Good Bad Flicks looks into the history of both The Cannonball Run race and movie.
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The Cannonball Run is what rekindled a lot of love for road racing and performance cars, occurring during the height of the Malaise Era in the late 1970s. If things like the Cannonball Run and trucker convoy protests hadn't been put on it's likely that series like SCCA Trans-Am would've slowly died out, and the Japanese performance cars of the 1980s that everyone loses their minds over wouldn't exist. The original A50 Celica Supra was specifically designed to take advantage of American highways at speeds well above 55MPH after all.
I remember back in the day when underground tapes were a thing, my step brother had one of the 2001 Gumball 3000, which was the true successor to the original Cannonball Run until it got turned into a massive commercial venture. Back in 2001 someone was stupid enough to bring a roadgoing version of the Porsche 911 996 GT2 cup car and another ran an imported Skyline R33, both of which were banned imports in the U.S. thanks to the 25 Year Rule. The 1999, 2000, and 2001 Gumball Rallies were part of the holy triumvirate alongside The Fast And The Furious and Need For Speed in igniting a massive wave of street racing and car tuning in the early 2000s. History doesn't repeat, but it often plagiarizes itself.
The commentary is dated, before the passing of Burt Reynolds
I swear this movie was continuously playing on HBO when I was a kid. Always stopped what I was doing to watch it too. What a fun silly time of a film.
Fun fact – Jackie Chan was very unhappy to find out after the fact that his character is meant to be Japanese, not Chinese.
Truly excellent work
Great movie. Timeless
Golden Harvest was a Hong Kong company at that time, which was under British rule.
Read about what happened to stunt woman Heidi von Beltz on the set of Cannonball Run. It paints Needham in a different light.
There wasn't enough of Adrienne Barbeau and Tara Buckman in the finished movie.
"…and the jokes would be neutered." Truer words never spoken. I totally agree that Cannonball Run, along with many movies of the 70s, just couldn't be done, as effective as they were, today. I LOVED Cannonball Run and the Smokey movies. Sharkey's Machine was the first "R" movie I saw (snuck into) as a young boy. Good times…
Don't bother to send the script! Wasn't that an outtake in "Smokey and the Bandit 2"? 😂
Why is he talking about Burt Reynolds as if he were still alive?
Captain chaos is the best superhero character ever.
"When we need him he's not around, when we don't need him he's around, i'm gonna get a beer"
"DUN DUN DU"
The first US film to show a gag reel of BTS bloopers and rejected takes during the end credits was most likely Jerry Lewis's HARDLY WORKING (1980).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6NkJmGrYoLI&t=46s
One of the best movies from the '80s which quality will never be replicated today
Back then had they decided to make a bio-pic for Dom DeLuise they could have hired William Conrad to play the role, and vice versa. I'd never noticed before how similar they can look. Thanks for giving the background to all of this. I remember seeing Gumball Rally, then Cannonball Run and wondering who ripped off whom.
Car movies and dance movies will never be the same as the good old days. Now it's CG, camera tricks, and individual moments edited to look like something. Back then they locked the camera and did it for real.
I just LOVE your "Exploring" videos! Even for movies I never intend to watch myself or have no interest in, your videos ABOUT them are like the very best of the DVD commentary tracks. Videos like this are why I subscribe to your channel. Thank you!
I'm surprised you didn't mention that car crash stunt that paralyzed a stuntwoman
always wanted to check that out
Great music too, love that little Menudo tune.
In his biography Burt Reynolds does talk about his hate for boogie nights. That he felt he could play the part without having to say things he didn't want to say. But the director would tell him something like "that's what's written on the page". It's been a while since i listened to it but it is a very interesting listen.
Pretty sure that Golden Harvest was a Hong Kong company. Back then Hong Kong was still free.
I LOVE these movies. Kind of wish a new one but it would mostly suck anyways.
16:09 That stunt left a stuntwoman quadrapalegic. Never could enjoy the film after learning about that.
The bloopers section was groundbreaking. I remember watching it in the theater, and the bloopers were probably the most talked about part of the movie.
FINALLY after all these years I understand the reference from the Simpson's Hit & Run game, when Marge declares, "I can drive fifty-five!"
How about the Gumball rally
I said "gumball"
I always loved the first two Cannonball Run films. So funny.
I have been curious about the history of this since I watched the movies as a child. As I got older and delved into Hollywood and cinema and came to understand the level star power involved, my curiosity increased. Thank you for enlightening me with your always appreciated humor and insight