Classic Movies

Grant Lamontagne · **on:** June 19, 2008, 07:10:24 PM

I'm just watching one of the all time greatest classic movies of all times... Cannonball Run!

There are few movies that I can enjoy watching over and over and over and over again, but this is one of them.

Anyone else like this one?

Def

Mike, Lord of the Spammers! · **Reply #1 on:** June 19, 2008, 07:12:46 PM

Quote from: Defender on June 19, 2008, 07:10:24 PM

I'm just watching one of the all time greatest classic movies of all times... Cannonball Run!

There are few movies that I can enjoy watching over and over and over and over again, but this is one of them.

Anyone else like this one?

Def

I can only vagley remember it

Grant Lamontagne · **Reply #2 on:** June 19, 2008, 07:20:43 PM

Watch it again... it's a classic! If you look closely, you'll even spot a young Jackie Chan, who was told he'd be the lead in the movie!

Def

Mike, Lord of the Spammers! · **Reply #3 on:** June 19, 2008, 07:23:26 PM

Quote from: Defender on June 19, 2008, 07:20:43 PM

Watch it again... it's a classic! If you look closely, you'll even spot a young Jackie Chan, who was told he'd be the lead in the movie!

Def

Isn't it the one with Burt Renold's?

Grant Lamontagne · **Reply #4 on:** June 19, 2008, 07:50:28 PM

Burt Reynolds, Dom DeLouise, Bert Convey, Jackie Chan, Roger Moore, Jamie Farr, Sammy Davis Jr, Dean Martin, Farrah Fawcett, Jack Elam, Peter Fonda, Adrienne Barbeau....

Def

Grant Lamontagne · **Reply #5 on:** June 19, 2008, 07:52:13 PM

And....

HIM!

Dum dum DAAAAAHHHHH!

Def

Whoey · **Reply #6 on:** June 19, 2008, 07:57:52 PM

Quote from: Defender on June 19, 2008, 07:10:24 PM

I'm just watching one of the all time greatest classic movies of all times... Cannonball Run!

There are few movies that I can enjoy watching over and over and over and over again, but this is one of them.

Anyone else like this one?

Def

did you hook up your parents old beta VCR in hopes it would be Full HD?

jock1 · **Reply #7 on:** June 19, 2008, 08:29:00 PM

Quote from: Whoey on June 19, 2008, 07:57:52 PM

Quote from: Defender on June 19, 2008, 07:10:24 PM
I'm just watching one of the all time greatest classic movies of all times... Cannonball Run!

There are few movies that I can enjoy watching over and over and over and over again, but this is one of them.

Anyone else like this one?

Def

did you hook up your parents old beta VCR in hopes it would be Full HD?

So people have no appreciation for the classics .(walks off muttering about young people today)

NutSAK · **Reply #8 on:** June 19, 2008, 08:31:23 PM

Dom DeLouise was great in that movie!

...and Adrienne Barbeau was smokin'!

WhichDawg · **Reply #9 on:** June 19, 2008, 10:07:11 PM

Quote from: NutSAK on June 19, 2008, 08:31:23 PM

Dom DeLouise was great in that movie!

...and Adrienne Barbeau was smokin'!

yeah she had some things going for her!

she was quite POPular!

jock1 · **Reply #10 on:** June 19, 2008, 10:13:13 PM

I assume you are meaning her wit and sparkling personality

WhichDawg · **Reply #11 on:** June 19, 2008, 10:17:30 PM

yes, those are the 2 things that always jumped out at me!
you are correct sir

Mike, Lord of the Spammers! · **Reply #12 on:** June 19, 2008, 10:17:59 PM

Quote from: WhichDawg on June 19, 2008, 10:07:11 PM

Quote from: NutSAK on June 19, 2008, 08:31:23 PM
Dom DeLouise was great in that movie!

...and Adrienne Barbeau was smokin'!

yeah she had some things going for her!
(Image removed from quote.)
she was quite POPular!

Hmmm, I wonder if she suffers from back pain

jock1 · **Reply #13 on:** June 19, 2008, 10:25:23 PM

Quote from: micky d on June 19, 2008, 10:17:59 PM

Quote from: WhichDawg on June 19, 2008, 10:07:11 PM
Quote from: NutSAK on June 19, 2008, 08:31:23 PM
Dom DeLouise was great in that movie!

...and Adrienne Barbeau was smokin'!

yeah she had some things going for her!
(Image removed from quote.)
she was quite POPular!
Hmmm, I wonder if she suffers from back pain

or heat stroke from all the heavy breathing around her

Mike, Lord of the Spammers! · **Reply #14 on:** June 19, 2008, 10:27:04 PM

Thats a distinct possibility

NutSAK · **Reply #15 on:** June 19, 2008, 10:35:45 PM

She was married to the author, film director, screenwriter, producer John Carpenter back in those days.

Lucky SOB.

Speaking of classic movies--he made a several. Christine, The Thing, and Escape from New York to name a few.

I remember Adrienne being in Swamp Thing and Creepshow.

J-sews · **Reply #16 on:** June 20, 2008, 02:29:48 AM

Been a long time since I saw that movie....who was the other girl in the Lamborghini with Adrienne?

