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Posted: 2/25/2021 3:25:09 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I was sure that I saw that movie when I was a kid because my best friend at the time had a real obsession with Lamborghini, especially the Countach. Doug Demuro did a detailed review of the Countach. It was a real, "you should never meet your heroes" moment for me.   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WVp5a38WT_0Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: And that movie was my introduction to Lamborghini. That Countach was more like a space ship than a car to this youngster, when we saw it in the theaters. What a fun time that was. Not sure why everyone is so dam stuck up anymore and cant make movies like this....well besides lawyers and liberals. I was sure that I saw that movie when I was a kid because my best friend at the time had a real obsession with Lamborghini, especially the Countach. Doug Demuro did a detailed review of the Countach. It was a real, "you should never meet your heroes" moment for me. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WVp5a38WT_0I don't know if anyone caught Doug's description of the passenger's side visor mirror in that it is removable - he says that you can remove it to use it for whatever you would need a removable mirror in Miami during the 80's! A nice way to say "you can use it for snorting cocaine!" Lol - the good old 80's. |
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Posted: 2/25/2021 3:26:51 PM EDT
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" I LOVE trees! “.
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Posted: 2/25/2021 3:45:50 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I was the GM of the motel in Decatur where they filmed much of the movie. The lobby building and that pool are now gone. While most of the big stars stayed in downtown Atlanta or rented homes Elam stayed at the hotel with his family along with most of the crew. The pool had to be drained and washed following that scene. Also, they were filming at the front one evening and had a crane set up with a large light pyramid. It had been raining alot and one outrigger had been put in the soft grass. The crane overturned and crushed and burned a Lamborghini that belonged to a man in Atlanta. Dom DeLuise used to come into my office daily and just sit and talk to get away from the "crazyness" as he called it. He was very down home and just as funny in person as he was on the screen. The catering company used the kitchen at the motel to do much of the cooking and the pastry chef had made trays of pastry one day when Dom DeLuise came in joking around and began throwing the pastry around. The chef was not happy. Never once did I see Dean Martin or Sammy Davis, Jr. drunk and both were very nice and would talk with anyone when they were not needed for filming. Neither hid in trailers or rooms but stayed around the motel lobby and filming area. I have many stories from that movie. It was a fun time. Go on. We are ALL EARS! |
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Posted: 2/25/2021 3:45:51 PM EDT
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Adrienne Barbeau was the breast part of that movie.
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Posted: 2/25/2021 3:49:46 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Adrienne Barbeau was the breast part of that movie. Took page 2 before someone brought up the most meaningful two things about that movie. 
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Posted: 2/25/2021 5:15:41 PM EDT
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The funniest part of the movie: (Dunt - Dunt - Dahh...) Captain Chaos!
 Captain Chaos |
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Posted: 2/25/2021 6:03:12 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: No they do not. It makes me sad that a variety of legendary movies simply could not be made today. Mel brooks said this 4 years ago https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-41337151 |
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Posted: 2/25/2021 6:23:53 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryDon’t ever tell me where you found him. |
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Posted: 2/25/2021 6:28:36 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Dean Martin didn't drink, nor did Foster Brooks Lol wut  Dean Martin Appears Very Drunk on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson - 12/12/1975 - Part 01 |
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Posted: 2/25/2021 7:12:36 PM EDT
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Well, if we're gonna paint it
We might as well midasize it I have a copy on dvd. Such a fun show Was my intro to the Countach as well. I was early teens, my dad could never pronounce Lamborgini. |
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Posted: 2/25/2021 7:25:39 PM EDT
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What are we gonna do with all those pretzels?
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Posted: 2/25/2021 7:28:16 PM EDT
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Yeah but who had the better mustache that would most likely give you tickles when he kisses you,
Burt Reynolds -or- Tom Selleck |
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Posted: 2/25/2021 7:31:21 PM EDT
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It was a very short scene but I really liked the trooper who pulled the Lamborghini over. Hotter than they were.
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Posted: 2/25/2021 7:48:15 PM EDT
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FWIW, "Gumball Rally" was a much better treatment of the same subject. Better car porn, too.
ETA: YouTube "Gumball Rally leaving new york" if this doesn't link:  Gumball Rally - Race Leaving NY City |
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Posted: 2/25/2021 7:53:09 PM EDT
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Part 2 was no picnic.
