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The Cannonball Run
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The Cannonball Run is a 1981 comedy film directed by Hal Needham and starring Burt Reynolds, Roger Moore, Farrah Fawcett, Dom De Luise, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr., Adrienne Barbeau, Jackie Chan, and Jamie Farr. It was produced by Hong Kong's Golden Harvest films. There were two sequels, 1984's Cannonball Run II and 1989's Speed Zone! (also known as Cannonball Fever).The movie is based on the "Cannonball Baker Sea-To-Shining-Sea Memorial Trophy Dash", an actual cross-country outlaw road race from the Red Ball Garage in New York City (later Darien, CT) to the pier at Redondo Beach, California, just south of Los Angeles. Organized by automotive journalist and the movie's screenwriter Brock Yates. (Yates, replying to concerns about public safety after the first Cannonball: "Never once did we exceed 165 mph.")The story follows race car driver J.J. McClure (Reynolds) and mild-mannered mechanic counterpart, Victor Prinzim (DeLuise); the latter has a would-be superhero alter ego, "Captain Chaos". Together, they participate in the Cannonball Run in an ambulance — a heavily modified Dodge Tradesman van (which, incidentally, was the same vehicle driven by director Hal Needham during the last actual Cannonball.) They hire a doctor (well.. he owns a white coat, at least..) and kidnap an attractive Intrepid Reporter to serve as a "patient" to help them evade the police during the race. Each of the other Teams Of Hats they race against has their own arsenal of gimmicks for both racing and characterization.Nowadays considered a guilty pleasure at best, but popular enough in its day to gross $72 million and inspire the sequels. Ironically, 1976's totally unauthorized The Gumball Rally (also inspired by the Cannonball races) is generally regarded as a much better film, even though—or perhaps because—no one involved in that film was actually involved in races themselves. Another unauthorized 1976 film, directed by Paul Bartel and simply titled Cannonball, reversed the direction of the race (making it California-to-New York) and added more of a Car Fu element.The film is also well known for being the main inspiration behind Sega's OutRun, which came out five years later.A remake is in the works, to be directed by Guy Ritchie and financed by Warner Bros. and General Motors. | |
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Adam Westing | |
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Adam Westing: Subverted with Roger Moore, in that he's playing a guy who thinks he's Roger Moore. Originally he was supposed to think he was James Bond, but they couldn't get the rights to use the character. Played straight with Terry Bradshaw and Mel Tillis, who play over the top versions of themselves. | |
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Creator Cameo: Writer of the film Brock Yates appears as the race organizer and the director Hal Needham appears as the ambulance EMT. | |
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Vanity License Plate: The Van Sloans drove a Bentley with the license plate RICH KIDS. The character Vic tries to report the car and it goes something like this: | |
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Calling Your Bathroom Breaks: | |
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Super-Powered Evil Side | |
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Superpowered Evil Side: Subverted. Captain Chaos has no real super powers but he is a serious badass. He's also not evil but definitely lives up to his name and has a streak of Stupid Good that winds up costing Victor and J.J. the race. | |
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Metallicar Syndrome | |
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Metallicar Syndrome: Used by the two chicks in the Lamborghini to their advantage when they are practicing for the Run by messing with the local cops. They even invest in a false paint job: after getting the local cops all worked up looking for a speeding Lamborghini of one color, they drop by a friendly construction site and have the fake paint washed off. Presto, now there's a DIFFERENT speeding Lamborghini with two hot chicks in it tearing around the local cops! | |
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Amphibious Automobile | |
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Amphibious Automobile: The tricked out car of Jackie Chan and Richard Kiel can operate like a submarine. Used to evade police. | |
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Lying by Omission | |
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Lying by Omission: The state police pull over the ambulance of J.J. McClure and company, and inquire why an ambulance is driving hella fast on the interstate. When told McClure is transporting a patient, Nikolas Van Helsing emerges, and explains that the patient cannot withstand the pressurized compartments of an airliner, and that only a specialized treatment in California can save her. The police ask Van Helsing if he's really a doctor, and he affirms that he is. What he omits is that he's a doctor of veterinary medicine, specializing in bovine prolapses; he's completely out of his depth as an attending physician. | |
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Right-Hand Cat | |
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Right-Hand Cat: Don Canneloni has one. It dies on him and gets replaced. | |
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Candid Camera Prank | |
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Candid Camera Prank: Two state troopers played by Don Knotts and Tim Conway pull over a speeding limousine; finding that it's being "driven" by an orangutan, they're convinced Allen Funt is hiding in the back somewhere and filming them for Candid Camera. | |
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Scare Chord | |
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Dr. Helsing is always accompanied by a Scare Chord when he appears. | |
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The Rival | |
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The Rival: Martin and Davis' characters to J.J. and Victor. They are the only duos that actively try to sabotage a competitor, and they only do it to each other. | |
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Door Judo | |
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Door Judo: Done for humor, a case of when the door isn't opened from the other side. When J.J. and company infiltrate the Pinto Ranch to rescue the Arab Oil Sheikh sponsor of the race and discover the room he's in, they decide to break the door down, which he, Victor and Fenderbaum begin charging at. Problem is, Blake accidentally pushes the door open just as the former trio run right through it, and thus end up running through the room into the far end with a bonk. | |
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Captain Ersatz | |
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Captain Ersatz: Played straight during the movie (Captain Chaos... later, "Captain USA!"), but subverted during the Closing Credits ("I always wanted to be Captain America!"). | |
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Impersonating an Officer | |
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Impersonating an Officer: Blake and Fenderbaum disguise themselves as cops (they still drive a Corvette, though). | |
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Extremely Short Timespan | |
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Extremely Short Timespan: The movie takes place over the course of about forty-eight hours between the opening chase and the end of the race. | |
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Saved by the Platform Below | |
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Saved by the Platform Below: Sammy Davis Jr does an Enter Stage Window to Dean Martin in a high rise hotel room. As his character is in the middle of trying to seduce a girl, he's not happy and shoves him out the window, only to be surprised when Sammy stands up unharmed (he's standing on a window washing platform). | |
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Accidental Pervert | |
