I dont understand why this movie gets bashed so much?
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Kottandogi — 20 years ago(August 16, 2005 12:51 PM)
I like it regardless if its stuck in the 80's. i remember watching it as a kid mostly for the Lamborghini Countach but as i got older i realized to appechate the movie for what it is compared with the crap today.
I would watch this over the fast and the furious any day!. -
🇲🇮🇰🇪🇭🇻🇳🇹 — 20 years ago(August 17, 2005 12:01 AM)
Yeah, it has some great scenes in it like i said 100 times already, the ones putting it down are the ones comapring it to the other Cannonballs and hate that Reynolds and DeLuise and all them had nothing to do with this one.
You gotta love the opening chase, over the top, silly, but man Bo Duke handles that thing well. You gotta love the stunts of jumping cars over rivers, getting the car onto the back of a truck at high speeds, driving a plane through a road block, all while being able to still have time to point out Stallone and Lucille Balls house!
The last time anyone came close to making a movie like this about speeding, fun and comedy would be Rat Race. And tho most people say it's based on MAd,Mad,Mad,Mad World I reckon it's based more on a lesser known movie of the 80's called "Million Dollar Mystery"(Money Mania)
Here's my list of the best car racing movies.- Cannonball Run 1 & 2
- Cannonball Fever (Speed Zone) (Cannonball 3)
- Smokey & The Bandit 1, 2 & 3 (thats right, I said 3)
- Rat Race
- Money Mania (Million Dollar Mystery)
- Herbie (he he he)
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🇲🇮🇰🇪🇭🇻🇳🇹 — 20 years ago(September 14, 2005 09:14 AM)
http://www.lamborghiniregistry.com/MovieCars/CannonballRun3-320x228.jpg
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Traianus — 13 years ago(December 07, 2012 08:59 PM)
For years I didnt even know that was Joe Flahertty, it's one of his best characters if you ask me.
He was hilarious in this film. Many of my friends and I agree: it was one of his best roles. Even the idea of casting Joe Flaherty (one of the most non-threatening looking people on the planet) as some super tough & gruff hitman (capable of tearing up a car with his bare hands) is hilarious. -
bar1scorpio — 20 years ago(November 06, 2005 03:21 PM)
No, you're not the only one to harbor an affection for this flick.
And not in that cheezy guilty-pleasure kind of flick that I like as well, this one I enjoyed ever since I first saw it as a kid. I was a big fan of the Smother's Brothers growing up, as well as John Candy.
Hence, if this is running on cable, I'll still check it out for kicks. -
garyb79 — 20 years ago(January 18, 2006 03:30 AM)
This movie is fantastic! It was called "Cannonball Fever" over here in Scotlandbut i've never really considered it as a sequel to the "cannonball" movies.
John Candy and Eugene levy are brilliant in this! Check it out if you're considering it! The soundtrack is ace as well and i just got a copy on CD two weeks ago.
I want this movie on DVD.
if it sounds like beep and looks like beep then it must be beep
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syphus — 20 years ago(March 02, 2006 03:51 PM)
The peanuts part was GREAT! I think the thing was people expected too much from this movie, you find out it is essentially Cannonball Run 3 in the first few minutes (it was even marketed in Canada with that title look here http://www.lamborghiniregistry.com/MovieCars/CannonballRun3-320x228.jpg)
then you expect it to be great. Its not bad for what it is but everyone expects so much more. -
qcramair — 20 years ago(March 08, 2006 07:51 PM)
I am an ENORMOUS fan of this movie! Back in elementary, I used to watch this movie solely for the Lamborghini Countach (I was obsessed with exotics), but the movie grew on me. Now over 10 years later, I finally found a VHS copy on ebay and bought it (for 23 damn dollars lol, but hey this movie is priceless to me). I absolutely love this movie and can't hellp but to laugh (and pity) all the poor saps that put this movie down.
You truely have to have no personality to not get a kick out of this movie. It's not an Oscar-nominated movie, well no crap it's not supposed to be. All the cheesy acting and such is meant to be as such.
As someone mentioned earlier, this movie is worlds above all the crap that's been coming out in the past 5 or so years. This movie is about having fun with comedy and action and it has plenty of both. Speed Zone is a classic and literally one of my top 5 favorite movies of all time. Great stars, awesome cars, and tons comedy and racing scenes. 10 out of 10 to me. I think it's awesome that you guys like this movie as much as I do. I was really starting to feel like I (and a few of my friends who worshipped it back in the day like I did, and still do) was the only one who absolutely loves this movie. -
Mr_Jiggy_Fly_PT2 — 20 years ago(March 24, 2006 01:11 PM)
I remember vividly when the movie was released. Ithink it might of sat on the shelf, several years before I remeber a friend saying he saw a teaser or trailor for Cannonball Run 3(1986?) then YEARS later this came out. Needless to say it's no Cannonball Run, but upon it's release it was VERY dissapointing for us big Cann. Run Fans. I would think there would be a market.-with all the crap that does come out.
I also remember the TV ad at the time did show a flash of Jamie Farr in Sheik uniform and me and a friend of mine KNEW it was some flop attempt at a sequel, and thought it must of been pretty bad if they couldn't even acknowledge that it was Cannonball Run 3. Smokey and the Bandit 3 did not hit so hard either. -
jasonstokes777 — 20 years ago(April 03, 2006 02:01 PM)
I didn't mind the film too much,however the one thing that did ruin it for me,(and this is with reference to the two post mentioning the countach)is that the car in question is blatantly a fake,what with the pop up headlights flapping about.Still,when you're 10 years old things like that don't matter
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stimpy532000 — 19 years ago(July 05, 2006 12:17 PM)
I like the music, too bad the soundtrack is hard to find! But yea now it makes sense at times why the back of the Countach changed at times, some were fakes and others were real, and I don't think a Canadian film company would have the budget to use real Countach's for the stunts on here.
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Kottandogi — 19 years ago(November 28, 2006 07:49 PM)
The Countach was real at the begining of the movie that was the real deal. The rest of them was a well done replica using a custom tube chassis back by a Porsche tranny and a modified L98 Corvette engine and dispite it being a replicar, it will hold its own against an orginal Countach. The car was accrately replicated so well that pretty much was the birth of the Lamborghini replica.
The cars where built by a company called creative cars inc, which is nolonger here today and there last car was the f355 from the fast and the furious which was also a replica except based on a fiero chassis. I know currently on Ebay there's one for sale at the moment.
If you keep looking on ebay you will find them poping up once in awhile.
Get the beep off of my obsitical course!
Get the beep down off of my obsitical course now!. -
grayoo7 — 19 years ago(October 02, 2006 03:57 AM)
yes I agree with you 100%, this movie is funny and there are alot of good cars in it too
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