Cannonball! (1976)

Calificación de los usuarios:

5.2/10   

Director:

Paul Bartel

Escritores:

Paul Bartel (writer)
Don Simpson (writer)

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

6 julio 1976 (USA)

Género:

Acción | Comedia | Crimen | Drama | Suspenso

Frase comercial:

The annual Trans-American outlaw road race - A cross country demolition derby without rules!

Plot:

Ex-con-turned-race car driver Coy "Cannonball" Buckman signs up for the annual Trans-American Grand Prix...

Plot Keywords:

Mafia | New York City | Road | Hitman | Carsploitation

Comentarios de los usuarios:

not a fan

Reparto

David Carradine	...	Coy 'Cannonball' Buckman
Bill McKinney	...	Cade Redman
Veronica Hamel	...	Linda Maxwell
Gerrit Graham	...	Perman Waters
Robert Carradine	...	Jim Crandell
Belinda Balaski	...	Maryann
Judy Canova	...	Sharma Capri
Archie Hahn	...	Zippo Friedman
Carl Gottlieb	...	Terry McMillan
Mary Woronov	...	Sandy Harris, Girl in the Van #1
Diane Lee Hart	...	Wendy, Girl in the Van #2
Glynn Rubin	...	Ginny, Girl in the Van #3
James Keach	...	Wolf Messer
Dick Miller	...	Bennie Buckman
Stanley Bennett Clay	...	Beutell (as Stanley Clay)

También conocida como:

Carquake (UK)

Duración:

Hong Kong:93 min | USA:93 min | Portugal:90 min (TV version)

País:

USA | Hong Kong

Idioma:

Inglés | Alemán

Color:

Color (Metrocolor)

Relación de Aspecto:

1.66 : 1

Sonido:

Mono

Clasificación:

Iceland:12 | Iceland:16 | West Germany:12 (TV version) | West Germany:18 (cinema release) | USA:R (original rating) | Australia:R | Finland:K-16 | Norway:16 | Sweden:15 | USA:PG | UK:12 | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:PG (Ontario)

Locaciones de Filmación:

Harbor Freeway, Los Angeles, California, USA

Compañía:

Cross Country

Trivialidades:

Both this film and "The Cannonball Run" (1981) were novelized by the same author, Michael Avallone.

Errores:

Continuidad: In the sequence where the girls in the van give the black guy in the Lincoln a spray of the fire extinguisher, the road they are on changes from a two-lane road to a four-lane highway between shots.

Citas:

[Jim and Maryann pull into a gas station around the same time the attendant walks out, then he and Jim open up the hood]
Desert Gas Station Attendant: Hello. What can I do for you?
Jim Crandell: I need a new fanbelt because this one's about had it.
Desert Gas Station Attendant: Oh, I'm sorry, Mister. I don't carry anything like that. You'll have to go to an auto supply place.
Jim Crandell: Well... Could I, at least, have a piece of tape to hold it together 'til we get there?
Desert Gas Station Attendant: [Begins to search his pockets] Well, sure. I can give you some tape. I don't know how long it'll hold though.
Maryann: Where's the nearest place we an get a fanbelt?
[...]

Conexiones de Película:

Referenced in Unleashing the Beast: Making 'The Howling' (2003) (V)

not a fan

One of Paul Bartel's more dreadful efforts -- definitely nowhere close to being in the same league with either "Eating Raoul" or "Death Race 2000." Granted it's typical of '70s "realistic"-appearing movies/TV shows, but the acting is by & large mediocre & the violence gratuitous. In addition, there is a lot of filler that is frankly inane & complements the plot line about as well as Ripple does Chateaubriand. About the best one can say for it is that David Carradine's & Veronica Hamel's performances are fairly good, & the explosion/crash FX are first-rate. Any of the iterations of "Cannonball Run" is superior to this, & that's based just on film merits & not starring casts. This travesty makes even "BJ & the Bear" look good. :(