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Accidental Pervert: Not really accidental, but J.J. takes revenge on Blake and Fenderbaum by telling a cop that they are a pair of flashers dressed as priests, because they think it's kinkier dressed as priests. This leads to Blake and Fenderbaum getting arrested. | |
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Car Meets House | |
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Car Meets House: Mad Dog and Batman park their truck in the lobby of the hotel in the first instance of their 'no brakes' Running Gag. | |
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Weaponized Headgear | |
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Weaponized Headgear: Shakey Finch uses his crash helmet to knock out one of the bikers during the big brawl. | |
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Hollywood Law | |
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Hollywood Law: Chief Spiro Edsel of the Fraternal Order of Police Chiefs (an organization that has no legal authority itself) would not have the authority to do any of things he does in the film. From the raid to shutting down all the highways in the country. The drivers that were arrested during the raid would've gotten bail—even with a hanging judge—and it's doubtful that any case against them would reach either the State or US Supreme Court since they hadn't actually committed a crime yet. If anything, they could sue the authorities for wrongful arrest and unlawful search and seizure—especially those who had nothing to do with the race. On the other hand, Chief Spiro and his assistant would find themselves in legal trouble for encouraging "unnecessary force" on two suspects, commandeering Vic's Jaguar and subsequently crashing it at Santa Monica peer and then walking away. Some of his rhetoric—"with total repression for those who deviate"—would not do him any favors in court or with the public either. | |
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Kung-Shui | |
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Kung-Shui: During the big fight, Captain Chaos pretty much totally demolishes an old shack: mostly by tossing bikers through the walls. | |
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Flipping the Bird | |
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Flipping the Bird: The orangutan chauffeur gives one to an old lady one when she waves to him. | |
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Superheroes Wear Capes: Victor dons a cape and mask when his 'Captain Chaos' alternate personality takes control. | |
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Hitchhiker's Leg | |
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Hitchhiker's Leg: The mobsters get The Sheik to stop his car so they can kidnap him by the simple expedient of having a showgirl open her blouse as he drives past. | |
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Actor Allusion | |
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Actor Allusion: Roger Moore plays an eccentric millionaire who thinks he's Roger Moore — which apparently involves behaving like James Bond. Amusingly enough, the car he participates in the race with is an Aston Martin DB5, which is more associated with Moore's predecessor in the role. "We could get a black Trans-Am. Nah, it's been done." Victor tells J.J. that it is a good thing they have a doctor on board in case someone gets "swamp fever". This is a reference to Smokey and the Bandit II where Dom De Luise played a doctor Burt Reynolds picks up. He was treating a patient for swamp fever. Additionally, both Victor and the doctor refer to someone named "Tessie" who's implied to be really large. Before the race, J.J. tells Victor, "Get me Dr. Kildare. Get me Dr. Livingston. Get me Dr. Frankenstein. Just get me a doctor!". The Doctor he finds is played by Jack Elam who played "Frank", the Frankenstein Monster in the short lived TV show, Struck By Lightning. Not to mention Peter Fonda as a Hells Angel. | |
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Stutter Stop | |
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Stutter Stop: Singer Mel Tillis, playing Terry Bradshaw's partner in the race, actually has to sing some of his lines just to get them past his stutter. | |
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Trojan Ambulance | |
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Trojan Ambulance: After a chance comment from a paramedic about how you can "smoke through traffic like shot through a gun" in an ambulance, J.J. and Victor decide to use an ambulance as their vehicle for the race, with them dressed as paramedics, an extremely dubious doctor, and a bystander they abduct as the 'patient'. | |
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Noodle Incident | |
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Noodle Incident: The story of how Victor found Van Helsing. | |
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Forgot to Mind Their Head: This happens twice, both times with the characters working on an engine and hitting their heads on the hood. First, it happens to J.J. when Victor mentions..."Him". Later, it happens to Victor when Blake taps him on the back. | |
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Thoroughly Mistaken Identity: One of Seymour's girls thinks he's George Hamilton. | |
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Every Car Is a Pinto | |
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Every Car Is a Pinto: When a van runs into a parked car at about 5 MPH, the van explodes in a huge fireball. And falls off a bridge, for good measure. | |
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Actionized Sequel: The film climaxes in a big brawl between the Cannonballers and the mobsters. | |
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Bluffing the Authorities | |
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Bluffing the Authorities: J.J. and Victor masquerade as a pair of army men transporting contaminated material from a nuclear meltdown to Connecticut. They fail to convince the police officer who pulls them over and he decides to phone them in. The actresses dressed as nuns make him change his mind. | |
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You Do NOT Want to Know | |
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You Do Not Want To Know: More like I Do Not Want To Know: J.J. explicitly forbids Victor from ever telling him where he found the revolting physician he recruits to "staff" their pseudo-ambulance. Several times. | |
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Butt-Monkey | |
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Batman gets fed up with the cars backed up in the hotel parking lot and decides to park in the hotel lobby, almost running over Foyt in the process. | |
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Quirky Doctor | |
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Quirky Doctor: J.J. and Victor enter the race with an ambulance and hire a doctor to give them some legitimacy, but they're forced to find a new one at the last minute when the last one gets sick. note We never see the old one. Victor's replacement is Dr. Nicholas Van Helsing who has a spooky air about him (he's played by Jack Elam) complete with a Scare Chord whenever he appears. He also has a tendency to drink whatever is in his hypodermic needle and once takes Pamela's pulse by listening to her watch. However, he is a knowledgeable doctor and is able to talk a pair of cops out of giving them a ticket. | |
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Dudley Do-Right Stops to Help | |
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Dudley Do-Right Stops to Help: Costs McClure's team the race, when Captain Chaos turns away from the finish line to help rescue a random bystander's "baby"(pet dog) from drowning. Lampshaded. | |
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Faking Engine Trouble | |
| The Cannonball Run / int_5290d19e | comment |
Faking Engine Trouble: Mad Dog and Batman tell a motorcycle cop that their brakes have failed so he will clear a path for them and they don't have to slow down. A few seconds later, they discover their brakes actually have failed as they are speeding towards a railway crossing with a train on it. | |
| The Cannonball Run / int_5290d19e | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Cannonball Run / int_5290d19e | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Cannonball Run | hasFeature |
