The Cannonball Run

Actors: Adrienne Barbeau, Terry Bradshaw, Jackie Chan, Bert Convy, Sammy Davis Jr.
Studio: Hbo Home Video
Category: DVD

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Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars 81 reviews
Sales Rank: 3068

Format: Anamorphic, Color, Dvd-video, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Subtitled)
Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
DVD Layers: 2
DVD Sides: 1
Picture Format: Anamorphic Widescreen
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 95 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.4 x 0.6

MPN: HBOD90609D
ISBN: 0783116969
UPC: 026359060922
EAN: 9780783116969
ASIN: B00004U28G

Theatrical Release Date: June 19, 1981
Release Date: June 5, 2001
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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2 out of 5 stars They Actually HAD a Script...?    October 27, 2008
The JuRK (Our Vast, Cultural Desert)
Cool concept, great cast, awesome movie poster...incredibly lame movie.

A lot of things could've been forgiven about THE CANNONBALL RUN if the movie had only been funny. But it's not. It's just an astounding waste of talent that ends with the amusing outtakes proving that the people who made the movie had a better time than the people who paid to see the movie.

A good friend of mine despised this movie because he said, "It's like watching a party I didn't get invited to." He took it a little too personally but you get the idea.

The shame is that I really love so many people in this: Burt Reynolds and Dom DeLuise look like they're having a blast, Farrah Fawcett, Addrienne Barbeau and much-too-brief Valerie Perrine never looked hotter, Roger Moore was spoofing 007 during the peak of his tenure as James Bond, and how cool to watch Rat Packers Dean Martin and Sammy Davis Jr. clowning as leering priests...if only the script could've risen to such a cast.

The stunt sequences by Hal Needham weren't even that impressive (one summer later would see the release of one fo the great car stunt movies, THE ROAD WARRIOR).

Overall, considering everything this movie had going for it, a big disappointment.


5 out of 5 stars Cannonball Run    February 11, 2008
Chimp mom (Italy)
I received this product quickly and it was just as promised. I like the movie, I have seen it before.


3 out of 5 stars Cannon Ball Run - Review    July 20, 2007
http://methodshop.com (Hoboken, NJ USA)
Burt Reynolds, Farrah Fawcett, Dom DeLuise, Peter Fonda, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr. and Jackie Chan are all entrants in an illegal cross-country car race, and all are willing to do anything to win. Chockablock with cool cars, fast driving, wacky hi-jinx and sexual innuendos, this crowd pleaser from former stuntman Hal Needham is based on an actual car race (which the director and writer both entered driving the ambulance seen in the film).


1 out of 5 stars The Cannonball Run    May 8, 2007
D. Thiel (Idaho)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful

I hadn't seen this movie in years. I had forgotten just how dumb it really is. I still had a few laughs, though.


5 out of 5 stars great movie    May 7, 2007
Jason Cloutier (USA)
as promised tvboxset delivered exactly what i was looking for, and i am very pleased with the purchase. long time shopper and will continue my business with u