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Has anyone else out there seen this movie?

It was on Foxtel (again) last week. Its about an unofficial race across the US, by invitation. The only bike is a Kwaka, ridden by a guy who never speaks.

Has some great cars too, and has Raul Julia as a professional Ferrari Racing driver, otherwise noone too famous.

This is one of our fave movies, and just wanted to know if anyone else has seen it.

Saw it eons ago, blood old now but for MASH fans, Jamie Farr aka Max Klinger is Kooky Kawasaki IIRC. Think it was the movie that was on before SLAPSHOT, which was another cool but wieerd movie.

Don't recall which came first, but the more popular version is Cannonball Run with Burt Renolds. Has a host of cameos, Roger Moore, Farrah Fawcett, Deam Martin, Sammy Davis Jnr. I have 1&2 on DVD. Same era, also have Smokey & The Bandit 1&2 and Convoy.

EDIt* Canonball Run was bassed on a real illegal race across America, originally called "The Cannonball - Sea to Shining Sea Memorial Trophy Dash

The Gumball Rally was the original and in my opinion the best,the real stars of the show are a Ferrari Daytona soft-top (4.4l V-12,375ps) and an AC Cobra (7l,V-8,lots) rather than the actors which is what spoils the latter film for me,it's all about the cars.

There was an original race called the Gumball for the reason that that was the winners prize,a piece of gum from a gumball machine at the finish line.

Anyway it's an excellent movie,wish I had Fox,seeing as how it's Monday it'll be Top Gear for me instead.

Cheers.

Yeah, we love it for the cars.

The BF is a corvette lover, and can't bear to watch the stingray snap in two....

Hey zzak, where are you? I'd be happy to tape it and post it to you...

"Hey zzak, where are you? I'd be happy to tape it and post it to you..."

PO Box 5450 NSW2001 will get it to me in record time,thanks very much.

Maybe I can do something for you sometime.

Yeah the snapped 'vette is not as nice as an unsnapped one.

oh theres plenty of famous people in the gumball if your into cars, im pretty sure Dado enters regularly, he is in a yellow modified BMW, and yeah, its an awesome race.

dont think its klinger on the bike??

its a kwaka 500cc 2 stroker...cant rember what model..its not a KR tho i dont think...
like a z sumthin...

Not Klinger. Some pommy bloke IIRC. I actually have it on DVD. Region 1 though. If you're after any info on movies you can't go past the internet movie database.

http://www.imdb.com

If it's not listed on there, they didn't make it. Even list porn films on there (so I'm told).

goanna thats because its not a MOVIE in the sense... its more of just a feature dvd, like most car dvd's.... maybe not getaway in stockholm though... that should be on there.

Neka79 wrote:dont think its klinger on the bike??

its a kwaka 500cc 2 stroker...cant rember what model..its not a KR tho i dont think...
like a z sumthin...

It was a KH500 3cylinder 2 stroke...........fark I wish I could get me hands on one now. Totally insane bit of kit when it hit the powerband, elastic frame and wire wheels were a bitch to clean

Bit of a threadsurrection but It's on again right now, about halfway through. Happened to find this thread as hit #2 while looking up what the bike model was via google!