Movie
1981
The Cannonball Run is a 1981 action-comedy film directed by Hal Needham, produced by Hong Kong firm Golden Harvest, and distributed by 20th Century-Fox. Filmed in Panavision, it features an all-star ensemble cast, including Burt Reynolds, Dom DeLuise, Roger Moore, Farrah Fawcett, Jackie Chan, Sammy Davis Jr. and Dean Martin. The film is based on the 1979 running of the Cannonball Baker Sea-to-Shining-Sea Memorial…
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Hal Needham wasn’t the best film maker of late 1970s and early 1980s Hollywood, but he was most likely among the most popular, at least among the casts and crews. As a former stuntman without too much artistic ambition, he developed laid back approach to directing, guaranteeing that the people on the set would have an easy time and a lot of fun while making his films. Such approach usually didn’t result in particula…More
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