Jj hightail race car driver12/29/2023 One of the many reasons why I wonder if "The Cannonball Run" really is a movie is that it often feels like someone has left the camera on and caught the stars just having fun rather than acting. as a couple of priests in a Ferrari all generate brilliant laughs. But there is no denying that the comedy of Burt Reynolds and Dom DeLuise masquerading as ambulance drivers, Jack Elam as the less than handsome Doctor Nikolas Van Helsing or Dean Martin and Sammy Davis Jr. It sort of works in a very daft way with many of the jokes feeling manufactured, designed purely to sneak a gag in rather than add anything meaningful. What this means is that "The Cannonball Run" is a movie all about comedy, crazy car antics, quirky characters and general comic chaos. That's it and although each racing pairing have a sort of story to go with them such as Victor Prinzim having the alter ego Captain Chaos none of it makes the storyline in the least bit more important. What we do get is introductions to the various men & women who plan to race in the Cannonball Run, their various exploits as they high tail it across country racing each other and the police as well as a busy body official who is upset by all the crazy car racing and tries his hardest to stop them. So the storyline, well let's be frank there isn't really one, or at least not one of any true significance. McClure ( Burt Reynolds - The Dukes of Hazzard), Victor Prinzim aka Captain Chaos ( Dom DeLuise - Blazing Saddles) and many others as they try to be the quickest across country, avoid police traps and win a fortune in the process. ![]() It's not terrible, daftly amusing but difficult to take seriously as a coherent movie.īased upon a real life race "The Cannonball Run" follows the crazy antics of J.J. to name just a few of the many stars who appear and appear to have a good time in the "The Cannonball Run". Yes it has a story, based around the cross country road race to California but the race seems unimportant as director Hal Needham seems to focus on the comedy and characters with many a scene feeling like a set piece for yet another gag between either Burt Reynolds and Dom DeLuise or Dean Martin and Sammy Davis Jr. Having watched "The Cannonball Run" many times since my childhood I have grown to wonder whether it really is a movie or just a bunch of actors and friends having a good time.
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