The Cannonball Run / int_5290d19e | |
| The Cannonball Run / int_5327b609 | type |
Badass Driver | |
| The Cannonball Run / int_5327b609 | comment |
First, after trying to embarrass him in front of Tiffany, Leo asks Charlie to park his car. So, he does...well above the speed limit. Fortunately for Leo, Charlie is such a Badass Driver that he returns the car to the entrance unscathed. | |
| The Cannonball Run / int_5327b609 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Cannonball Run / int_5327b609 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Cannonball Run | hasFeature |
The Cannonball Run / int_5327b609 | |
| The Cannonball Run / int_5473668f | type |
Logo Joke | |
| The Cannonball Run / int_5473668f | comment |
Logo Joke: The 20th Century Fox fanfare is interrupted by an animated car chase that knocks out the trademark searchlights. | |
| The Cannonball Run / int_5473668f | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Cannonball Run / int_5473668f | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Cannonball Run | hasFeature |
The Cannonball Run / int_5473668f | |
| The Cannonball Run / int_55be8fcb | type |
Oil Slick | |
| The Cannonball Run / int_55be8fcb | comment |
Oil Slick: Used by Jackie Chan and Richard Kiel's character, but subverted such that they used it after going underwater as a means of playing dead (after releasing debris). | |
| The Cannonball Run / int_55be8fcb | featureApplicability |
-0.3 | |
| The Cannonball Run / int_55be8fcb | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Cannonball Run | hasFeature |
The Cannonball Run / int_55be8fcb | |
| The Cannonball Run / int_561dab6b | type |
Mistaken for Gay | |
| The Cannonball Run / int_561dab6b | comment |
Mistaken for Gay: The French airplane passenger whose accent turns a simple offer of food ("You would like my peanuts?") into a risque proposition ("You would like my penis?") | |
| The Cannonball Run / int_561dab6b | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Cannonball Run / int_561dab6b | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Cannonball Run | hasFeature |
The Cannonball Run / int_561dab6b | |
| The Cannonball Run / int_5c0a51f7 | type |
||
| The Cannonball Run / int_5c0a51f7 | comment |
"Bang!" Flag Gun: Seymour Goldfarb pulls this prank on his mother. | |
| The Cannonball Run / int_5c0a51f7 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Cannonball Run / int_5c0a51f7 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Cannonball Run | hasFeature |
The Cannonball Run / int_5c0a51f7 | |
| The Cannonball Run / int_5e111c91 | type |
Uncle Pennybags | |
| The Cannonball Run / int_5e111c91 | comment |
Uncle Pennybags: In contrast to his Jerkass behavior in the first film, the Sheikh is quite generous with his money beyond the point of just showing off. He gives complete strangers enough money to buy a clothing store just because he thinks their clothes are shabby, offers a large prize for the winner, doubles it without needing to, and gives a business partner who is millions in debt twice what the man owes a Loan Shark so his new friend can have extra "petty cash". | |
| The Cannonball Run / int_5e111c91 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Cannonball Run / int_5e111c91 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Cannonball Run | hasFeature |
The Cannonball Run / int_5e111c91 | |
| The Cannonball Run / int_5f54a67b | type |
Enter Stage Window | |
| The Cannonball Run / int_5f54a67b | comment |
Enter Stage Window: Fenderbaum does this to Blake in a high rise hotel room. As his character is in the middle of trying to seduce a girl, he's not happy and shoves him out the window, only to be surprised when Sammy stands up unharmed (he's standing on a window washing platform). | |
| The Cannonball Run / int_5f54a67b | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Cannonball Run / int_5f54a67b | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Cannonball Run | hasFeature |
The Cannonball Run / int_5f54a67b | |
| The Cannonball Run / int_6293c185 | type |
Sequel Hook | |
| The Cannonball Run / int_6293c185 | comment |
Sequel Hook: The ending reveals that The Sheik has lost the race again and has commissioned another to start the following day. Speed Zone doesn't actually take place the following day, but does establish The Sheik as a member of the previous year's winning team. | |
| The Cannonball Run / int_6293c185 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Cannonball Run / int_6293c185 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Cannonball Run | hasFeature |
The Cannonball Run / int_6293c185 | |
| The Cannonball Run / int_6319dea1 | type |
Ejection Seat | |
| The Cannonball Run / int_6319dea1 | comment |
Ejection Seat: A Running Gag involves Seymour telling his current companion not to touch the cigarette lighter as it will trigger the ejection seat. At the end of the race, he gives Foyt a cigar and invites him to use the lighter in his car. When nothing happens, he goes to car and asks Foyt how he lit the cigar. Foyt says with the lighter, and flicks it twice. Nothing happens. Seymour flicks the lighter and is promptly ejected from the car. | |
| The Cannonball Run / int_6319dea1 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Cannonball Run / int_6319dea1 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Cannonball Run | hasFeature |
The Cannonball Run / int_6319dea1 | |
| The Cannonball Run / int_659235a4 | type |
Train Escape | |
| The Cannonball Run / int_659235a4 | comment |
Train Escape: Mad Dog and Batman escape a police bike by jumping over a train (somewhat unintentionally). | |
| The Cannonball Run / int_659235a4 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Cannonball Run / int_659235a4 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Cannonball Run | hasFeature |
The Cannonball Run / int_659235a4 | |
| The Cannonball Run / int_66755d29 | type |
Author Avatar | |
| The Cannonball Run / int_66755d29 | comment |
Author Avatar: Technically, J.J. and Victor, the Transcon Medi-Vac drivers played by Burt Reynolds and Dom DeLuise, represent Hal Needham (director, pilot of the real-life Transcon Medi-Vac) and Brock Yates (Cannonball Run inventor, script author, co-pilot of the real-life Transcon Medi-Vac). | |
| The Cannonball Run / int_66755d29 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Cannonball Run / int_66755d29 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Cannonball Run | hasFeature |
The Cannonball Run / int_66755d29 | |
| The Cannonball Run / int_6b353f78 | type |
Only Known by Initials | |
| The Cannonball Run / int_6b353f78 | comment |
Only Known by Initials: J.J. McClure. Everybody calls him J.J., including his Heterosexual Life-Partner and his Love Interest. | |
| The Cannonball Run / int_6b353f78 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Cannonball Run / int_6b353f78 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Cannonball Run | hasFeature |
The Cannonball Run / int_6b353f78 | |
| The Cannonball Run / int_6f9da277 | type |
A Foggy Day in London Town | |
| The Cannonball Run / int_6f9da277 | comment |
A Foggy Day in London Town: Seymour Goldfarb (Roger Moore) says this when his car starts filling up with smoke after using the smoke screen and oil slick to get the pursuing police cars off his tail. | |
| The Cannonball Run / int_6f9da277 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Cannonball Run / int_6f9da277 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Cannonball Run | hasFeature |
The Cannonball Run / int_6f9da277 | |
| The Cannonball Run / int_6fc21d06 | type |
Fiction 500 | |
| The Cannonball Run / int_6fc21d06 | comment |
Fiction 500: The Sheik is so rich thanks to his oil that he can easily buy his way out of almost anything. At one point he's making a phone call to buy the supercarrier USS Nimitz because he wants to land his 747 on it, and Don Don's 9 million dollar debt is easily solved by asking him after the sheik bought his ranch which now makes them partners, with him doubling his request to 18 million dollars just so that he'll have some "spending money". | |
| The Cannonball Run / int_6fc21d06 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Cannonball Run / int_6fc21d06 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Cannonball Run | hasFeature |
The Cannonball Run / int_6fc21d06 | |
| The Cannonball Run / int_7104ae6a | type |
Wrench Whack | |
| The Cannonball Run / int_7104ae6a | comment |