Tarrodemierda · **Reply #17 on:** June 20, 2008, 02:34:45 AM

i like cannonball run too alot,an some other burt films,im not ashamed to say it

mostly i like thrillers with insane people,and horror,war and b-comedies.

my top1 film is Mad Max 2-roadwarrior.watced it some hundred times and will do it again.

duckman1975 · **Reply #18 on:** June 20, 2008, 03:15:43 AM

Have you ever noticed that in almost all Jack Chan movies he drives a Mitsubishi? Including the cannon ball run movie.

NutSAK · **Reply #19 on:** June 20, 2008, 05:31:10 AM

Quote from: J-sews on June 20, 2008, 02:29:48 AM

Been a long time since I saw that movie....who was the other girl in the Lamborghini with Adrienne?

imdb says it was Tara Buckman. (Lamborghini babe #2)

It appears that her career never really got much better.

Biru · **Reply #20 on:** June 20, 2008, 02:53:36 PM

It'll embarrass me to say so, but if my 80's TV memory isn't faulty, Tara was a star on the series "Sheriff Lobo." I think she was a character named "Peaches" or "Brandy" though I can't recall which. Adrienne was also in "The Fog" which was a Carpenter concoction, I believe.

Biru · **Reply #21 on:** June 20, 2008, 02:59:28 PM

Had to edit that. I thought "Lobo" was 70's. It was 80's. My how time flies.

Viking · **Reply #22 on:** June 21, 2008, 12:53:39 AM

Quote from: Biru on June 20, 2008, 02:53:36 PM

It'll embarrass me to say so, but if my 80's TV memory isn't faulty, Tara was a star on the series "Sheriff Lobo." I think she was a character named "Peaches" or "Brandy" though I can't recall which. Adrienne was also in "The Fog" which was a Carpenter concoction, I believe.

I used to love that show!!! Maybe it was because of Peaches and Brandy though................

I remember watching Cannonball Run when it was first released in the theaters. I bet my brother and I watched it 10 times. Great show!

J-sews · **Reply #23 on:** June 21, 2008, 01:36:08 AM

I'm not sure of the details, but the movie was based on the real Cannonball Run, a coast-to-coast rally race staged for a number of years by Car & Driver magazine. Apparently it was quite the adventure....before they finally shut it down.

Leatherman123 · **Reply #24 on:** June 21, 2008, 03:05:24 AM

A movie that I really like is A Power of one. This movie is about a boy (PK) trying to re-unite the two tribes in South Africa.. Which are the Afrikaners and the White English. I could watch that movie a million times..

Biru · **Reply #25 on:** June 21, 2008, 03:24:34 AM

I hate to admit to watching "Lobo", but I did occasionally for Mills Watson's portrayal of the deputy. He was DUMB, but occasionally funny. I can't remember much about P&B, but one (not Buckman) was quite cute. I have no taste...

I hate to say it, but the thing I remember most about "Cannonball Run" was the scene where one guy (Chan, I believe) is trying to watch "Behind the Green Door" while driving. I could just believe that sort of thing!

I, too, believe it was based on a real race. Don't know much about it though. There is another movie about it but not in the "Cannonball Run" canon.

Regards to all, Bill.

Viking · **Reply #26 on:** June 21, 2008, 03:26:03 AM

Speed Zone with John Candy

Whoey · **Reply #27 on:** June 21, 2008, 04:59:30 PM

Quote from: jock1 on June 19, 2008, 08:29:00 PM

Quote from: Whoey on June 19, 2008, 07:57:52 PM
Quote from: Defender on June 19, 2008, 07:10:24 PM
I'm just watching one of the all time greatest classic movies of all times... Cannonball Run!

There are few movies that I can enjoy watching over and over and over and over again, but this is one of them.

Anyone else like this one?

Def

did you hook up your parents old beta VCR in hopes it would be Full HD?
So people have no appreciation for the classics .(walks off muttering about young people today)

I only say that as I have memories of wandering down the street to watch a movie at Defenders house (that or rent a nintendo game and skip school for the day playing it)...

ducktapehero · **Reply #28 on:** June 21, 2008, 06:18:46 PM

Here's a Wiki link to the Cannonball race

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannonball_Baker_Sea-To-Shining-Sea_Memorial_Trophy_Dash

Grant Lamontagne · **Reply #29 on:** June 21, 2008, 09:35:23 PM

Quote from: Whoey on June 21, 2008, 04:59:30 PM

Quote from: jock1 on June 19, 2008, 08:29:00 PM
Quote from: Whoey on June 19, 2008, 07:57:52 PM
Quote from: Defender on June 19, 2008, 07:10:24 PM
I'm just watching one of the all time greatest classic movies of all times... Cannonball Run!

There are few movies that I can enjoy watching over and over and over and over again, but this is one of them.

Anyone else like this one?

Def

did you hook up your parents old beta VCR in hopes it would be Full HD?
So people have no appreciation for the classics .(walks off muttering about young people today)

I only say that as I have memories of wandering down the street to watch a movie at Defenders house (that or rent a nintendo game and skip school for the day playing it)...

Megaman anyone?

Def

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