Professional daredevil and white-suited hero, The Great Leslie, convinces turn-of-the-century auto makers that a race from New York to Paris (westward across America, the Bering Straight and Russia) will help to promote automobile sales. Leslie's arch-rival, the mustached and black-attired Professor Fate vows to beat Leslie to the finish line in a car of Fate's own invention. In the early twentieth century, the Great Leslie - daredevil and all 'round Renaissance man always clad in white - has several world records to his name in daring feats of courage, always with the faithful Hezekiah by his side. Leslie's arch enemy is the dastardly Professor Fate - always clad in black - who is always trying either to outdo Leslie or thwart Leslie's attempts of daring, without success. Leslie suggests to the Webber Motor Car Company that they show their engineering expertise by building the supreme motor car for a New York to Paris race, that car which they ultimately name the Leslie Special after their inspiration. Not to be outdone, Fate, with his equally dastardly sidekick Max, also enters the race with what he considers his motor car masterpiece, the Hannibal Twin-8. Nothing is too dastardly an act in Fate's goal of winning. One of the other entries is the beautiful Maggie Dubois, a reporter covering the race for the New York Sentinel newspaper. An emancipated woman, Maggie initially tried to convince both Leslie and Fate to use her as their driving partner, both who refused, considering her among the weaker sex. Maggie however convinced the newspaper both to hire her and to sponsor their own car with her as the driver based on the internal struggle within the newspaper's ownership, which is similar to Maggie's own struggles. Maggie expects to win: in her logic, she is covering the entire race (which she does with the use of some primitive but effective technology), meaning she needs to be first at the finish line. Despite being emancipated, Maggie is not averse to using her feminine wiles to her advantage. Through the race, they come across a few adventures and obstacles. But being a long race with much interaction between the racers, their mindsets and priorities may change based on their time together. Some say this movie is too long. For me, it's not long enough. I wish it crossed the three hour mark just to stick it in the eye of all the movie's detractors about the movie's length.<br/><br/>When they've crossed the finish line in Paris, I feel very happy being through such an enjoyable and hilarious adventure, but at the same time, I also feel sad that it's now over. Clearly the movie left it open-ended for a possible sequel after Professor Fate, feeling he had received a hollow victory, challenges the Great Leslie to another race – Paris to New York. It's too bad this sequel never materialized.<br/><br/>This movie is without doubt, my all-time favorite movie – and I like a lot of movies! The reason I say this is my favorite is that it stands up to viewing after viewing after viewing and it has never lost my interest. If anything, it has grown even more to be my favorite since I can recite so many of its wonderful, classic lines before they're said – sort of like fans do in the cult favorite "The Rocky Horror Picture Show".<br/><br/>The cast was perfect. I cannot imagine ANYONE else in these roles. Just as there is only one actor that IS Superman, Christopher Reeve, and only one actress that IS Wonder Woman, Lynda Carter, so too can no other actors and actresses, other than those cast in "The Great Race", be imagined in these classic roles. Every single actor and actress in the movie delivered his performance spot-on! I enjoyed every minute of the movie.<br/><br/>I think "The Great Race" is a true classic. The sets and locations are wonderful – a visual feast! From the opening scene with that beautiful red, white and blue hot-air balloon, to the Wild West locations of the American Southwest, to Potzdorf's Prince Hapnik's sumptuous palace and grounds and Baron von Stuppe's menacing castle where he sword-fights Leslie, and finally to the streets of Paris – all great visuals one will always remember, long after the movie is over.<br/><br/>The costumes too, are a visual feast – superb and sumptuous! One can really tell that they poured a lot of money into the costumes. It really shows that they definitely got their money's worth as to what ended up on the screen. The costumes of the Potzdorf nobles there at the Royal Ball when they waltz, is simply amazing. The uniforms of Potzdorf's guards too, look great. Let's not forget the great costumes back in Boracho – from those sexy dancing showgirls in the saloon, singing "It looks to me like a big night tonight, big night tonight. When the old cat's away, all the mice want to play! And it looks like a big night tonight!" to Lilly Olay's sexy, form-fitted, yellow, satin dress as she sings, "He Shouldn't A Hadn't A Oughtn't A Swang on Me" (my favorite song in the movie. Thank you Johnny Mercer for your awesome lyrics in this song!) to all the rest of the town's residents in their authentic-looking and well-tailored Western outfits.<br/><br/>The film clearly had masters in the arts and science of cinematography, production design, costume design, stunts and the great Henry Mancini for the movie's great and unforgettable score. It's a shame that this movie was not recognized at Oscar time, for its great achievements in all these categories.<br/><br/>"The Great Race" is one very under-appreciated movie. It has the BEST pie fight scene in cinematic history; it has the BEST barroom brawl scene in cinematic history; it has one of the BEST sword-fighting scenes in cinematic history, and yet it never gets mentioned or alluded to in today's pop culture or even to be hailed by film critics as one of the greatest film comedies of all time. I am very disappointed by this. It is truly an overlooked masterpiece and perhaps someday, it may get the true recognition and respect it deserves. Once upon a time, in the days before talentless actors commanded millions of dollars per film fiasco, they made "big budget pictures" with a "cast of thousands". The Great Race is a classic example.