Wrench Whack: In the brawl with the bikers, J.J. punches a huge biker in the face several times to no effect in a Punch! Punch! Punch! Uh Oh... moment. The biker mockingly points to the other side of his jaw and suggests J.J. try there. J.J. says "Thanks" and immediately smacks the biker across the face with a spanner. | |
| The Cannonball Run / int_7104ae6a | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Cannonball Run / int_7104ae6a | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Cannonball Run | hasFeature |
The Cannonball Run / int_7104ae6a | |
| The Cannonball Run / int_7130202a | type |
Jewish Mother | |
| The Cannonball Run / int_7130202a | comment |
Jewish Mother: Seymour's mother, who despairs that her son is running around pretending to be "some goy movie star named Roger Moore". | |
| The Cannonball Run / int_7130202a | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Cannonball Run / int_7130202a | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Cannonball Run | hasFeature |
The Cannonball Run / int_7130202a | |
| The Cannonball Run / int_714342fb | type |
Erotic Eating | |
| The Cannonball Run / int_714342fb | comment |
Erotic Eating: When J.J. and Victor are trying to persuade Marcie and Jill to be a patient in the ambulance, Jill pops a cherry on a toothpick into her mouth and sucks on it suggestively. | |
| The Cannonball Run / int_714342fb | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Cannonball Run / int_714342fb | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Cannonball Run | hasFeature |
The Cannonball Run / int_714342fb | |
| The Cannonball Run / int_728298ef | type |
Vandalism Backfire | |
| The Cannonball Run / int_728298ef | comment |
Vandalism Backfire: Vic and Alec come upon the Lamborghini they raced a few scenes earlier at a convenience store. They spy on Flash and Valentino buying supplies, then plot revenge. Vic acts by ripping apart the Lamborghini with his hands. He's caused quite a bit of damage by the time Flash and Valentino leave the store. While Vic and Alec hide and watch, Flash and Valentino walk behind a row of cars, get into their actual Lamborghini, and drive off. Just after Vic and Alec realize what they've done, Michael Spinks (a well-known boxer) walks out of the store. | |
| The Cannonball Run / int_728298ef | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Cannonball Run / int_728298ef | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Cannonball Run | hasFeature |
The Cannonball Run / int_728298ef | |
| The Cannonball Run / int_7315fd38 | type |
Covers Always Lie | |
| The Cannonball Run / int_7315fd38 | comment |
Covers Always Lie: The Lamborghini Countach in the film is black, but appears red on the movie's poster. | |
| The Cannonball Run / int_7315fd38 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Cannonball Run / int_7315fd38 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Cannonball Run | hasFeature |
The Cannonball Run / int_7315fd38 | |
| The Cannonball Run / int_74a08ab1 | type |
Sky Heist | |
| The Cannonball Run / int_74a08ab1 | comment |
Sky Heist: Attempted. One of Tony's and Caesar's attempts to kidnap the Sheik involves using a helicopter with a magnet on the bottom to pick up his Rolls-Royce. After they make contact, they're unable to pick up the car. (Apparently, the helicopter isn't strong enough.) They're still trying to figure out what's wrong when they enter a tunnel and get knocked off the car's roof. The Sheik never notices something is amiss beyond an odd noise. | |
| The Cannonball Run / int_74a08ab1 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Cannonball Run / int_74a08ab1 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Cannonball Run | hasFeature |
The Cannonball Run / int_74a08ab1 | |
| The Cannonball Run / int_7b8b3def | type |
Celebrity Paradox | |
| The Cannonball Run / int_7b8b3def | comment |
Celebrity Paradox: Seymour Goldfarb's "hat"; he perpetually refers to himself as Roger Moore (implying a possible Napoleon Delusion), and his gimmicks are pure recycled James Bond. And even so, someone still mistakes him for George Hamilton! | |
| The Cannonball Run / int_7b8b3def | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Cannonball Run / int_7b8b3def | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Cannonball Run | hasFeature |
The Cannonball Run / int_7b8b3def | |
| The Cannonball Run / int_7d0b02c9 | type |
Ramprovisation | |
| The Cannonball Run / int_7d0b02c9 | comment |
Ramp-rovisation: Mad Dog and Batman use a conveniently placed trailer to jump over a train after the brakes in their truck fail. | |
| The Cannonball Run / int_7d0b02c9 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Cannonball Run / int_7d0b02c9 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Cannonball Run | hasFeature |
The Cannonball Run / int_7d0b02c9 | |
| The Cannonball Run / int_7eebe99c | type |
The Alcoholic | |
| The Cannonball Run / int_7eebe99c | comment |
The Alcoholic: Jimmy Blake (played by Dean Martin). The race organizer describes him as being more juiced-up than his Ferrari. Blake's partner, Morris Fenderbaum (Sammy Davis, Jr.), greatly enjoys his liquor as well, demonstrated by him downing Blake's drink when he's asked to "hold it". Several other racers, including Terry (Terry Bradshaw), Mel (Mel Tillis), The Sheik (Jamie Faar) and others are depicted drinking quite freely whilst driving. | |
| The Cannonball Run / int_7eebe99c | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Cannonball Run / int_7eebe99c | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Cannonball Run | hasFeature |
The Cannonball Run / int_7eebe99c | |
| The Cannonball Run / int_7f9b12a6 | type |
Chairman of the Brawl | |
| The Cannonball Run / int_7f9b12a6 | comment |
Chairman of the Brawl: While visiting Don Don about the money he owes him, Hymie expresses his frustrations by smashing a chair on his bigger henchman. It happens again when comes to visit the second time. | |
| The Cannonball Run / int_7f9b12a6 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Cannonball Run / int_7f9b12a6 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Cannonball Run | hasFeature |
The Cannonball Run / int_7f9b12a6 | |
| The Cannonball Run / int_823769b7 | type |
Night-Vision Goggles | |
| The Cannonball Run / int_823769b7 | comment |
Night-Vision Goggles: Another fine product of Subaru that the Japanese team uses to help them avoid cops. | |
| The Cannonball Run / int_823769b7 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Cannonball Run / int_823769b7 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Cannonball Run | hasFeature |
The Cannonball Run / int_823769b7 | |
| The Cannonball Run / int_823ac765 | type |
Blind Alley | |
| The Cannonball Run / int_823ac765 | comment |
Blind Alley: The black Lamborghini does it during the opening chase sequence: backing down a turnoff on the highway, waiting for the police car to go past, and then driving out to come up behind it again. | |
| The Cannonball Run / int_823ac765 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Cannonball Run / int_823ac765 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Cannonball Run | hasFeature |
The Cannonball Run / int_823ac765 | |
| The Cannonball Run / int_83a55c8e | type |
Napoleon Delusion | |
| The Cannonball Run / int_83a55c8e | comment |
Napoleon Delusion: Seymour Goldfarb, Jr. thinks that he is Roger Moore. | |
| The Cannonball Run / int_83a55c8e | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Cannonball Run / int_83a55c8e | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Cannonball Run | hasFeature |
The Cannonball Run / int_83a55c8e | |
| The Cannonball Run / int_863fa679 | type |
What Happened to the Mouse? | |
| The Cannonball Run / int_863fa679 | comment |
What Happened to the Mouse?: The race start was all about punching the card for the official race timing. But at the end, it's all about who gets to the finish line first. | |
| The Cannonball Run / int_863fa679 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Cannonball Run / int_863fa679 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Cannonball Run | hasFeature |
The Cannonball Run / int_863fa679 | |
| The Cannonball Run / int_870bbf64 | type |
Show, Don't Tell | |
| The Cannonball Run / int_870bbf64 | comment |
Show, Don't Tell: Averted with the race's conclusion. We only see the finish line when the last team finally shows up. We don't even see who wins until the last second before the credits. It's Mel, Terry, and the chimp. | |
