a5c7b9f00b 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. A spectacular land race from New York to Paris in the early 20th century is planned, the two main competitors being the handsome, dashing hero in white, The Great Leslie, and the dastardly, black-suited Professor Fate. While Fate's sidekick, Max, attempts to sabotage Leslie and the other racers, Leslie finds an unlikely ally in Maggie DuBois, a suffragette and journalist-turned-racer whose car breaks down halfway through the event. In the spotlight of the 60s, as a comedy, this is hard to miss. The Great Race does draw out the most in both Jack Lemmon and Tony Curtis as opposing each other as the snob vs the slob.<br/><br/>Running well over two hours and a half, Blake Edwards manages to cram as many jokes possible into this remarkable film called, The Great Race. The Great Leslie is a dare devil that accepts the challenge of a race against Professor Fate played by the brilliant comedian, Jack Lemmon that goes from New York City, to Paris.<br/><br/>This is one of those comedies that can help you put the smile back on your face.<br/><br/>Styles of acting start out as very cartoon-like for Professor Fate and his assistant, Max. This levitates to a more crazy/dumb style of a villain created that is hard not to like by audiences who enjoy explosions, kicks, falling and everything else in between.<br/><br/>I've been watching this since I was a kid, and every time I watch it, it never fails to be funny. Professor Fate (Lemmon) uses every dirty trick in the book to try to derail auto race competitor Curtis.<br/><br/>Especially funny is the brawl in which Larry Storch asks "Can I get some fightin' room?"
Yes. The movie was inspired by an actual New York to Paris road race known as "The Great Auto Race of 1908" that began in Times Square on February 12, 1908. There were six cars entered representing 4 countries- The United States, Germany, France, and Italy. The actual race took 169 days and The United States won. As far as being historically accurate, Director Blake Edwards primarily used only the time period (1908) and a rough approximation of the race route for "The Great Race" movie. Most of the other memorable elements from the film- the zany over-the-top characters, the many fantastic vehicles and gadgets, and incidents such as crossing the ocean on an ice floe and the gigantic pie fight- were products of Edward's fertile imagination. Yes and no. Although Blake Edwards and Warner Bros. were never involved in producing a "Great Race" cartoon series, Hanna-Barbera Productions did produce a Saturday morning cartoon series called "Wacky Races" that ran from 1968 to 1970. This cartoon series was inspired by and borrowed heavily from "The Great Race" film, and even featured characters that strongly resembled those in the movie in both appearance and personality- in particular, "Penelope Pitstop" (based on Natalie Wood's "Maggie Dubois") "Peter Perfect" (based on Tony Curtis' "Great Leslie"), and "Dick Dastardly and Muttley" (based on Jack Lemmon's "Professor Fate" and Peter Falk's "Max", respectively). "The Leslie Special" and "The Hannibal Twin 8" cars were custom built for the movie and were fully driveable. As is often the standard procedure for movie and television productions, multiple versions of each were produced, including at least 2 "Leslie Specials" and at least 5 "Hannibal Twin 8's". As of April, 2014, one of "The Leslie Special's" can be seen in The Tupelo Auto Museum in Tupelo, Mississippi, and one of the "Hannibal Twin 8" cars (along with Professor Fate's lake torpedo) can be seen in The Hollywood Gallery of The Peterson Auto Museum in Los Angeles, California. In addition, both a "Leslie Special and a "Hannibal Twin 8" can also be seen at the Stahls Automotive Foundation Museum in Chesterfield, Michigan. The Championship Rounds full movie hd 1080p downloadSons of Lemuria song free downloadThe Man from U.N.C.L.E. full movie hindi downloadA Town Without Pity full movie hindi downloadSodales full movie kickass torrentAstro Boy movie free download hdThe IndependentsThe Fast and the Furious 720pLone Wolf McQuade hd full movie downloadBen 10 tamil dubbed movie download
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