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The Great Race is a 1965 American musical action film directed by Blake Edwards. The screenplay was written by Arthur A. Ross, with music composed by Henry Mancini. The cast includes Jack Lemmon, Tony Curtis, Natalie Wood, and Peter Falk. Russell Harlan served as director of photography, and Ralph E. Winters edited the film. It was produced by Warner Bros. Entertainment, Jalem Productions, Patricia Productions, and Reynard Productions.
The movie, which is set in Paris, has a runtime of 152 or 160 minutes. It was distributed by Warner Bros. Entertainment and Netflix, and is available via video on demand. The film received an Academy Award for Best Sound Editing and was nominated for Best Film Editing and Best Sound. Review scores include 6/10, 69%, 71/100, and a Metascore of 71. It had a budget of 12,000,000 and generated revenue of 25,300,000.
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7.1Professional 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.
Cast
- Jack Lemmon as Professor Fate
- Tony Curtis as The Great Leslie
- Natalie Wood as Maggie Dubois
- Peter Falk as Max
- Keenan Wynn as Hezekiah
- Arthur O'Connell as Henry Goodbody
Themes
- new york city
- paris, france
- car race
- inventor
- slapstick comedy
- wager
- steampunk
- daredevil
- cross country race
- turn of the century
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Ratings
IMDb
7.2/10
20,762 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
68%
Metacritic
71/100
- Year
- 1965
- Runtime
- 160 min
- Genres
- Action, Adventure, Comedy
- Rated
- Approved
- Awards
- Won 1 Oscar. 3 wins & 14 nominations total
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Blake Edwards
- Screenplay by
- Arthur A. Ross
- Story by
- Blake Edwards, Arthur A. Ross
- Produced by
- Martin Jurow
- Starring
- Jack Lemmon , Tony Curtis , Natalie Wood , Peter Falk , Keenan Wynn , Arthur O'Connell , Vivian Vance , Dorothy Provine , Larry Storch , Ross Martin
- Cinematography
- Russell Harlan
- Edited by
- Ralph E. Winters
- Music by
- Henry Mancini
- Production companies
- Jalem Productions, Reynard Productions, Patricia Productions
- Distributed by
- Warner Bros. Pictures
- Release date
- July 1, 1965 ( 1965-07-01 )
- Running time
- 160 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- US$12 million
- Box office
- US$25,333,333
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- action film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Main subject
- car
- Director
- Blake Edwards
- Screenwriter
- Arthur A. Ross
- Cast member
- Francis McDonald
- Composer
- Henry Mancini
- Cinematographer
- Russell Harlan
- Narrative location
- Paris
- Duration
- 152
- FilmAffinity ID
- 740963
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Image
- Natalie Wood The Great Race 1966 Paris.jpg
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- Commons category
- The Great Race (film)
- publication date
- 1965-12-17
- film editor
- Ralph E. Winters
- title
- The Great Race
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Sound
- distributed by
- Netflix
- review score
- 71/100
- capital cost
- 12000000
- box office
- 25333333
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Encyclopedic overview
The Great Race is a 1965 American Technicolor epic slapstick comedy film directed by Blake Edwards, starring Jack Lemmon, Tony Curtis, and Natalie Wood, written by Arthur A. Ross (from a story by Edwards and Ross) and with music by Henry Mancini and cinematography by Russell Harlan. The supporting cast includes Peter Falk, Keenan Wynn, Arthur O'Connell, and Vivian Vance.
The movie cost US$12 million (equivalent to $92 million in 2024), making it the most expensive comedy film at the time. The story was inspired by the actual 1908 New York to Paris Race. It was co-produced by Lemmon's Jalem Productions, Curtis' Reynard Productions, and Edwards' Patricia Productions.
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