| The Cannonball Run / int_870bbf64 | featureApplicability |
-1.0 | |
| The Cannonball Run / int_870bbf64 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Cannonball Run | hasFeature |
The Cannonball Run / int_870bbf64 | |
| The Cannonball Run / int_87738d17 | type |
Blind Driving | |
| The Cannonball Run / int_87738d17 | comment |
Blind Driving: The stock car shows up at the hotel with its hood flipped over its windshield. | |
| The Cannonball Run / int_87738d17 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Cannonball Run / int_87738d17 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Cannonball Run | hasFeature |
The Cannonball Run / int_87738d17 | |
| The Cannonball Run / int_8a295a46 | type |
Cool Car | |
| The Cannonball Run / int_8a295a46 | comment |
Cool Car: Several, for various values of "cool". Such as the Lamborghini Countach. | |
| The Cannonball Run / int_8a295a46 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Cannonball Run / int_8a295a46 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Cannonball Run | hasFeature |
The Cannonball Run / int_8a295a46 | |
| The Cannonball Run / int_8cd3d091 | type |
Repetitive Name | |
| The Cannonball Run / int_8cd3d091 | comment |
Repetitive Name: | |
| The Cannonball Run / int_8cd3d091 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Cannonball Run / int_8cd3d091 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Cannonball Run | hasFeature |
The Cannonball Run / int_8cd3d091 | |
| The Cannonball Run / int_8d6bb79b | type |
The Good Captain | |
| The Cannonball Run / int_8d6bb79b | comment |
The Good Captain: Victor's superhero alter ego Captain Chaos, oddly enough. | |
| The Cannonball Run / int_8d6bb79b | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Cannonball Run / int_8d6bb79b | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Cannonball Run | hasFeature |
The Cannonball Run / int_8d6bb79b | |
| The Cannonball Run / int_90631787 | type |
Vehicle-Based Characterization | |
| The Cannonball Run / int_90631787 | comment |
Vehicle-Based Characterization: JJ McClure drives a Dodge Tradesman ambulance fitted with an upscaled engine. He's a charmingly devious fellow, seeking to thwart police by claiming to be transporting a patient cross-country. Formula One icon Jamie Blake and his teammate Morris Fenderbaum, also charmingly devious, dress as Catholic priests while driving a 1979 Ferrari 308 GTS, on the theory that law enforcement won't ticket or arrest the clergy. Jill Rivers and Marcie Thatcher, two attractive vixens in skintight jumpsuits, race in a black Lamborghini Countach. Fast women, indeed. The two unnamed Asian drivers race in a high-tech Subaru GL 4WD hatchback with a rocket booster engine and night vision viewscreen, representative of their being Asian and Nerdy. They plan to whizz past law enforcement by running without headlights at night, and with radar-jammers. Terry and Mel, two Good Ol' Boys, drive a replica of a Winston Cup Chevrolet stock car, filled with gallons of beer and two bags of Doritos. Seymour Goldfarb (played by Roger Moore) is a rich British playboy who drives a silver Aston Martin DB5. And it has the Q-class extras that are de rigeur for a Bond car. A wealthy Arab Oil Sheikh drives a white Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow with gold trim. He doesn't need the prize money; he's in the race because "I am destined..." | |
| The Cannonball Run / int_90631787 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Cannonball Run / int_90631787 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Cannonball Run | hasFeature |
The Cannonball Run / int_90631787 | |
| The Cannonball Run / int_91262aaa | type |
Racing the Train | |
| The Cannonball Run / int_91262aaa | comment |
Racing the Train: There's a scene where John Candy's character tries to cross some railroad tracks, but is forced to stop before the train arrives. Then the police chasing him show up and he races the train in reverse in an attempt to beat it. When he gets to the second crossing, he just makes it. | |
| The Cannonball Run / int_91262aaa | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Cannonball Run / int_91262aaa | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Cannonball Run | hasFeature |
The Cannonball Run / int_91262aaa | |
| The Cannonball Run / int_950329d8 | type |
Dynamic Entry | |
| The Cannonball Run / int_950329d8 | comment |
Dynamic Entry: A variant happens during the big fight scene, Captain Chaos leaps from a high area down to a bunch of mooks crushing them under his weight and knocking most of them out cold. | |
| The Cannonball Run / int_950329d8 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Cannonball Run / int_950329d8 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Cannonball Run | hasFeature |
The Cannonball Run / int_950329d8 | |
| The Cannonball Run / int_98576799 | type |
Throw the Dog a Bone | |
| The Cannonball Run / int_98576799 | comment |
Throw the Dog a Bone: After Foyt spends the movie being a well-meaning but somewhat grating constant Butt-Monkey, he catches a break in his final scene when he avoids being subjected to a Ejection Seat prank that instead gets the prankster. | |
| The Cannonball Run / int_98576799 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Cannonball Run / int_98576799 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Cannonball Run | hasFeature |
The Cannonball Run / int_98576799 | |
| The Cannonball Run / int_9a5eca2e | type |
Mob Debt | |
| The Cannonball Run / int_9a5eca2e | comment |
Mob Debt: In the second movie, Blake and Fenderbaum owe money to Don Don, who himself owes money to Himey. The gangsters working for Don Don target the Sheik for kidnapping after trying to get the money owed by Blake and Fenderbaum and meeting the Sheik. | |
| The Cannonball Run / int_9a5eca2e | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Cannonball Run / int_9a5eca2e | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Cannonball Run | hasFeature |
The Cannonball Run / int_9a5eca2e | |
| The Cannonball Run / int_9bb0dcc5 | type |
Saving the Orphanage | |
| The Cannonball Run / int_9bb0dcc5 | comment |
Saving the Orphanage: Discussed. Charlie and Tiffany play a guessing game where one thinks up a celebrity and the other has to guess. It's Tiffany's turn. | |
| The Cannonball Run / int_9bb0dcc5 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Cannonball Run / int_9bb0dcc5 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Cannonball Run | hasFeature |
The Cannonball Run / int_9bb0dcc5 | |
| The Cannonball Run / int_9f6fb586 | type |
Leitmotif | |
| The Cannonball Run / int_9f6fb586 | comment |
Leitmotif: The sheik has a regal tune with a middle eastern scale. The creepy doctor has a motif that sounds like it belongs in a Frankenstein film. | |
| The Cannonball Run / int_9f6fb586 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Cannonball Run / int_9f6fb586 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Cannonball Run | hasFeature |
The Cannonball Run / int_9f6fb586 | |
| The Cannonball Run / int_a07afea2 | type |
Random Events Plot | |
| The Cannonball Run / int_a07afea2 | comment |
Random Events Plot: Next time you watch this movie or others like it (Gumball Rally, Speed Zone), compare the number of scenes that are about an illegal, cross-country road race with the number of scenes that just happen to take place during one. | |
| The Cannonball Run / int_a07afea2 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Cannonball Run / int_a07afea2 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Cannonball Run | hasFeature |
The Cannonball Run / int_a07afea2 | |
| The Cannonball Run / int_a3babc56 | type |
Lovely Angels | |
| The Cannonball Run / int_a3babc56 | comment |
Falls flat on its face when the Lovely Angels are pulled over by a WPC - Ignore the Fanservice is invoked instead. | |
| The Cannonball Run / int_a3babc56 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Cannonball Run / int_a3babc56 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Cannonball Run | hasFeature |
The Cannonball Run / int_a3babc56 | |
| The Cannonball Run / int_a77e19fc | type |
YouKnowTooMuch | |
| The Cannonball Run / int_a77e19fc | comment |
You Know Too Much: Seymour says this trope word for word when his mother reveals that she found his gun. He takes up the gun and threatens to shoot her. He does, but it's a toy gun. | |
