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Bookmark this pageCannonball (1976)
Director: Paul Bartel
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From Time Out Film Guide
In many ways this is the film Bartel wanted Death Race 2000 to be. Once again starring David Carradine and constructed around another Trans-American race, it is both better and worse. The comedy cut from Death Race by producer Roger Corman - here guesting as the DA who tries to ban the race - is now present with a vengeance: Gerrit Graham's would-be country singer and a marvellous comic-strip pile-up of cars provide the film's highlights. That said, Cannonball lacks its predecessor's dramatic tension, and by the middle of the film Bartel's disregard for narrative in favour of a series of jokes leaves no dramatic resolution. The movie also features a number of in-joke guest appearances, including (in addition to Corman and Bartel himself) Martin Scorsese, Jonathan Kaplan, Joe Dante, Allan Arkush and Sylvester Stallone.Author: PH
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- Posted on Apr 26 2008 23:20 Thought it was better than Death Race 2000
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Cast & crew
Director: Paul Bartel
Producer: Samuel W Gelfman
Cast: David Carradine, Bill McKinney, Veronica Hamel, Gerrit Graham, Robert Carradine, Judy Canova, Martin Scorsese, Joe Dante full cast
Genre(s): Action/Adventure
Duration: 93 mins
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