Dean and Sammy were the best part of Cannonball Run

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Runner up, Adrianne Barbeau and Tara Buckman

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I want to see “The Fly Who Bugged Me.”

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The Fast & Furious movies are just self-serious versions of Cannonball Run. Change my mind.

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Actually, the best part of Cannonball Run is the doctor. I’m always saying “what is this crude interruption?”

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Really, really, really want a gritty remake of Captain Chaos (thinking Jack Black) for the sequel to The Joker.

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These bleeds?

Also:

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The best part of the movie was the cars. And maybe very young Jackie Chan.

But mostly the cars.

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No actual race involved. So no. (But maybe the Tokyo Drift one might count…???)

But there was a ripoff that didn’t announce it was a ripoff

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Well they were all just a ripoff of the Gumball Rally.

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Nothing without Emergency Plan Alpha
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Starring Michael Sarrazin. An actor who I thought fell off the map by the late 70’s. Wikipedia has proved my wildly incorrect (thankfully).

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Gritty? I dunno, but the appearance of a wild Captain Chaos is always appreciated.
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The first Vin Diesel one was a ripoff of Point Break.

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Which was a ripoff of Weird Science (the movie, not the TV show), which was inspired by Cannonball Run. It’s all linear, man.

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as much as i love Deano and Sammy, it’s Burt and Dom that make the movie. especially Dom.

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I distinctly remember watching this scene as a kid and asking my mother, “What does he mean by ‘your ass’”?

Gotta love the campiness. It’s like a live-action cartoon. Do they still make movies like this anymore?

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