| The Cannonball Run / int_a77e19fc | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Cannonball Run / int_a77e19fc | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Cannonball Run | hasFeature |
The Cannonball Run / int_a77e19fc | |
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Christianity Is Catholic | |
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Christianity is Catholic: Dean Martin and Sammy Davis, Jr. dress as Catholic priests to try to fool their way through roadblocks. It doesn't help when they are trying to pick a couple of other racers. Adrienne Barbeau's character quips, "Sorry Father, that hasn't been allowed for almost 2000 years!" Martin yells to Davis, "Next time, METHODISTS, METHOOODIIISTS!!" | |
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The Cannonball Run / int_a8a5e4ed | |
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Can't See a Damn Thing | |
| The Cannonball Run / int_aa6e7e79 | comment |
Can't See a Damn Thing: Mel and Terry drive into a hotel parking lot at high speed when their hood flies open and obscures their windscreen. One of them says "I can't see shit! Can you?" just before they drive into the swimming pool. | |
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The Cannonball Run / int_aa6e7e79 | |
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Ambulance Cut | |
| The Cannonball Run / int_aa71716b | comment |
Ambulance Cut: After J.J. waves to some women while driving a motorboat, Victor tries to warn him about another boat ahead of them. After the trope plays, they get the idea to use an ambulance in the race. | |
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The Cannonball Run / int_aa71716b | |
| The Cannonball Run / int_aaece264 | type |
Rousing Speech | |
| The Cannonball Run / int_aaece264 | comment |
Rousing Speech: The film shows that rousing speeches can be funny: | |
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The Cannonball Run / int_aaece264 | |
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Intelligible Unintelligible | |
| The Cannonball Run / int_abbda0ea | comment |
Intelligible Unintelligible: The Cannonballers are shown to perfectly understand what Jackie is saying, even though he only speaks in Mandarin. | |
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The Cannonball Run / int_abbda0ea | |
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Driving into a Truck | |
| The Cannonball Run / int_aec88ae0 | comment |
Driving into a Truck: The driver of the Countach calls for help to a trucker hauling a empty car carrier when being pursued by a state cop. The trucker agrees. With some fancy driving the speeder loses the cop by driving aboard the car carrier... or so he thinks. The driver unexpectedly gets a tap on his window, and the cop is there asking him for his license and registration. (Its implied that the cop has driven aboard the car carrier also.) The driver gets out of the ticket because the truck hasn't stopped, and they all cross a state line, so the cop is now out of his jurisdiction. | |
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The Cannonball Run / int_aec88ae0 | |
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Clip Its Wings | |
| The Cannonball Run / int_aecacbd5 | comment |
Clip Its Wings: This happens to a commuter plane the Van Sloans are using to get to Los Angeles before the other racers. Due to a very ill-conceived hijacking attempt, the plane ends up on the highway and shears its wings off after going under an overpass. The Van Sloans' solution: have the pilot "drive" the plane to L.A. | |
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The Cannonball Run / int_aecacbd5 | |
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Offscreen Crash | |
| The Cannonball Run / int_b1961af1 | comment |
Offscreen Crash: When the Sheik flings the telephone handset back inside the car, there is a loud crash that sounds like metal plates being dropped. | |
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The Cannonball Run / int_b1961af1 | |
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Undiscriminating Addict | |
| The Cannonball Run / int_b1a20640 | comment |
Undiscriminating Addict: A borderline case occurs with Dr. Nicholas Van Helsing. He keeps injecting himself with a syringe whose contents are unknown (to the viewer). When The Alcoholic Jimmy Blake asks him if it's good to drink, Van Helsing replies "Dunno. Never tried" and immediately squirts the contents of the syringe into his mouth. | |
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The Cannonball Run / int_b1a20640 | |
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Epic Fail | |
| The Cannonball Run / int_b4eff8a8 | comment |
Epic Fail: Two of the Cannonball's entrants are flying to the finish line in a commuter jet, which is quickly hijacked. The hijacking is the Epic Fail in this case. First, the hijacker attempts to take over the plane before it takes off. Second, he fails to scare the passengers thoroughly since his announcement of their destination is met with requests for other places to be hijacked to. Third, the argument over a destination distracts him long enough for the crew to overpower him. Finally, the fight to subdue him distracts the crew long enough for the plane to roll out onto the highway and shear off its wings and tail by going under an overpass. | |
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The Cannonball Run / int_b4eff8a8 | |
| The Cannonball Run / int_b4f56c5b | type |
Epic Race | |
| The Cannonball Run / int_b4f56c5b | comment |
Epic Race: The race runs from somewhere in the northeast (the starting line isn't identified, but they do pass through New Jersey and the organizer says the finish is roughly three thousand miles away) to the Portofino Inn in Redondo Beach, California, just south of Los Angeles. | |
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The Cannonball Run / int_b4f56c5b | |
| The Cannonball Run / int_b63019a5 | type |
High-Heel–Face Turn | |
| The Cannonball Run / int_b63019a5 | comment |
High-Heel–Face Turn: The male members are thugs and/or potential rapists while the female member ends up leaving the brawl with Seymour and participating in the race's victory party. | |
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The Cannonball Run / int_b63019a5 | |
| The Cannonball Run / int_b8e8fa85 | type |
Military Alphabet | |
| The Cannonball Run / int_b8e8fa85 | comment |
Military Alphabet: The Obstructive Bureaucrat trying to stop the illegal road race is watching the contestants at the start gate and getting the woman with him to write down the license plate numbers. He confuses her by using this trope for the numbers (she keeps writing down the word in full until he explains what it means). | |
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The Cannonball Run / int_b8e8fa85 | |
| The Cannonball Run / int_b92a4cd9 | type |
Splitting Pants | |
| The Cannonball Run / int_b92a4cd9 | comment |
Splitting Pants: Jackie Chan's character suffers Defeat by Modesty when he splits his pants during a karate fight. | |
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The Cannonball Run / int_b92a4cd9 | |
| The Cannonball Run / int_b9fc31d3 | type |
Victoria's Secret Compartment | |
| The Cannonball Run / int_b9fc31d3 | comment |
Victoria's Secret Compartment: Catherine Bach's character plays it straight in the first sequel to persuade a tow truck driver to go with her team after she and her partner hijack his pickup. | |
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The Cannonball Run / int_b9fc31d3 | |
| The Cannonball Run / int_bf95c3d9 | type |
Hollywood CB | |
| The Cannonball Run / int_bf95c3d9 | comment |
Hollywood CB: Everybody in the race seems to have their CB radio tuned to the same frequency. Possibly the racers had agreed to a specific frequency before the race started, but also they have no trouble communicating with plenty of random truck drivers during the race. Relatively justified since in the CB heyday channel 19 was a de facto standard for truckers on the interstate; there were exceptions for specific routes but they were pretty well known. Maybe they simply stayed on 19, or changed to 19 when they wanted to talk to a trucker. | |
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The Cannonball Run / int_bf95c3d9 | |
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Getting Hot in Here | |
| The Cannonball Run / int_c0bdb663 | comment |
