Description
Cannonball Run II DVD 1984 / Directed by Hal Needham / Starring: Burt Reynolds, Dom DeLuise, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr., Jamie Farr
UPC 9332412001575
REGION 0 PAL DVD (ALL REGIONS)
MADE IN EU
AUDIO: English 2.0
SUBTITLES: -
Total Runtime: 103 minutes
English Summary:
Cannonball Run II is a 1984 American–Hong Kong comedy film starring Burt Reynolds and an all-star cast, released by Warner Bros. and Golden Harvest. Like the original Cannonball Run, it is a set around an illegal cross-country race.
Having lost the first Cannonball Run race, Sheik Abdul ben Falafel (Jamie Farr) is ordered by his father (Ricardo Montalban) to go back to America and win another Cannonball Run in order to "emblazon the Falafel name as the fastest in the world." When Sheik Abdul points out that there is no Cannonball Run that year, his father simply tells him to "buy one."
To make sure his ulcer does not prevent him from winning, the Sheik hires Doctor Nikolas Van Helsing (Jack Elam), who teamed with JJ (Burt Reynolds) and Victor (Dom DeLuise) in the first race as his in-car physician. Most of the participants from the first race are lured back, including JJ and Victor, who have taken jobs working with a flying stunt crew.
In a subplot, Blake (Dean Martin) and Fenderbaum (Sammy Davis Jr.) are in financial trouble with Don Don Canneloni (Charles Nelson Reilly), who in turn is in financial trouble with mob enforcer Hymie Kaplan (Telly Savalas). After the Sheik manages to bail out Blake and Fenderbaum by handing one of Don Don's thugs a stack of cash, Don Don hatches a plot to kidnap the Sheik in an attempt to extort money from him.
The race begins with JJ and Victor dressed as a US Army general and his driver, a private. They catch the attention of Betty (Marilu Henner) and Veronica (Shirley MacLaine), who are dressed as nuns for a musical, but remain in character and hitch a ride with JJ and Victor when they think the guys could become overnight millionaires. They do not lose their habits until later.
Cast:
- Burt Reynolds as J.J. McClure
- Dom DeLuise as Victor Prinzi/Captain Chaos (DeLuise also appears uncredited as Don Canneloni)
- Dean Martin as Jamie Blake
- Sammy Davis Jr. as Morris Fenderbaum
- Jamie Farr as Sheik Abdul ben Falafel
- Ricardo Montalbán as King Abdul ben Falafel
- Telly Savalas as Hymie Kaplan
- Marilu Henner as Betty
- Shirley MacLaine as Veronica
- Susan Anton as Jill Rivers ("Lamborghini Babe #1", originally played by Tara Buckman)
- Catherine Bach as Marcie Thatcher ("Lamborghini Babe #2", originally played by Adrienne Barbeau)
- Foster Brooks, Sid Caesar and Louis Nye as the fishermen in the rowboat
- Jackie Chan as Jackie Chan, Mitsubishi engineer
- Richard Kiel as Arnold, Jackie's driver
- Tim Conway and Don Knotts as California Highway Patrol officers who pull over the driving monkey
- Mel Tillis as Mel (back from the first film) and Tony Danza as Tony, the limo drivers with the orangutan
- Jack Elam as Doctor Nikolas Van Helsing
- Charles Nelson Reilly as Don Don Canneloni
- Michael V. Gazzo as Sonny, Don Don's Henchman
- Alex Rocco as Tony, Don Don's Henchman
- Henry Silva as Slim, Don Don's Henchman
- Abe Vigoda as Caesar, Don Don's Henchman
- Jim Nabors as Private Homer Lyle, a parody of his popular character, Gomer Pyle
- Molly Picon reprises her role of Mrs. Goldfarb, Seymour's mother. In this film, Cannonballers drive into her house
- Frank Sinatra as himself
- Joe Theismann as Mack, the truck driver who helps out Jill and Marcie
- Shawn Weatherly as the girl in Jamie Blake's bed
- Dale Ishimoto as a Japanese businessman
- Arte Johnson as an "ace" pilot Victor says is "from World War 2," who speaks with a telltale German accent
- Fred Dryer as a California Highway Patrol sergeant (listed in the opening credits as "Fred Dreyer")
- Chris Lemmon as a young California Highway Patrol officer
- George Lindsey as Uncle Cal
- Doug McClure as The Sheik's servant, an out-of-work actor who hasn't had a series in nine years
- Jilly Rizzo as Jilly
- Dub Taylor as a sheriff
Directed by | Hal Needham |
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Produced by | Albert S. Ruddy |
Written by | Harvey Miller Hal Needham |
Starring |
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Music by | Al Capps |
Cinematography | Nick McLean |
Edited by | William D. Gordean Carl Kress |
Production
company |
Golden Harvest
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Distributed by | Warner Bros. Pictures Fortune Star Media Ltd. (current) |
Release date
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Running time
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103 minutes |
Country | United States Hong Kong |
Language | English |