The great race 1965 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. The great race is a 1965 american technicolor slapstick comedy film starring jack lemmon, tony curtis, and natalie wood, directed by blake edwards. The great race by blake edwards blake edwards, jack. The great race part 3 final jack lemmon tony curtis. Tony curtis is the hero, the great leslie, a daredevil and adventurer who enters a 1908 road race starting in new york city and. The supporting cast includes peter falk, keenan wynn, arthur oconnell and vivian vance. Tony curtis was born bernard schwartz, the eldest of three children of helen klein and emanuel schwartz, jewish immigrants from hungary. Watch the great race online stream full movie directv. The great race 1965, blake edwards loving tribute to the slapstick movies of old, is dedicated to mr. The great race is a 1965 american technicolor slapstick comedy film starring jack lemmon, tony curtis, and natalie wood, directed by blake edwards, written by edwards and arthur a. Did tony curtis do the sword fighting in the great race. The leslie special, the car driven by tony curtis in the 1965 hit movie the great race, will again be traveling with the great race courtesy of owner ted stahl. The great race is a 1965 american technicolor slapstick comedy film starring jack lemmon, tony curtis, and natalie wood. Hardy but it owes more to the style of earlier silent comedies with a dastardly villain, a spotless hero and outrageous and thrilling stunts.
Tony curtis is one of the most successful actors of his era, appearing in a number of the most popular and acclaimed films of the late 1950s and early 1960s. Blake edwards was a huge fan of silent movies so he included many silent movie elements in this film such as slapstick, sight gags, and parodies of from wellworn. The great race the great leslie 1965 paris when it sizzles 2nd policeman 1964. Rent the great race 1965 starring jack lemmon and tony curtis on dvd and bluray. Fate lemmon dares the worlds greatesthero, the great leslie curtis, to the race across the wild west,through frozen alaska and into the kingdom of carpania. A spectacular land race from new york to paris in the early 20th century is planned, the two main competitors being the handsome, dashing hero in white, the great leslie tony curtis, and the. Tony curtis was also at the top of his game, and one of the few male stars of that.
Mobile homes official trailer 2018 imogen poots, drama movie hd. A bigbudget homage to slapstick comedy, the movie stars tony curtis as the great leslie hero and jack lemmon as professor fate villain, competing daredevils who enter the 1908 new yorktoparis car race, followed by natalie wood as maggie. The great race 1965 stream and watch online moviefone. Jack lemmon tony curtis natalie wood peter falk keenan wynn arthur oconnell. In the movie the race goes through a town called boracho. Even though it was a comedy, this more serious scene was the best part of the movie, in my. The great race is a 1965 epic comedy film about a car race around the world, directed by blake edwards and starring tony curtis, jack lemmon, natalie wood, and a precolumbo peter falk. The great leslie tony curtis, professor fate jack lemon, maggie dubo. Academy award winner jack lemmon, tony curtis and natalie wood star in aslapstick farce about a 22,000mile road race from new york to paris setin 1908. Jamie lee curtis as dorothy stratten in death of a centerfold 1981 full movie. Curtis symbolizes the golden age of hollywood and is legendary for his good looks, smooth charm and.
Rent the great race 1965 on dvd and bluray dvd netflix. Tony curtis, peter falk professional daredevil and whitesuited hero, the great leslie, convinces turnofthecentury auto makers that a race from new york to paris westward across america, the bering straight. June 3, 1925 september 29, 2010 was an american film actor whose career spanned six decades but who achieved the height of his popularity in the 1950s and early 1960s. This movie is somewhat similar, only we have race cars instead of airplanes. In the movie, goodguy curtis drives the white leslie special while his rival and villain professor fate drives the black hannibal 8 in a race from new york to paris. Tony curtis, a classically handsome movie star who came out of the. Tony curtis was born bernard schwartz, the eldest of three children of helen klein and emanuel schwartz, jewish immigrants from. Great race, the 1965 movie clip im not a gentleman. Opening scenes from director blake edwards, establishing his liveaction cartoon approach, tony curtis introduced as the great leslie, jack lemmon as his rival professor fate, peter falk his aide max, in the great race, 1965 view the tcmdb entry for the great race 1965. The great race 1965 rotten tomatoes movie trailers. Debonair daredevil leslie tony curtis in his elegant training tent receives pretty maggie natalie wood who reveals her profession and plans, trouble. The great race 1965 movie trailer tony curtis, natalie wood.
The film also yielded a hit song, henry mancini and johnny mercers the. Released july 1st, 1965, the great race stars tony curtis, jack lemmon, natalie wood, peter falk the movie has a runtime of about 2 hr 30 min, and received a score of 71 out of 100 on. Jack lemmon and tony curtis are bitter rivals in director blake edwards hilarious road comedy the great race. The movie has a good supporting cast and characters that arent overused as it focuses on these two individuals, one hardened and cynical, the other one eager, confident and optimistic. Ross, and with music by henry mancini and cinematography by russell harlan. Inspired by the epic pie fight staged by laurel and hardy in their short battle of the century, director blake edwards decided to throw the biggest pie fight of all time in the great. The great race part 2 jack lemmon tony curtis natalie.
Curtis through was revered as a talented actor all through, reached the pinnacle of success during the 1950s and 1960s. The great race 1965 movie mistakes, goofs and bloopers. The great race full movie hd 1965 tony curtis, natalie wood, jack lemmon by. With tony curtis, natalie wood, jack lemmon, peter falk. Tony curtis stars as the great leslie, a hero among heroes whose purity of heart is. The cast members of the great race were tony curtis, jack lemmon, natalie wood, peter faulk, vivian vance, keenan wynn, and marvin kaplan. Long envious of leslies recordsetting accomplishments with airships and sea craft, professor fate schemes to win a 22,000mile auto. From the 1965 comedy the great race, starring tony curtis, jack lemmon, natalie wood, and peter falk. In the early 20th century, two rivals, the heroic leslie and the despicable. Best sound effectsenter the wackiest transcontinental road race ever with jack lemmon, tony curtis, natalie wood, peter falk and keenan wynn in blake edwards academy award winning. The film is very loosely based on the real life 1908 new yorktoparis. The great race tony curtis, jack lemmon, natalie wood, peter falk, keenan wynn, arthur oconnell, vivian vance, dorothy provine, larry storch. The great race original theatrical trailer youtube. Tony curtis as the great leslie from the great race.
The biggest mistakes you never noticed in the great race 1965. The great race part 1 tony curtis jack lemmon natalie wood peter falk. Tony curtis full list of movies and tv shows in theaters, in production and upcoming films. A spectacular land race from new york to paris in the early 20th century is planned, the two main competitors being the handsome, dashing hero in white, the great leslie. A bigbudget homage to slapstick comedy, the movie stars tony curtis as the great leslie hero and jack lemmon as professor fate villain. One of our favorite costumer movies, with the largest pie fight in cinema history. Fate and leslie are in boracho there is a celebration at the. The rat race is not a movie that i will watch over and over. Tony curtis was an iconic american actor who did more than a hundred films in his career spanning six decades. In the early 20th century, two rivals, the heroic leslie and the despicable professor fate, engage in an epic automobile race from new york to paris. Take a ride in a purposebuilt movie car from he 1965 american slapstick comedy film the great race starring jack lemmon, tony curtis, and natalie wood. The great race is a 1965 american technicolor slapstick comedy film starring jack lemmon, tony curtis, and natalie wood, directed by blake edwards, written.
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