The Great Race

The Great Race
by Blake Edwards

The Great Race
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Actor: Jack Lemmon, Keenan Wynn, Natalie Wood, Peter Falk, Tony Curtis
Director: Blake Edwards
Brand: Warner Brothers
Cinematographer: Russell Harlan
Writer: Blake Edwards
Editor: Ralph E. Winters
Producer: Dick Crockett
Producer: Martin Jurow
Writer: Arthur A. Ross
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1; French (Original Language), Dolby Digital 1.0; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); Portuguese (Subtitled); Japanese (Subtitled); Georgian (Subtitled); Chinese (Subtitled); Thai (Subtitled)
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, NTSC, Subtitled
Picture Format: 2.35:1
Running Time: 160 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2002-06-04
Audience Rating: Unrated
Studio: Warner Home Video

Movie Reviews of The Great Race

Movie Review: Sound error fixed
Summary: 5 Stars

The Great Race
The sound sync error mentioned in earlier reviews here and elsewhere online were apparently fixed at some point. Specifically, the alternating cheers and boos for Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon during the opening credits are correctly placed on the copy I just received from Amazon.

Summary of The Great Race

Comedy about an early 20th century car race across three continents. Studio: Warner Home Video Release Date: 08/22/2006 Starring: Jack Lemmon Natalie Wood Run time: 150 minutes Rating: Nr Director: Blake Edwards
Director Blake Edwards, fresh from the success of the first two Pink Panther movies, indulged his love of classic slapstick comedy with this long free-for-all, which throws in everything but Laurel and Hardy's kitchen sink. The film reunites Some Like It Hot stars Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon, ably aided by a spunky Natalie Wood. The subject is a New-York-to-Paris auto race in the early years of the 20th century, pitting the Great Leslie (Curtis), a goody-goody dressed all in white--even his teeth sparkle--against the malevolent Professor Fate (Lemmon), whose coal-black heart is reflected in his handlebar mustache. He looks like a bill collector from a silent- movie melodrama. Lemmon does double duty, also playing the pampered, drunken king of a small European country, whose laugh sounds like the wail of a cat in heat. The film may be too long for its own good, and you really have to love Jack Lemmon to put up with his over-the-top performance, but it's side-splitting in spots. It's one of those movies, if seen in childhood, that stays in your mind for years afterward. Some of the bigger routines, such as a pie fight of epic proportions, don't work as well as the simple chemistry between the perpetually exasperated Professor Fate and his much-abused assistant, Max (a terrific Peter Falk). Push the button, Max. --Robert Horton

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