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• "The Great Race" - mikenyc 02:46:37 07/27/02 (1)
  In Reply to: Yippee! The Great race is out! posted by bubbahotep on July 26, 2002 at 11:27:10:

  I believe this is the road show version, as it has the overture, interemission, and "walk out" music over a card.

  The colors are vivid. Most entertaining, is the final pie-throwing scene, where the color tranfer is best demonstrated, to great effect, even if you don't like slapstick like this!

  The comedy is First Rate...especially Jack Lemmon and Peter Falk. Classic Blake Edwards. Supporting roles are faces you all recognize, and they never fail to deliver !

  The recent "Rat Race" rip off contrasts as sub-par, and forced, compared with the genuine charm of the actors here. Remember, when it was a joy to actually, be charmed and captivated by an actor, rather than having forced characterization, rubbed in your face, in a like-it-or-not performance that you absolutely HATE ?

  There is nothing like the Original Thing !!!!
  
  
  

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  • Re: "The Great Race" - Dalton 23:15:48 07/31/02 (0)
    In Reply to: "The Great Race" posted by mikenyc on July 27, 2002 at 02:46:37:

    Nice picture on the DVD. Too bad Warner didn't spend more time on the soundtrack though (especially since this movie received Academy Award nominations for best sound and sound effects and has a great score by Henry Mancini). For instance, some of the dialogue early on is muddled, there's that boos/cheers mix-up in the opening credits that everyone noticed straight away, and there's a very audible still camera autowinder sound evident throughout the pie fight scene.

    Despite the imperfections, it's nice to finally get this campy "guilty pleasure" on DVD. "They" don't make them like this any more. If made today (by Hollywood commitee) this movie would feature several of these among other possibilities: an "United Nations" cast complete with precocious pre-teens, hijinx with bodily fluids, computer-generated explosions, slow-mo martial arts fights, brief nudity, a rap soundtrack, and the characters' complete prescience of current topics of Liberal concern. This may be far from the funniest comedy ever made, but it has a charming innocence about it (it stays set in 1908 and has at least some wacky rule of logic to it), epic scope with beautiful cinematography, and a certain joie de vivre that makes up for it.
    
    

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• Push the button, Max!..nt.. - late 12:10:41 07/26/02 (0)
  In Reply to: Yippee! The Great race is out! posted by bubbahotep on July 26, 2002 at 11:27:10:

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