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| The Great Race |
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| United States of America |
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1965 |
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| Director: Blake Edwards |
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Blake Edwards, Arthur A. Ross |
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Dick Crockett, Martin Jurow |
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Jack Lemmon, Tony Curtis, Natalie Wood, Peter Falk, Keenan Wynn, Arthur O'Connell, Vivian Vance, Dorothy Provine, Larry Storch, Ross Martin, George Macready, Marvin Kaplan, Hal Smith, Denver Pyle, William Bryant, Ken Wales, Charles E. Fred |
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| Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1 |
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(NTSC Anamorphic Widescreen) |
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English, Spanish, French, Japanese, Portuguese, Thai |
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Theatrical trailer(s)
All-new 2001 digital transfer
Soundtrack newly restored and remastered in Dolby Digital 5.1
Documentary "Behind the Scenes with Blake Edwards's The Great Race" (15 min.)
Widescreen anamorphic format |
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| Studio: Warner Home Video |
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DVD Region: 1 |
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Unrated |
| DVD Release: Jun 2002 |
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Discs: 1 (Cloud) [] |
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| Reviews: Professional daredevil and white-suited hero, The Great Leslie, convinces turn-of-the-century auto makers that a race from New York to Paris (westward across America, the Bering Straight and Russia) will help to promote automobile sales. Leslie's arch-rival, the mustached and black-attired Professor Fate vows to beat Leslie to the finish line in a car of Fate's own invention. The Blake Edwards style of slapstick and song originated with this movie. A dedication to Laurel and Hardy appears at the beginning of the film. Edwards' tribute to Stan and Ollie can be seen most clearly in the interaction between Professor Fate and his cohort Max, as well as in the operatic Pottsdorf pie fight. |
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