Man, the sweet sound of that Lambo! Unmistakeable! 30 years after watching this movie, I got to drive a bright red Countach! It was all I dreamed it be lol
I first saw this movie with my dad in, of all places, the theater in Mammoth Lakes while on vacation. I have it on DVD.....just plain good, low-brow fun!
The Lambo really was a good looking car and way ahead of it's time. Back in the day, I thought they looked ridiculous, but they look just right 30 years later.
All I know is that Burt Reynolds was the hippest actor/ producer of his time and to see what the government, his ex wife and former associates did to tear him down shouldn't happen to a dog. He should be right up there with Robert Redford, Clint Eastwood and other big names who are now approaching the 8th decade of life.
Approaching their 8th decade? Clint just turned 88, Burt is 82 and in two months Robert will be 82. These men have BEEN in their 80's for some time now!
I moved to Wyoming NY just because Brock Yates lived there went up to cannonball run pub.Checked all the cool cars that used to show up there even seen burt you know who around a few times.Very very cool.Those were the days.RiP Brock.
Daveyboy _ all of the movies/shows/programs they each have been on???, you can't do that kinda things unless you were skilled and top rated🤔🤔🤔😁😁😁🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
A little trivia: the Lamborghini in thise scene was supposed to be used in the real cannonball race. After the last cannonball race in 1979, the owner and driver of the car showed it to Brock Yates, founder and creator of the illegal cannonball race. He said to Brock that was the car he intended to race with in the next cannonball. Brock realized how dangerous these races were getting and it would be murder to allow someone, an amatuer driver at that, to race cross country in that kind of car. So he thought to himself, "No you're not. Because I just ran my last cannonball." So while the car wasnt used in the race, it got to be in this movie.
Thank the makers, this is a movie like Blazing Saddles, that can NEVER be remade! If they ever tried, Hollyweird would really know "The Sound of Silence"!
pat paulson they'd also know how Frankensteins monster felt, when the fans of the original come chasing after them with torches and pitchforks for creating such an abomination🤔🤔🤔😁😁😁🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Walter; and just who do you think would be good for this remake, 'reminding you,' The remake would have almost an all woman cast, and any guy in it would be the butt of all the jokes, (so, of course, make sure he's a white guy) and there would be no common love of the race! It would revolve around black guys and girls getting over on white racist cops, and any other white guy! So, go pitch this idea with my blessing to your nearest producer and you can fight with him for any royalties you can get, you go girl! isn't being an American and having an opinion GREAT!
James Yearty not really a challenge but more of an....agreement amongst fans of the original movie. Just look how badly they fucked up other remakes of other movies. Like the hitcher, Friday the 13th. If they remade this one, bet dollars to donuts they'd fuck it up some how
The Lambo has been my dream car ever since I saw this movie when I was about 10 or 11 yrs of age. (Was disappointed recently though when I saw a video on how impractical it actually is to drive that awesome automobile.) :-(
Gunnar Krug -- How long have you owned and driven one? My concerns: (from what I saw in that video...) Is it really impossible to see out of that rear window? Any good use of those side-view mirrors? How do you manage to hang out of the car to back it up? --Do you really have to do that all the time!? Finally... Is your windshield wiper effective at all? --In the vid. I saw, it appeared to be completely useless! Any thoughts or answers to these curiosities of mine would truly be appreciated, my friend. Have a good day! :-)
Ahhh the 2 Lamborghini chicks!!!! Love in the second one when they actually get caught......by a woman. Hey their hotpants you got a driver's license tucked in there?? Lol
Was that nose wing a one off just for this movie? Never seen another Lambo sport anything similar. A white LP5000QV Countach still has to be my quintessential dream car as a kid growing up... would still love one today!
@@tommyt1971 Sorry. You just said "it". So I had to guess whether you were talking about the front wing or the U.S. spec bumper. They are two different things.
The cops trying to pull over the counter. Lol to me that kind of reminds me of guys finding a girl beautiful and trying to talk to her or pressuring her to date that guy. And she runs away from him LMFAO
Watching this reminds me of Need For Speed, Hot Pursuit 1 and 2. All stock, no NOS, no upgrades. Drive it like you stole it. Any new version of this movie would be a kiss ass failure if there's no big pot of gold at the end of the rainbow for the competition. A proper mix of high end cars and powerful sleepers. Last bit is the cast and the story. I won't say that I know how people think, but I would be disappointed if it ended up like the Fast and Furious movies. So nobody better rant at this if they can't voice some constructive criticism.
I think the most potent Trans Am's had around 350bhp in the 70's? I used to own a '67 Coronet 440ci with headers, cam and all the bits, that thing was not slow! But no trans am can touch a Lambo. Apparently the Burt Reynolds ambulance in this movie actually had a more powerful engine in it for real - maybe a 440? (375hp stock IIRC) wonder where that is now lol.
My cousin had an old newspaper article about the Columbus Ohio police having a countach high pursuit vehicle...can't remember if it was just for show or if they really used it. Anyways now I gotta find this on DVD!
Kristopher mathis. Heard tell back in the mid 70's Alabama State Patrol had 3 1968 AMX's as hi pursuit interceptors. Don't know if it's true just heard tell
My hometown had a viper police car (drug seizure) they used for highway pursuits. In the late 70-early 80s Pottstown had a 32 ford coupe hot rod to catch street racers.
Here's a funny story, as a kid my best friend's dad had a red lambo like this one. You couldn't see when you backed it up so he flipped the door up to back it in the garage and the car door hit the garage door and bent up his lambo and his house. Ouch! I felt bad for the guy but it's kind of funny now.
If everyone stamped their time card at the beginning, then why did the ending turn out as a "First one to the time clock...wins!" scenario? Cute ending though, but made no sense!!!!!
The one with David Carradine is good. When he jumps the unfinished overpass with that Mustang. Did they ever use Firebirds, or Trans Ams for highway patrol?
Most Highway Patrol/State Police agencies have used the Trans Am, Mustang (in various forms), Camaro and Corvette in the past. In my State (Florida) FHP used to use Mustangs and Camaros, and even had a Corvette back in the 1980's as an interceptor on the Florida turnpike and I-95.
Why can’t I find this movie on iTunes or any digital download?? Nobody has Cannonball Run one. “We’re just out out out looking for a pack a cigarettes”...
I heard about the possible remake, but Lord knows who they could use these days....Too many thin skin folks running things these days ... to make a good remake....right now. Maybe in a couple of years, post the daily demands for sensitivity training!! It would be awesome to see a new one though. Where is the next Hal Needham?
Well my first thought was Jackie Chan as he has the connection to the original film, director experience and his stunt work needs no introduction, but that idea seems a bit too neat and tidy for Hollywood i think!
