The Gumball Rally
by Charles Bail
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Actor: Gary Busey, Michael Sarrazin, Raul JuliaDirector: Charles Bail
Brand: Warner Brothers
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown), Mono; French (Subtitled); English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); English (Original Language), Mono; French (Dubbed), Dolby Digital 1.0
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dubbed, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: Widescreen, 2.40:1
Running Time: 107 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2005-08-30
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Model: 70860
Studio: Warner Home Video
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- It's fast, funny, outrageously illegal - and the granddaddy of the cross-country speed spectacles that have raced across movie screens in the past two generations. Put your pedal to the metal for The Gumball Rally. New York City is the starting point and this supersonic contest ends 2,900 miles later in Los Angeles. In between, director Chuck Bail (coordinator of manyic movie stunt sequences) and
Movie Reviews of The Gumball Rally
Movie Review: The original coast to coast race movie.
Summary: 5 Stars
I remember seeing this first as a kid on TV then many, many times on tape. This film started my love for the 427 Shelby Cobra. From the beginning at the Warner Brothers intro to the end is non stop action. Minimal plot- that's all you need-get from NY to CA. No gotta get 50 cars or my brothere's dead or gotta deliver beer. Just all out racing with a classic collection of cars.
Even at the beginning with the Warner Brother's intro you get the unmistakable roar of a 427 Shelby Cobra starting up and going though the gears. I love to hear this over ond over with the volume blasted. Makes the house shake! It sends chills up my spine. And I beleive it's an original as you can see in one scene in the traffic on a CA highway the crumpled aluminum skin on the nose before they race in the riverway (like Gone in 60 Seconds with Nicholas Cage when he hits the "Go Baby Go" juice). No fiberglass here! The car action is steady thoughout the film. When I watch the afore mentioned Gone in 60 Seconds, I just watch the Chase with Eleanor and I'm done with the movie. This movie I can watch all the way through.
It's pure fun racing rivalry amoung friends. No one gets killed and minimal profanity and they all get together at the end for the reception, so I showed this to my 5 year old son who also loves cars. (Except I skipped the scenes with Raul Julia and his lady friends, no nudity but think he's too young.) I tried to show my son Cannonball (With James Carridine, NOT Cannonball Run with Burt Reynolds) and there was too much rivalry, fighting, and cursing. OK for me but not my son.
The collection of cars are great. If I remember, there's the 427 Shelby Cobra, Ferrari Daytona Spyder (ala Miami Vice, which was a kit car Corvette. This one I beleive is an original as you see shots of the Ferrari engine.), Porsche 911, Dodge ?Monaco? Police Interceptor, Camaro Z-28 (maybe a 1970?), Chevy van with a 200 gallon gas tank (no stops along the way), 1950's mercedes 300 convertible, Jaguar XKE (didn't run), Rolls Royce, early '70s Corvette convertible, and last but not least, Lapchick the mad hungarian on the Suzuki mototrcycle. I'm not sure if I left anything out. Don't think Jackie Chan in the Subaru with night vision would've fit with this group of cars!
The audio is great. I'm not talking the 1970's sound quality but more the opportunity to hear the cars. The exhaust is loud and audible. You're not just seeing cars zoom around with goofy music. Like I said, in the beginning you get the Cobra, in the middle you get a great clip of the Z-28 speeding on mountain roads as Gary Busey is trying to pee into a bottle because his co-driver won't pull over for a pit stop. The Ferrari sings it's tune beautifully as do the other cars.
A great, fun, original car movie. Light hearted, with a splash of rivalry. Definately recommended if you love cars.
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