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Posted: 2/25/2021 8:26:13 PM EDT
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Posted: 2/25/2021 8:39:22 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Dean Martin didn't drink, nor did Foster Brooks Lol wut https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iaxUDvJxcPkDean Martin did drink and started drinking a lot after the death of his son, but his onscreen drunkard was part of his act. He used to drink apple juice instead of scotch during the roasts. |
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Posted: 2/25/2021 8:46:30 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Said by every older generation. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: They dont make em like they used to. Said by every older generation. |
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Posted: 2/25/2021 9:10:10 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I was the GM of the motel in Decatur where they filmed much of the movie. The lobby building and that pool are now gone. While most of the big stars stayed in downtown Atlanta or rented homes Elam stayed at the hotel with his family along with most of the crew. The pool had to be drained and washed following that scene. Also, they were filming at the front one evening and had a crane set up with a large light pyramid. It had been raining alot and one outrigger had been put in the soft grass. The crane overturned and crushed and burned a Lamborghini that belonged to a man in Atlanta. Dom DeLuise used to come into my office daily and just sit and talk to get away from the "crazyness" as he called it. He was very down home and just as funny in person as he was on the screen. The catering company used the kitchen at the motel to do much of the cooking and the pastry chef had made trays of pastry one day when Dom DeLuise came in joking around and began throwing the pastry around. The chef was not happy. Never once did I see Dean Martin or Sammy Davis, Jr. drunk and both were very nice and would talk with anyone when they were not needed for filming. Neither hid in trailers or rooms but stayed around the motel lobby and filming area. I have many stories from that movie. It was a fun time. Very cool. |
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Posted: 2/25/2021 9:18:56 PM EDT
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Great classic movie along with Hooper
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Posted: 2/25/2021 9:20:04 PM EDT
[#21]
GUMBALL!!
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Posted: 2/25/2021 9:22:51 PM EDT
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I can't find it for free on any streaming services, you have to pay for it.
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Posted: 2/25/2021 9:26:35 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryDamn, last time I saw that opening was at the Theater. 1980 or thereabouts IIRC. Watching the credits scroll, RIP, RIP, RIP, RIP, RIP |
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Posted: 2/25/2021 9:29:14 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Very cool. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: I was the GM of the motel in Decatur where they filmed much of the movie. The lobby building and that pool are now gone. While most of the big stars stayed in downtown Atlanta or rented homes Elam stayed at the hotel with his family along with most of the crew. The pool had to be drained and washed following that scene. Also, they were filming at the front one evening and had a crane set up with a large light pyramid. It had been raining alot and one outrigger had been put in the soft grass. The crane overturned and crushed and burned a Lamborghini that belonged to a man in Atlanta. Dom DeLuise used to come into my office daily and just sit and talk to get away from the "crazyness" as he called it. He was very down home and just as funny in person as he was on the screen. The catering company used the kitchen at the motel to do much of the cooking and the pastry chef had made trays of pastry one day when Dom DeLuise came in joking around and began throwing the pastry around. The chef was not happy. Never once did I see Dean Martin or Sammy Davis, Jr. drunk and both were very nice and would talk with anyone when they were not needed for filming. Neither hid in trailers or rooms but stayed around the motel lobby and filming area. I have many stories from that movie. It was a fun time. Very cool. +1 |
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Posted: 2/25/2021 9:32:50 PM EDT
[#25]
Quote HistoryQuoted: JJ, I saved that woman’s dog. |
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Posted: 2/25/2021 9:35:24 PM EDT
[#26]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Adrienne Barbeau was the breast part of that movie. Umm...Farrah? |
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Posted: 2/25/2021 9:41:14 PM EDT
[#27]
Dean Martin was sloshed in every scene lol
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Posted: 2/25/2021 9:42:04 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Umm...Farrah? Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Adrienne Barbeau was the breast part of that movie. Umm...Farrah? In the movie; Adrienne > Farrah |
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Posted: 2/25/2021 9:42:14 PM EDT
[#29]
in real life, he'd need a take a piss too
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Posted: 2/25/2021 9:55:53 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I'm Nikolas Van Helsing, professor of proctology and other related tendencies. A graduate of the University of Rangoon. And assorted night classes at the Knoxville Tennessee school of faith healing. Quote HistoryQuoted: I'm Nikolas Van Helsing, professor of proctology and other related tendencies. A graduate of the University of Rangoon. And assorted night classes at the Knoxville Tennessee school of faith healing. Love it when my state or city gets a shoutout!! 
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Posted: 2/25/2021 10:00:00 PM EDT
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Posted: 2/25/2021 10:15:32 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Took page 2 before someone brought up the most meaningful two things about that movie. http://2damnfunny.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/Adrienne-Barbeau-Tara-Buckman-In-The-Cannonball-Run_408x408.jpg Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Adrienne Barbeau was the breast part of that movie. Took page 2 before someone brought up the most meaningful two things about that movie. http://2damnfunny.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/Adrienne-Barbeau-Tara-Buckman-In-The-Cannonball-Run_408x408.jpg Equipment  I see we have enough beer, but what about food? PPPPlenty |
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Posted: 2/25/2021 10:18:13 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryThe reason why I rented that movie from the local library was because of a member here using that scene as an avatar. 
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Posted: 2/25/2021 10:18:19 PM EDT
[#34]
Gumball Rally gets my vote. It's more of a car movie.
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Posted: 2/25/2021 10:24:38 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Ever see the bloopers at the end, He says rosary bleeds at one point. |
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Posted: 2/25/2021 10:25:43 PM EDT
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Posted: 2/25/2021 10:25:52 PM EDT
[#37]
The ambulance they were in was an actual Cannonball vehicle. It had a 426 Hemi and several gas tanks in it.