Getting Hot in Here: Charlie (John Candy) and Tiffany (Donna Dixon) are rammed by a vehicle that is pursuing them. This damages the car's cooling system and the engine starts overheating. Charlie cranks the car's heater up to full to pull heat off the engine while they escape. The interior heats up to the point where they both start stripping of their clothes: thereby providing both Fanservice and Fan Disservice in the one scene. | |
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The Cannonball Run / int_c0bdb663 | |
| The Cannonball Run / int_c53a8df | type |
"No Rules" Racing | |
| The Cannonball Run / int_c53a8df | comment |
"No Rules" Racing: Nobody's enforcing any rules on the Cannonballers. They can take any route they want, sabotage each other all they want, and use any vehicle they want - or no vehicle at all, as by the end, everyone's dashing to the finish line on foot. | |
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The Cannonball Run / int_c53a8df | |
| The Cannonball Run / int_c75df49a | type |
Shout-Out | |
| The Cannonball Run / int_c75df49a | comment |
Shout-Out: Don Canneloni liking prostitution echoes one of Hedley Lemarr's applicants liking rape. | |
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The Cannonball Run / int_c75df49a | |
| The Cannonball Run / int_c8a8c595 | type |
Retirony | |
| The Cannonball Run / int_c8a8c595 | comment |
Retirony: According to J.J, his father died two days before he was supposed to retire. | |
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The Cannonball Run / int_c8a8c595 | |
| The Cannonball Run / int_ca87e3ec | type |
No Name Given | |
| The Cannonball Run / int_ca87e3ec | comment |
No Name Given: The name of the cop who commandeers the Lamborghini and the first names of the Van Sloans are never revealed. According to the credits, the cop is named Flash (played by Art Hindle) and the Van Sloans' first names are Randolph (Tom Smothers) and Nelson (Dick Smothers). | |
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The Cannonball Run / int_ca87e3ec | |
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Punch! Punch! Punch! Uh Oh... | |
| The Cannonball Run / int_cd3a1755 | comment |
Punch! Punch! Punch! Uh Oh...: J.J. slams several punches into the jaw of a massive biker. The biker mockingly suggests "Why don't you try this side?", pointing to the other side of his jaw. J.J. replies "Thanks" and then slugs him with a wrench on the indicated side of the jaw, knocking the biker out. | |
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The Cannonball Run / int_cd3a1755 | |
| The Cannonball Run / int_cecce86 | type |
Feedback Rule | |
| The Cannonball Run / int_cecce86 | comment |
Feedback Rule: With a delay. When Mr. Foyt takes the stand at the Friends of Nature meeting, the microphone behaves itself, then it feeds back in the middle of his speech. | |
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The Cannonball Run / int_cecce86 | |
| The Cannonball Run / int_d129e13e | type |
"Eureka!" Moment | |
| The Cannonball Run / int_d129e13e | comment |
"Eureka!" Moment: J.J. and Victor debate what to drive in the race while driving around in a boat. They get into an accident and are taken to the hospital in an ambulance. J.J. asks the doctor how long it's going to take them to get to the hospital. The doctor explains that the ambulance can easily slip through traffic due to being an emergency vehicle. Guess what they end up driving in the race. | |
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The Cannonball Run / int_d129e13e | |
| The Cannonball Run / int_d8979db6 | type |
Dr. Feelgood | |
| The Cannonball Run / int_d8979db6 | comment |
Dr. Feelgood: Dr. Nikolas van Helsing is the habit of injecting himself (and anyone else who asks for it) with the unspecified contents of a hypodermic he always carries, which causes him to get a blissful grin and then pass out. The good doctor was a proctologist, so he'd want his patients to be reeeeeeaaaaaalllly "relaxed". | |
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The Cannonball Run / int_d8979db6 | |
| The Cannonball Run / int_d92781d9 | type |
Backseat Changing Room | |
| The Cannonball Run / int_d92781d9 | comment |
Backseat Changing Room: JJ and Victor get distracted seeing the shadows thru the privacy screen of the "nuns" undressing in the backseat of their military limo, nearing going off the road multiple times. | |
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The Cannonball Run / int_d92781d9 | |
| The Cannonball Run / int_d99a228f | type |
Unusually Uninteresting Sight | |
| The Cannonball Run / int_d99a228f | comment |
Unusually Uninteresting Sight: The construction foreman who tells Jimmy Blake that the road is open is completely unfazed by: a) a massive brawl going on around him, and; b) the fact that someone he believes is a Catholic priest is punching a biker in the face. | |
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The Cannonball Run / int_d99a228f | |
| The Cannonball Run / int_d9e9ad7e | type |
The Cavalry | |
| The Cannonball Run / int_d9e9ad7e | comment |
The Cavalry: After The Sheik's rescuers are found out and surrounded by the mobsters at the Pinto Ranch, the rest of the Cannonballers arrive to help them out. | |
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The Cannonball Run / int_d9e9ad7e | |
| The Cannonball Run / int_dc020791 | type |
It's Been Done | |
| The Cannonball Run / int_dc020791 | comment |
It's Been Done: Played briefly as a joke (and Actor Allusion to Burt Reynolds) when J.J. and Victor are trying to come up with a vehicle for the race. | |
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The Cannonball Run / int_dc020791 | |
| The Cannonball Run / int_df41acb | type |
Casual Danger Dialogue | |
| The Cannonball Run / int_df41acb | comment |
Casual Danger Dialogue: Alec has a rather friendly conversation with Clyde...while he's being strangled by Vic. | |
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The Cannonball Run / int_df41acb | |
| The Cannonball Run / int_dfa40c1b | type |
Didn't See That Coming | |
| The Cannonball Run / int_dfa40c1b | comment |
Didn't See That Coming: Chief Edsel's plan is to block off every highway leading into Los Angeles and send all traffic down one route, then catch the racers when they get to a roadblock. However, he doesn't count on 1)a hijacker attempting to take over a plane before it takes off, 2)subduing the hijacker resulting in the plane's wings and tail getting sheared off, and 3)a wealthy passenger (also a racer) bribing the pilot to "drive" the plane to Los Angeles...only to crash into the roadblock and shove it out of the way. To be fair though, who could have seen that coming? Seriously, what are the odds that there would be two red Lamborghinis at the same place at the same time? Let alone that the owner of the other Lambo is Michael Spinks? | |
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The Cannonball Run / int_dfa40c1b | |
| The Cannonball Run / int_e0fb1d9f | type |
Bad Habits | |
| The Cannonball Run / int_e0fb1d9f | comment |
Bad Habits: Subverted. Two nuns convince J.J. and Victor they're the real things so they can ride with them although they have tendencies untypical of nuns. They are actually actresses who are playing nuns in a showing of The Sound of Music | |
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The Cannonball Run / int_e0fb1d9f | |
| The Cannonball Run / int_e18a3c59 | type |
Hilarious Outtakes | |
| The Cannonball Run / int_e18a3c59 | comment |
Hilarious Outtakes: Like with the previous film, the end credits are accompanied by these. | |
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The Cannonball Run / int_e18a3c59 | |
| The Cannonball Run / int_e2d457 | type |
The Ditz | |
| The Cannonball Run / int_e2d457 | comment |
The Ditz: Pamela. She likes trees, and has the attention span of a turnip. | |
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The Cannonball Run / int_e2d457 | |
| The Cannonball Run / int_e2d7b14c | type |
Made of Explodium | |
| The Cannonball Run / int_e2d7b14c | comment |
Made of Explodium: The grey van when Mr Foyt puts it in neutral, but send it crashing into a police car. | |
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The Cannonball Run / int_e2d7b14c | |
| The Cannonball Run / int_e2e80e71 | type |
Ass-Kicking Pose | |
| The Cannonball Run / int_e2e80e71 | comment |
