did anyone else notice this?? **Spolier**
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teegeyoung — 17 years ago(February 24, 2009 08:36 PM)
It is funny to think about someone visiting this message board who hasn't seen this movie. I'm rewatching this for the first time since my comment in July of '08 and man the fact that the race marshall stresses the time clock rules only makes me cringe a little more than I should.
I know this is a screwball comedy with an All-Star cast but shouldn't someone have caught this issue along the way???
Still one of my favorites but it's just weird that the ending of the movie is COMPLETELY botched. -
dave4248185 — 16 years ago(August 11, 2009 05:13 PM)
I noticed that flaw too. I assumed that the big traffic jam/biker gang fight meant that everyone restarted from THAT point. Since ALL the drivers were delayed by the highway work, the ones that started last would have had an unfair advantage if you kept using the original rules. Hence the cannonball simply became a dash to the finish for all, from the new starting point.
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jamblastx — 16 years ago(December 02, 2009 11:38 AM)
YepI noticed this when I saw it in the theaters back in 1981. Ironically enough, The Gumball Rally starring Michael Sarazin and Raul Julia a few years earlier which was based on the Cannonball race, had the same EXACT error with the two rivals neck and neck at the finish even though the start of the race also had a staggered start
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crood — 10 years ago(February 03, 2016 08:05 AM)
That really doesn't make sense either, since there was no requirement that they all take the same route. The nature of the race would actually include dealing with traffic and finding alternate routes.
It was a case of "The Just Didn't Care" because they wanted an exciting race to the finish ending and didn't care about logic. -
therealman — 12 years ago(April 26, 2013 11:41 AM)
I noticed it the first time I saw the movie.
I put it down to this, even if you start at the back of the pack, it is more fun to be the first to cross the finish line.
There is a similar thing that happens in sailing. Because everyone has bots of a different size they handicap the longer yachts, but everyone takes pride in being the first across the line. -
cjware1974-535-342216 — 12 years ago(June 25, 2013 10:54 PM)
I never understood why everyone did not start at the same time. How can one group of people have 5 or 10 minutes before the other group leaves, they would oviously have a 5 or 10 head start, and unfair advatange.
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kitschykorner — 12 years ago(October 06, 2013 10:40 AM)
Would you believe I never thought of that?
And I'm someone who sees the smallest error in films words misspelled and this and that.
I guess I was just having such a good time watching that I didn't notice. But now that you mention it Dean Martin's character is right!