{"id":2589,"date":"2007-03-19T12:47:06","date_gmt":"2007-03-19T19:47:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=2589"},"modified":"2020-12-30T13:56:43","modified_gmt":"2020-12-30T20:56:43","slug":"cannonball-run-the-1981","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=2589","title":{"rendered":"Cannonball Run, The (1981)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;You are certainly the most distinguished group of highway scofflaws and degenerates ever gathered together in one place.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/Cannonball-Run-Poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/Cannonball-Run-Poster-185x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"185\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-26414\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/Cannonball-Run-Poster-185x300.jpg 185w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/Cannonball-Run-Poster-79x128.jpg 79w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/Cannonball-Run-Poster.jpg 580w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 185px) 100vw, 185px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nAn eccentric group of competitors &#8212; played by Burt Reynolds, Dom DeLuise, Roger Moore, Jackie Chan, Adrienne Barbeau, Farrah Fawcett, Jamie Farr, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis, Jr., and others &#8212; participate in an illegal cross-country car race known as the Cannonball Run.\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Burt Reynolds Films<\/li>\n<li>Car Racing<\/li>\n<li>Comedy<\/li>\n<li>Dean Martin Films<\/li>\n<li>Ensemble Cast<\/li>\n<li>Peter Fonda Films<\/li>\n<li>Rivalry<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Review: <\/strong><br \/>\n<em>The Cannonball Run<\/em> was the fifth highest grossing film of 1981, and remains a nostalgic favorite for those who remember watching it upon its release (either in theaters or on cable). The characterizations by an all-star cast are amusingly irreverent, and there&#8217;s some fun to be had in seeing the depths to which these fanatical competitors will go in order to win the race. This isn&#8217;t great filmmaking by any means (see <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rogerebert.com\/reviews\/the-cannonball-run\">Roger Ebert&#8217;s panning review<\/a>, for instance), but <em>The Cannonball Run<\/em> remains an iconic piece of pop culture, and will probably be of passing interest to film fanatics for this reason alone. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>An all-star cast having innocent screwball fun together<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/Cannonball-Run-Cast.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/Cannonball-Run-Cast-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-47770\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/Cannonball-Run-Cast-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/Cannonball-Run-Cast-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/Cannonball-Run-Cast-128x72.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/Cannonball-Run-Cast-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/Cannonball-Run-Cast-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/Cannonball-Run-Cast.png 1701w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo, though it&#8217;s worth a look simply for its status as a nostalgic favorite. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/imdb.com\/title\/tt0082136\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1981\/06\/20\/movies\/cannonball-run-with-burt-reynolds.html\">NY Times Original Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rogerebert.com\/reviews\/the-cannonball-run\">Roger Ebert&#8217;s Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.qwipster.net\/cannonballrun.htm\">Qwipster Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;You are certainly the most distinguished group of highway scofflaws and degenerates ever gathered together in one place.&#8221; Synopsis: An eccentric group of competitors &#8212; played by Burt Reynolds, Dom DeLuise, Roger Moore, Jackie Chan, Adrienne Barbeau, Farrah Fawcett, Jamie Farr, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis, Jr., and others &#8212; participate in an illegal cross-country car race known as the Cannonball Run. Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Burt Reynolds Films Car Racing Comedy Dean Martin Films Ensemble Cast Peter Fonda Films&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=2589\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2589","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2589","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2589"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2589\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":60109,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2589\/revisions\/60109"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2589"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2589"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2589"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}