All hell breaks loose on the highway
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| German title | All hell breaks loose on the highway |
| Original title | The Cannonball Run |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1981 |
| length | approx. 95 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 6 |
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| Director | Hal Needham |
| script | Brock Yates |
| production |
Raymond Chow , Albert S. Ruddy |
| music | Al Capps |
| camera | Michael Butler |
| cut | Donn Cambern |
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Hell is going on on the highway (Original title: The Cannonball Run ) is an American action comedy . It was produced in 1981 under the direction of former stuntman Hal Needham , who plays a small supporting role himself.
action
Every two years, a notorious illegal car race in the United States coast to coast , from Connecticut to California instead - the so-called Cannonball Run . Various illustrious drivers are trying to win the coveted trophy this time, among them the adventurer J. J. McClure with his crazy assistant Victor, who are on the way with an ambulance and the doctor Nikolas van Helsing so as not to be stopped by the police. Occasionally, Victor transforms into the hero Captain Chaos . Continue driving with the ex-racing driver and alcoholic Jamie Blake, who appears disguised as a priest with his passenger Fenderbaum. Or Seymour Goldfarb, who competes in James Bond style with his Aston Martin , as well as two crazy Japanese with their high-tech Subaru.
The teams fight for victory with various tricks, but after 3000 miles Marcie and Jill win with their Lamborghini because Victor prefers to save a poodle from drowning instead of sticking the card in the clock, which would have meant victory. McClure forgives his buddy because he just can't be mad at him. The drivers celebrate the end with a party. The following teams are shown in the plot:
- J. J. McClure ( Burt Reynolds ) and Victor Prinzim ( Dom DeLuise ) drive a Dodge Tradesman ambulance ,
- Jamie Blake ( Dean Martin ) and Morris Fenderbaum ( Sammy Davis Jr. ) dressed as Catholic priests drive a Ferrari 308 GTS ,
- Jill Rivers ( Tara Buckman ) and Marcie Thatcher ( Adrienne Barbeau ) with a Lamborghini Countach ,
- Jackie Chan and his engineer and navigator ( Michael Hui ) drive a Subaru GL ,
- Terry ( Bradshaw ) and Mel ( Tillis ) drive a street legal NASCAR Chevrolet Malibu racing car ,
- Seymour Goldfarb, Jr. ( Roger Moore ) drives a like a James Bond car equipped Aston Martin DB5 ,
- Sheikh Abdul ben Falafel ( Jamie Farr ) with a Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow .
Reviews
“Star-studded action film about a crazy race, which is told in a series of loosely connected episodes and offers the opportunity for some qualitatively different self-parodies and film quotations. Undemanding, joke-filled entertainment. "
“(...) slapstick, stars and smoking tires, frenzy as a cult. (Rating: 2 stars / average) "
“Loud car fun from Hal Needham, who was able to win a number of veritable stars for his potpourrie of car chases, stunts, lewd jokes and movie quotes: Led by Burt Reynolds, Farrah Fawcett, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr. and Peter Fonda are among the honors. However, Roger Moore is unsurpassable in a self-parody as a playboy who thinks he is Roger Moore, while Jackie Chan in a supporting role as a Japanese man with the edge of his hand is not yet completely convincing. "
Awards
- Farrah Fawcett was nominated for the Golden Raspberry for Worst Supporting Actress for her performance in Cannonball Run in 1982 .
- The film won the Golden Screen in 1985 .
Remarks
- The film was a huge commercial success. It grossed 205,633,900 US dollars (adjusted for inflation) worldwide and was ranked sixth among the most successful films of 1981.
- Showing the outtakes in the credits was a quirk of director Hal Needham. Jackie Chan liked this idea so much that he adopted it for his own films.
- In order to combat his fatigue, Jackie Chan watches the classic pornography Behind the Green Door while driving .
- The plot is very similar to that of the two 1976 films Cannonball and The Craziest Rally in the World
- There are various allusions to other film roles of the actor or the actual person. Roger Moore parodies his James Bond role, Peter Fonda his roles from Die wilden Engel and Easy Rider and Dean Martin his addiction to drinking.
synchronization
Rainer Brandt Filmproduktion Berlin was responsible for the German dubbing . Rainer Brandt wrote the dialogue book and directed the dialogue.
| role | actor | Voice actor |
|---|---|---|
| J. J. McClure | Burt Reynolds | Christian Brückner |
| Seymour Goldfarb, Jr. | Roger Moore | Lothar Blumhagen |
| Pamela Glover | Farrah Fawcett | Almut Eggert |
| Victor Prinzim / Captain Chaos | Dom DeLuise | Edgar Ott |
| Arthur J. Foyt | George Furth | Friedrich Schoenfelder |
| Jamie Blake | Dean Martin | Klaus Miedel |
| Morris fender tree | Sammy Davis Jr. | Jochen Schröder |
| Doctor Nikolas van Helsing | Jack Elam | Heinz-Theo branding |
| Terry | Terry Bradshaw | Heinz-Theo branding |
| Jackie Chan | Jackie Chan | Joachim Tennstedt |
Sequels
- 1984: All hell breaks loose on the highway
- 1989: Cannonball Fever - It's only really getting started on the highway (only a sequel after the German title)
Web links
- On the highway to hell is going on in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- On the highway to hell is going on at Rotten Tomatoes (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Movie Gazette Online - website: Blu-ray Review: The Cannonball Run. From: www.moviegazetteonline.com , accessed December 23, 2013 .
- ↑ Jalopnik - Internet site: Brock Yates' Full mph Column. From: jalopnik.com , accessed December 23, 2013 .
- ↑ All hell breaks loose on the highway. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .
- ^ Adolf Heinzlmeier, Berndt Schulz: Lexicon "Films on Television" (extended new edition). Rasch and Röhring, Hamburg 1990, ISBN 3-89136-392-3 , p. 56
- ↑ On the highway all hell is going on at kino.de
- ↑ Box office result of the film , boxofficemojo.com.
- ↑ German synchronous files