Ass Kicking Pose: Subverted comically. During the Big Brawl scene, Roger Moore (essentially playing himself) squares off against one thug, adopts an Ass-Kicking Pose... and promptly gets his lights punched out. | |
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The Cannonball Run / int_e2e80e71 | |
| The Cannonball Run / int_e313bcdc | type |
Ignore the Fanservice | |
| The Cannonball Run / int_e313bcdc | comment |
Ignore the Fanservice: What happens when the girls in the Lamborghini are stopped by a female trooper. | |
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The Cannonball Run / int_e313bcdc | |
| The Cannonball Run / int_e32c80d9 | type |
Going Commando | |
| The Cannonball Run / int_e32c80d9 | comment |
Going Commando: During an intimate conversation with Victor, Pamela says that if she had a cape, she'd want it to be pink, because almost everything she wears is pink. | |
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The Cannonball Run / int_e32c80d9 | |
| The Cannonball Run / int_e37f19 | type |
Disguised in Drag | |
| The Cannonball Run / int_e37f19 | comment |
Disguised in Drag: Victor, J.J. and Fenderbaum dress up as exotic dancers to get in to the ranch the race's kidnapped sponsor has been taken to. | |
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The Cannonball Run / int_e37f19 | |
| The Cannonball Run / int_e3c20140 | type |
As Long as It Sounds Foreign | |
| The Cannonball Run / int_e3c20140 | comment |
As Long as It Sounds Foreign: Hong Kong actors Jackie Chan and Michael Hui supposedly played Japanese characters. But when they weren't speaking English, they actually spoke to each other (throughout the film) in Hong Kong-dialect Chinese. Not that early-80s audiences would have noticed or even cared. | |
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The Cannonball Run / int_e3c20140 | |
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Very Loosely Based on a True Story | |
| The Cannonball Run / int_e4b69188 | comment |
Very Loosely Based on a True Story - many, many examples. Landing an airplane on a city street to buy beer? A famous stunt by Curtis Turner. Dressing up as priests? Actually happened (though they drove a Mercedes in real life). The fake ambulance? Actually used in a real Cannonball - by Hal Needham, no less.. They even used the same van in the film. | |
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The Cannonball Run / int_e4b69188 | |
| The Cannonball Run / int_e542d80a | type |
Gonk | |
| The Cannonball Run / int_e542d80a | comment |
Gonk: Jack Elam's Doctor Van Helsing, in all his wall-eyed Cloudcuckoolander weirdness. | |
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1.0 | |
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The Cannonball Run / int_e542d80a | |
| The Cannonball Run / int_e5fbedc6 | type |
Rivals Team Up | |
| The Cannonball Run / int_e5fbedc6 | comment |
Rivals Team Up: Everyone's looking out for themselves - until bikers start harassing Bradford and Shakey, and suddenly it's them and us. | |
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Accidental Truth | |
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Accidental Truth: Mad Dog and Batman tell a motorcycle cop that their brakes have failed. When they attempt to stop, they discover their brakes really have failed. | |
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Terry and Mel, two Good Ol' Boys, drive a replica of a Winston Cup Chevrolet stock car, filled with gallons of beer and two bags of Doritos. | |
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Screw the Rules, I'm Beautiful! | |
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Screw the Rules, I'm Beautiful!: The hat of one of the teams, a pair of be-jumpsuited Lovely Angels who rely on I Have Boobs, You Must Obey! to evade speeding tickets (or to get whatever else they need during the race). Falls flat on its face when the Lovely Angels are pulled over by a WPC - Ignore the Fanservice is invoked instead. | |
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All Bikers are Hells Angels | |
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All Bikers are Hells Angels: A bunch of bikers harass a family of Chinese-Americans selling produce alongside the highway. Jackie Chan shows up and politely asks them to stop. They decide to beat him up instead. Guess what happens next. | |
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Offhand Backhand | |
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Offhand Backhand: When Captain Chaos rescues the girls from the bikers in the shack during the big brawl, a final one comes up behind him as he is posing in the doorway, whom he disposes of with an extremely casual offhand backhand. | |
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Distracted by the Sexy | |
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Distracted by the Sexy: J.J. crashes his boat because he was distracted by bikini-clad women on another boat. | |
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Cosmic Deadline | |
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Cosmic Deadline: Particularly egregious in this film, as the end of the actual race is only shown in a Travel Montage after the big fight scene that serves as the movie's climax. | |
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Drives Like Crazy | |
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Drives Like Crazy: A few of the racers. Even though he doesn't do anything particularly crazy, dialogue between a pair of the Sheik's staff indicates that the Sheik has a habit of striking camels while he practices racing. Later, one of the men with him can be seen puking behind the car after the Sheik skids into the hotel parking lot. Batman gets fed up with the cars backed up in the hotel parking lot and decides to park in the hotel lobby, almost running over Foyt in the process. Batman's partner Mad Dog, when taking off from the hotel, decides to drive through the trees next to the hotel rather than use a road to get to the interstate. He later scares the hell out of Batman when the brakes give out, forcing them to jump a train rather than smash into it. Terry winds up in the hotel swimming pool because Mel can't give him directions fast enough through his stutter. Doesn't help that they were being chased by a cop at the time. It is also suggested that they drive drunk, dropping a load of empty beer cans after departing the hotel. | |
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Running Gag | |
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Running Gag: Every time Seymour appears, he is wearing a different tuxedo and is accompanied by a different girl. Pamela forgetting Foyt's name and being reminded by other people. Dr. Helsing is always accompanied by a Scare Chord when he appears. | |
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The Dog Bites Back | |
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The Dog Bites Back: Charlie does this twice to Leo. First, after trying to embarrass him in front of Tiffany, Leo asks Charlie to park his car. So, he does...well above the speed limit. Fortunately for Leo, Charlie is such a Badass Driver that he returns the car to the entrance unscathed. Again at the end, Leo continues to bully Charlie and starts to include Tiffany in his harsh treatment as well. Finally having had enough, Charlie grabs Leo and punches him out. Charlie's not the only dog who bites back, though. Valentino is forced into the race by his brother Donato threatening something bad. (We don't hear what it is, though.) After the race is over, Valentino calls up Donato and really lays into him, telling him he gave the Lamborghini to Flash, that Donato's wife sleeps with all the mechanics, and that he's staying in America. | |
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Asian and Nerdy | |
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The two unnamed Asian drivers race in a high-tech Subaru GL 4WD hatchback with a rocket booster engine and night vision viewscreen, representative of their being Asian and Nerdy. They plan to whizz past law enforcement by running without headlights at night, and with radar-jammers. | |
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Department of Redundancy Department: | |
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Captain Superhero | |
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Captain Superhero: Mild mannered mechanic Victor Prinzim becomes Captain Chaos! | |
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