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Posted: 2/25/2021 10:35:41 PM EDT
[#38]
I love those movies lol. Highly underrated.
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Posted: 2/25/2021 10:52:58 PM EDT
[#39]
Quote HistoryQuoted: The out takes at the end were as great as the rest of the movie. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Ever see the bloopers at the end, He says rosary bleeds at one point. I think that was a Hal Needham thing. Outtakes at the end of a lot of his movies. And worth watching too. Would be interesting to see the ones that they decided they couldn't show. |
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Posted: 2/25/2021 11:03:11 PM EDT
[#40]
Two of my favorite movies
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Posted: 2/25/2021 11:06:40 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: The Cannonball Run has a great history. The group was made up of Hollywood stuntmen and guys in the car racing community. They were a group that came together in real life and would race across the country from coast to coast and they kept it quiet for years. Brock Yates was behind most of these movies and wrote the screenplay for Cannonball. He was a very likeable guy and was a writer for many car magazines and was in the NASCAR crowd. He and Hal Needham got their friends together to make that movie as well as the Smokey and the Bandit movies. Brock Yates lived in Wyoming, New York on a farm that used to be for dairy. His barn was full of various racing cars and he and his wife ran a small bar called The Cannonball with the movie memorabilia in it and the wife ran a store that sold Christmas items all year round in an old Rexall drug store. The town of Wyoming is real tiny and about an hour outside of Buffalo, NY. Yates would have parties near his home for all the people involved in the movies and they would invite locals over as well. He was one of the nicest guys in the business and you can see him and his wife sitting at the table when the drivers run up at the beginning to punch the time clock. All of these guys were old school laid back Hollywood stuntmen and you see how much fun they had together in the movies and on talk show reruns like on the Johnny Carson Show. Farrah was on point. https://www.okshooters.com/data/MetaMirrorCache/whysoblu.com_wp_content_uploads_2011_10_cannonball_run1_11.jpg I loved reading Brock Yates' stuff. I believe he came up with the term "Anti-Destination League", although Csaba Csere may have been involved in that too. Dad had a couple boxes of 60s-70s Car & Driver, Motor Trend, and a bunch of other car mags I can't remember the names of. Spent many, many hours reading those things cover to cover. |
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Posted: 2/25/2021 11:15:53 PM EDT
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The opening scene with the Lambo double clutching gives me goose bumps.
Random trivia - it was Jackie Chan's first US movie. I like both movies but give the edge to Gumball Rally just for the Cobra and Ferrari. Although any scene with Raul Julia's Franco was pure greatness. |
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Posted: 2/25/2021 11:19:13 PM EDT
[#43]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Great classic movie along with Hooper Any love for Stroker Ace? |
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Posted: 2/25/2021 11:26:00 PM EDT
[#44]
These bleeds?
Up this nose? |
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Posted: 2/25/2021 11:29:35 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Interesting fellow. I'd like to probe his case. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/221498/16598599_jpg-1841485.JPG Was he recently in China doing COVID tests? |
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Posted: 2/25/2021 11:36:07 PM EDT
[#46]
I can't see shit can you....
If you're gonna be bear, be a grizzly. Love that flick to this day. |
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Posted: 2/26/2021 6:04:23 AM EDT
[#47]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Love it when my state or city gets a shoutout!! How was growing up in Rangoon? |
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Posted: 2/26/2021 6:07:24 AM EDT
[#48]
Gumball is fine, but it’s the chemistry that makes Cannonball. Everyone looks like they’re having fun just being there. Much like Bandit, it seems like a bunch of friends got together on a Saturday to make a movie.
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Posted: 2/26/2021 5:08:56 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Dean Martin did drink and started drinking a lot after the death of his son, but his onscreen drunkard was part of his act. He used to drink apple juice instead of scotch during the roasts. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Quoted: Dean Martin didn't drink, nor did Foster Brooks Lol wut https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iaxUDvJxcPkDean Martin did drink and started drinking a lot after the death of his son, but his onscreen drunkard was part of his act. He used to drink apple juice instead of scotch during the roasts. Yep, a rule of thumb I just invented based on what I've read, if Dean Martin was doing something which might required re-takes, he was drinking apple juice or some non-alcoholic beverage. He would drink socially, but the heavy drinking image was part of his public persona, and not real. It's rare to find people as sharp as he was while drunk. I've seen a couple of appearances where his slurring of words and stumbling was uneven. He'd play up being half bagged, and then be able to perfectly sing a song with complicated lyrics. |
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Posted: 2/26/2021 5:16:58 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: The out takes at the end were as great as the rest of the movie. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Ever see the bloopers at the end, He says rosary bleeds at one point. Jackie Chan puts out takes at the end of his movies because of Cannon Ball Run. He enjoyed making that movie and felt the out takes showed how much fun they had. |
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