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- 1965
- Approved
- Warner Bros.
- 2 h 40 m
- 1965
- Approved
- Warner Bros.
- 2 h 40 m
Summary In the early 20th century, two rivals, the heroic Leslie and the despicable Professor Fate, engage in an epic automobile race from New York to Paris.
Directed By: Blake Edwards
Written By: Arthur A. Ross, Blake Edwards
- 1965
- Approved
- Warner Bros.
- 2 h 40 m
- 1965
- Approved
- Warner Bros.
- 2 h 40 m
The Great Race
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Summary In the early 20th century, two rivals, the heroic Leslie and the despicable Professor Fate, engage in an epic automobile race from New York to Paris.
Directed By: Blake Edwards
Written By: Arthur A. Ross, Blake Edwards
Where to Watch
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While many of the jokes don't pay off, it's still funny enough to merit your attention. Mancini's score adds pace and flow. This spectacle is almost totally uncontrolled, and therein lies much of its charm.
It's highly inventive, self-conscious camp, made in 1965, well before the genre wore itself out in superciliousness.
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An uproarious piece of fluff about a turn-of-the-century New York-to-Paris automobile race complete with a noble hero, a snarling villain and a spirited suffragette. The Great Race, while not in a league with Some Like It Hot, is deftly directed by Blake Edwards. [02 Apr 1995, p.75]
Natalie Wood is on hand as a cheroot-smoking suffragist (with a phenomenal wardrobe), but the movie is largely powered by Lemmon’s energy, roaring like Jackie Gleason as the bombastic Professor Fate and later appearing as his double, the klutzy crown prince of a Ruritanian kingdom.
The Great Race is a big, expensive, whopping, comedy extravaganza [from a screen story by Blake Edwards and Arthur Ross], long on slapstick and near-inspired tomfoolery whose tongue-in-cheek treatment liberally sprinkled with corn frequently garners belly laughs.
Awards
Academy Awards, USA
• 1 Win & 5 Nominations
Golden Globes, USA
• 4 Nominations
Laurel Awards
• 3 Nominations