<br/><br/>This movie is a ride on the Hilarity Express, from the opening credits to the closing scene. You laugh so hard, and so long, at every scene that you're actually glad to take a breather during Natalie Wood's love song "The Sweetheart Tree", just so your ribs have a chance to stop hurting! The large ensemble cast is packed with a glorious list of award winning actors well able to carry any movie alone. Together, they produce a potent mix of frivolity and timeless innuendo. These are truly the screen giants, not only of their time, but arguably of ALL time.<br/><br/>Tony Curtis as "The Great Leslie", our hero, all in white, is just the right mixture of gentlemanly elegance, knightly chivalry, and the period's chauvinistic disregard of "the weaker sex". He's the perfect foil for Wood's Maggie DuBois, a "modern woman" reporter. She smokes, she cusses, she punches! Leslie is at once fascinated, repulsed, and astounded by her. When circumstances throw them together during the race, sparks fly but the heat sizzles. It is plain to see why these two were the box office "hotties" of their day.<br/><br/>Now, no good story can have a glorious hero without a contrastingly evil villain, right? And Jack Lemmon, as the utterly detestable Professor Fate, is at his comedic pinnacle. ("Max! Maaaaax!") Fate is all baddie and Lemmon joyously takes the role over the top. From the moment we first see him, secretly building the earliest urban assault vehicle on record, the amazing Hannibal 8, to every cheating, sabotaging, dastardly stunt he pulls, Fate is the villain we love to hate! Peter Falk is perfect as poor Max, the Professor's idiot henchman. I swear, the adorable cluelessness of Falk's immortal Columbo was born here, in this role. Unlike Columbo, however, Max never gets it, never ever figures it out. Which makes him all the funnier.<br/><br/>These four people alone would make for a funny film. Now, add to that an around the world tour which includes London, Paris, Rome, and the Arctic Circle, the largest pie fight ever recorded on film (something like 2500 pies were used!), pub brawls, kidnapped royalty (watch Lemmon here in a dual role as Fate and the besotted kidnapped prince. You will CRY with laughter!), smashes, crashes, explosions, escapes, a blockbuster supporting cast including Arthur O'Connell, Blake Edwards, Marvin Kaplan, Ross Martin, Dorothy Provine, Larry Storch, Vivian Vance, Keenan Wynn, a host of of cameos that will delight movie buffs, and its easy to see how Hollywood legends are born.<br/><br/>I don't care if YOU weren't born when this picture was made (1965). You will never truly know what movie comedy is all about if you go through life without seeing this film! In fact, DON'T rent it! Just go ahead and BUY it, because once you see it, there is no way you will not want to own it forever.<br/><br/>This movie is loaded with classic quotes destined to become a part of your own tag line collection. For example: I guarantee you, after seeing this film, the next time you see a Pug, you will at least THINK, if not say outright: "I HATE YOU! Get off of the bed!" This is a movie that never gets stale, no matter how many times you see it. Now on DVD, it will last forever, a true example of the timeless magic of Hollywood!
Yes. The movie was inspired by an actual New York to Paris road race known as "The Great Auto Race of 1908" that began in Times Square on February 12, 1908. There were six cars entered representing 4 countries- The United States, Germany, France, and Italy. The actual race took 169 days and The United States won. As far as being historically accurate, Director Blake Edwards primarily used only the time period (1908) and a rough approximation of the race route for "The Great Race" movie. Most of the other memorable elements from the film- the zany over-the-top characters, the many fantastic vehicles and gadgets, and incidents such as crossing the ocean on an ice floe and the gigantic pie fight- were products of Edward's fertile imagination. Yes and no. Although Blake Edwards and Warner Bros. were never involved in producing a "Great Race" cartoon series, Hanna-Barbera Productions did produce a Saturday morning cartoon series called "Wacky Races" that ran from 1968 to 1970. This cartoon series was inspired by and borrowed heavily from "The Great Race" film, and even featured characters that strongly resembled those in the movie in both appearance and personality- in particular, "Penelope Pitstop" (based on Natalie Wood's "Maggie Dubois") "Peter Perfect" (based on Tony Curtis' "Great Leslie"), and "Dick Dastardly and Muttley" (based on Jack Lemmon's "Professor Fate" and Peter Falk's "Max", respectively). "The Leslie Special" and "The Hannibal Twin 8" cars were custom built for the movie and were fully driveable. As is often the standard procedure for movie and television productions, multiple versions of each were produced, including at least 2 "Leslie Specials" and at least 5 "Hannibal Twin 8's". As of April, 2014, one of "The Leslie Special's" can be seen in The Tupelo Auto Museum in Tupelo, Mississippi, and one of the "Hannibal Twin 8" cars (along with Professor Fate's lake torpedo) can be seen in The Hollywood Gallery of The Peterson Auto Museum in Los Angeles, California. In addition, both a "Leslie Special and a "Hannibal Twin 8" can also be seen at the Stahls Automotive Foundation Museum in Chesterfield, Michigan. a5c7b9f00b The Daredevil Drivers full movie downloadUncharted 2: Among Thieves movie free download in hindiBuffy the Vampire Slayer full movie download in hindiSuffer full movie free downloadValmiki Ki Bandook full movie in hindi downloadIn Time full movie in hindi free download mp4Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 full movie kickass torrentthe Roy full movie in hindi free downloadEpisode 1.12 full movie in hindi free download mp4The Simpsons: Bart vs. the Juggernauts 720p
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