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- A spectacular land race from New York to Paris in the early 20th century is planned, the two main competitors being the handsome, dashing hero in white, The Great Leslie, and the dastardly, black-suited Professor Fate. While Fate's sidekick, Max, attempts to sabotage Leslie and the other racers, Leslie finds an unlikely ally in Maggie DuBois, a suffragette and journalist-turned-racer whose car breaks down halfway through the event.
- A grand adventurous race takes place between the heroic Leslie and the despicable Professor Fate across three continents.
- People seem to like this movie. Really??!! Well, comedy is very subjective, but still. There was nothing funny in this movie. Maybe a few moments that were amusing, but nothing clever, witty, or laugh inducing at all (for me).<br/><br/>The obvious film this should be compared to is "It's a Mad Mad Mad World", which I do find funny. "Mad World" is equally over the top, too long and often doesn't aim for anything more witty than things being smashed. But it does contain some good comedic performers. Not so with "Great Race". Lemmon does a much better turn as the foppish prince than as the always yelling Prof. Fate, probably because the character isn't around long enough to overstay his welcome. Prof. Fate though gets tired after about 5 seconds. Natalie Wood is lovely, but comedy doesn't seem to be her thing, or at least broad comedy. Curtis is fine in his role, but isn't given much to do other than be a hero.<br/><br/>There's only one person who shines in this film and that is Ross Martin. His Baron is played straight, never broad. His sword fighting scene with Curtis is easily the most engaging moment of the film and his exit is probably one of the 2 or 3 chuckles the movie got out of me. His pratfall is funny because all of behavior prior was sure-footed and precise. <br/><br/>"The Great Race" was dedicated to Laurel & Hardy and seems to want to capture the spirit of their old classic short films. For clever slapstick comedy instead of watching "The Great Race" spend 30 minutes with the actual Laurel & Hardy in "The Music Box" and you will actually see something quite funny and still have 2 hours with which to watch some other quality comedy. Hell, if you want pie fights then stick to The Three Stooges.<br/><br/>4 out of 10 for good production values and Ross Martin.
- Much more fun than the critics of the day would lead one to believe. In the early 1900s, Tony Curtis, Jack Lemmon and Natalie Wood compete in a race between New York and Paris using the then new fangled automobile. Chaos ensues. Curtis plays straight-man to the shenanigans of both Lemmon and Wood. As a Black Bart type, Lemmon is a hoot and as a militant suffragette, Wood has never been lovelier. Director Blake Edwards creates a rollicking farce that holds a multitude of pleasures, not the least of which is the undeniable chemistry between not only Curtis and Wood, but between Curtis and Lemmon. They prove that their teaming in SOME LIKE IT HOT was no fluke. The various set pieces include a pie fight, a wild west saloon fight, as well as many ill-advised attempts by Lemmon to sideline Curtis. The supporting cast is very colorful and includes Peter Falk as Lemmon's hapless assistant, Larry Storch as an unlikely town menace, Arthur O'Connell, Marvin Kaplan, a cigarette-smoking Vivian Vance, and, in a very sexy musical number, Dorothy Provine.
- 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
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