Great Race DVD

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 Awesome movie
Great Race is a great movie. IT is for all ages. I first watched it when i was 8. The only thing I dont like is that CD Universe didnt say in their description that it was wide screen only. IT is helpful to know what each movie is. Other than that everything was great.
Submitted by chernabog8 (Uniontown, PA, USA) 
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 What a Great Ride!
Blake Edwards' The Great Race is an amazing, star-studded romp around the world! The humor is first rate, the cinematography is enjoyable, the music scores are by Henry Mancini. This movie is a travel bag full of puns, double entendres, sight gags, it even includes a pie fight. GIrls, there's a love story running throughout the length of the film, and there's Tony Curtis, in his prime years. Guys, there's novel cars, rockets, bombs, submarines, and acoustic-homing topedos, and that's just in the first thirty minuts of a three-hour long movie! And guys, there's Natalie Wood, in her prime. The movie is full of opposites- male bravado vs. feminine wiles, good (Tony Curtis in sparkling white) vs. evil (Jack Lemmon in dark black), There's a pie fight where the head of state of "Pottsdorf" is up to his eyebrows in cream-pies (Brandy! Throw more Brandy!!!). It's a great movie, and has only enough slow spots for you to take in the scenery, and catch your breath. It's a fun G-rated movie, with narry a curseword, so the childern can watch it too. Try Blake Edwards' The Great Race, it's a great ride!!
Submitted by Shane (Mesa, Arizona, USA) 
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 PUSH THE BUTTON MAX!
I loved this film as a kid and still do today! The late Jack Lemmon, one of the greatest screen comedians ever, is on top notch form here as 'Professor Fate', and his teaming up with Peter Falk (who doesn't get enough credit to my liking for this movie), as his bungling assisstant 'Max' is just perfect! Their 'Stan and Ollie' imitation scenes are great 'clown' timing and although they play the parts of 'dressed in black' villains they are nothing really more than bungling amicable rogues that have the funniest scenes of the movie. Add to the mix, the great Tony Curtis as the 'white-as-snow' 'Great Leslie'; shiny domed Kenan Wynn as Curtis' chauvanist partner 'Hezekiah'; and one of the most beautiful women to have ever walked the earth in Natalie Wood as newspaper reporter 'Maggie DeBois'and your in for laughs a minute (unless you're an old sag-puss of course). There are too many funny moments to describe here but basically the story is of an epic 1800's race from New York to Paris where each stop becomes the subject of a hillarious adventure (bar-room brawls in Texas, royal kidnaps in Austria and so forth). The film is dedicated to 'Laurel & Hardy' and there are plays on all the traditional age old battles - 'good v bad', 'chauvanism v feminism', 'men v women', even the 'husband v wife get a going over for laughs. Add to all this, swashbuckling swordplay, gunplay, brawls, tricks, a dash of erotica (Wood in stockings) and a beautifuly captured atmosphere for every destination stops, and you have an extremely entertaining movie. In my own humble opinion, this to me personally is better than even Edward's 'Pink Panther' movies, so that's saying something. This realease is widescreen, with great picture quality and sound.
Submitted by Tmerakli (London, England) 
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 Funny, Funny, Funny
This movie was sooo funny I had tears coming out of my eyes I was laughing so hard!!! This is a great movie to watch when you have had a really bad day and just need to escape and laugh.
Submitted by a reviewer (Warren, OH, USA) 
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 " THE BEST COMEDY OF ALL TIMES"
THIS DVD VERSION IS TERRIFIC. TAKES YOU TO THE ORIGINAL MAGIC WHEN THIS MOVIES WAS ON THE BIG SCREEN FOR THE FIST TIME. I ENJOY IT EVERY MINUTE, ITS A COLLECTORS ITEM.
Submitted by a reviewer (SAN JUAN ,PUERTO RICO) 
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