part

of a terrorist group.

I don't know.

This place is filling up...

with some real hoodlums.

Do you see anything weird back there?

I'm gonna find out.

I don't understand why it's

so difficult for you to find a doctor.

It's very, very hard. It's not easy

finding a doctor to take off like that.

- Dr. Gay doesn't even leave his house.

- You don't understand.

If you're going to win and you're

driving an ambulance, you need a doctor.

- What does Dr. Gay do?

- He's my shrink.

- He was committed yesterday.

- Why?

He was smoking bananas.

He gets very upset

when he talks to him.

So do I.

Sorry.

I don't want fruit in my drink.

Congratulations.

Here's to you.

Good luck.

You dumb shits.

They haven't got a chance.

You know what?

I think I'm gonna call the Greek

and put another 10,000 on us.

What about those two?

Maybe one of those beauties

could be our patient.

Both of them could be.

I could be very patient

with those patients.

They're very lick...

very likeable.

Tell you what. Let's go over there

and talk to them.

- Okay.

- I'll do all the talking.

You just think about the doctor.

- Good evening, ladies.

- Hello.

My name is j.j. McClure, and this is

Victor Prinzim, my executive assistant.

- Hi.

- I'll do the talking, Victor.

Terrorists, my dimpled ass.

These people make terrorists look like

the Sisters of Charity.

These guys are Cannonballers.

What is that, a bowling team?

As you probably know, we're

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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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