The Great Race (1965) | |
| Director(s) | Blake Edwards |
| Producer(s) | Dick Crockett (associate), Martin Jurow |
| Top Genres | Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Musical, Romance |
| Top Topics | Battle of the Sexes, Cars & Auto Racing, Romance (Comic), Satire, Slapstick, True Story (based on), Turn of the Century |
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The Great Race (1965) was a Action - Adventure Film directed by Blake Edwards and produced by Martin Jurow and Dick Crockett.
Academy Awards 1965 --- Ceremony Number 38 (source: AMPAS)
| Award | Recipient | Result |
| Best Cinematography | Russell Harlan | Nominated |
| Best Film Editing | Ralph E. Winters | Nominated |
| Best Music - Song | Music by Henry Mancini; Lyrics by Johnny Mercer | Nominated |
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Film Albums: The Great Race : Music from the Film ( 1965 )
By The Metzinger Sisters on May 20, 2022 From Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film LoversBlake Edward's classic zany comedy The Great Race featured a great cast of actors ( Tony Curtis, Natalie Wood, Jack Lemmon, Peter Falk, etc ), great location filming, great set design, AND a great soundtrack....by none other than Henry Mancini. This talented composer was at his peak in the 1960s and... Read full article
The Great Race (1965)
By Beatrice on Sep 18, 2018 From Flickers in TimeThe Great Race Directed by Blake Edwards Written by Arthur A. Ross from an original story by Ross and Blake Edwards 1965/USA Warner Bros./Patricia/Jalem Productions/Reynard First viewing?/Netflixrental Any movie dedicated to “Mr. Laurel and Mr. Hardy” has set itself a high standard. ?Not... Read full article
The Great Race (1965)
on Feb 25, 2015 From Journeys in Classic FilmDirector Blake Edwards wanted to craft a tribute to Laurel and Hardy films, turning out the 1965 road movie, The Great Race. It fits the “road movie” moniker in two ways: characters are literally on the road, and it also boasts a lengthy runtime (complete with intermission) as part of it... Read full article
New From Warner Archive: The Great Race (1965) on Blu-ray
By KC on Sep 22, 2014 From Classic MoviesTo get in the proper mood for The Great Race, you need only read the title card at the beginning of the film that respectfully announces, "for MR. LAUREL and MR. HARDY." While the classic comedy duo never attempted a 160 minute comic epic in brilliant color, if they had, it might have turned out a b... Read full article
Professor Fate of "The Great Race" ( 1965 )
By The Metzinger Sisters on Apr 26, 2014 From Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film LoversBlogathon season is in full force and Speakeasy, Shadows and Satin, and Silver Screenings have teamed up to devise the fiendishly clever Great Villain Blogathon to add to the mix. In our opinion there is no dastardly scheming archetypal villain greater than Professor Fate and so, naturally, we have ... Read full article
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Professor Fate: Push the button, Max!
Professor Fate: The eternal struggle takes time, Max.
[repeated line]
Professor Fate: [shouts] Maaaax!
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In the film's press kit, Natalie Wood divulges that she took fencing lessons, sidesaddle lessons and practiced smoking cigars, but her biggest challenge was driving the Stanley Steamer. The steering was difficult ("like turning a tractor, I suspect", she says) and going into reverse was nearly impossible.
A moose head appears to hang on the wall of Professor Fate's (Jack Lemmon's) oddly-decorated dining room. However, when the Professor and Max run out the front door you can see that the rest of the moose stands in the foyer, with just his head poking through a hole in the wall. Ernie Kovacs originally did this gag on one of his TV shows. The fact that Jack Lemmon was a great friend of Kovacs' suggests that this wasn't a coincidence. In addition, the gag goes back at least as far as the 1946 Warner Bros.' cartoon "Kitty Kornered," in which a cat clinging to a moose head is being pulled by Porky Pig, and as a result pulls the entire moose out of the wall.
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