The Gumball Rally
1976 movie poster
Directed by	Charles Bail
Produced by	Charles Bail
Written by	Leon Capetanos Charles Bail
Starring	Michael Sarrazin Norman Burton Raul Julia Gary Busey Susan Flannery Steven Keats Tim McIntire Joanne Nail J. Pat O'Malley Nicholas Pryor
Music by	Dominic Frontiere
Cinematography	Richard C. Glouner
Distributed by	Warner Bros.
Release date(s)	August 20, 1976
Running time	105 min.
Country	USA
Language	English
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The Gumball Rally is a 1976 film about a coast-to-coast road race. It was inspired by the actual Cannonball Baker Sea-To-Shining-Sea Memorial Trophy Dash run held by Brock Yates that inspired several other movies, like Cannonball with David Carradine, also from 1976. The main difference is while Cannonball is an action film, The Gumball Rally is a comedy, just like the later series of Cannonball movies starring Burt Reynolds and many others. The Gumball Rally is often considered better and less infantile^{[citation needed]} compared to the later, star-studded exploitations of The Cannonball Run, which even copied the running gags of the police man chasing the racers through the whole USA. Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (492x755, 88 KB) movie poster for the American theatrical release of the film The Gumball Rally (1976) Source URL: http://www. ... Michael Sarrazin was born on the 22nd of May 1940 in Quebec Canada. ... Norman Burton (December 5, 1923 - November 29, 2003), occasionally credited as Normann Burton, was an American film and television actor. ... Raúl Rafael Juliá y Arcelay (March 9, 1940 - October 24, 1994) was a Puerto Rican actor who lived and worked for many years in the United States. ... Gary Busey in 1976. ... Susan Flannery as Stephanie Forrester from The Bold and the Beautiful. ... Tim McIntire (July 19, 1944 – April 15, 1986) was an American character actor, probably most famous for his portrayal of disc jockey Alan Freed in the film American Hot Wax (1978). ... J. Pat OMalley (March 15, 1904 - February 27, 1985) was an English singer and actor of Irish extraction. ... Nicholas Pryor (born 28 January 1935) is an American film and television actor. ... Dominic Frontiere (born June 17, 1931) is an American composer and arranger. ... Warner Bros. ... August 20 is the 232nd day of the year (233rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1976 (MCMLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... // Events March 22 - Filming begins on George Lucas Star Wars science fiction film. ... The Cannonball Baker Sea-To-Shining-Sea Memorial Trophy Dash, widely known simply as the Cannonball Baker or Cannonball Run, was an unofficial, if not outlaw, automobile race run four times in the 1970s from New York City to Los Angeles. ... Brock Yates was executive editor of Car and Driver, an American automotive magazine. ... Cannonball was a 1976 movie starring David Carradine. ... David Carradine (born John Arthur Carradine on December 8, 1936 in Hollywood, California) is an American actor. ...

The Gumball Rally stars Raul Julia, Michael Sarrazin, Norman Burton, Gary Busey, John Durran, and Susan Flannery, and was directed and co-written by Chuck Bail. Raúl Rafael Juliá y Arcelay (March 9, 1940 - October 24, 1994) was a Puerto Rican actor who lived and worked for many years in the United States. ... Michael Sarrazin was born on the 22nd of May 1940 in Quebec Canada. ... Norman Burton (December 5, 1923 - November 29, 2003), occasionally credited as Normann Burton, was an American film and television actor. ... Gary Busey in 1976. ... Susan Flannery as Stephanie Forrester from The Bold and the Beautiful. ...

Trivia

• With the exceptions of the opening scenes of the race in downtown New York City and the finale in Los Angeles, the rest of the movie was actually filmed in various parts of Arizona.

• The saga of the Jaguar-that-wouldn't-start is an interesting one: At first, the producers were going to have the 2 sexy girls in the Porsche 911 driving a Jaguar E-Type. Jaguar's PR people, however, didn't want a Jaguar being used in the movie and were reportedly very matter-of-fact about it. So, as a bit of an "up yours" to Jaguar's PR staff, they instead had the 2 girls drive a Porsche and used a Jaguar anyway as a running joke throughout the race as the car that wouldn't start, and its 2 drivers are clueless as to how to get it running.

• The Mercedes 300SL driven by the 2 elderly men belonged to director Chuck Bail.

• Actor Michael Sarrazin was reportedly mistaken for Peter Fonda throughout much of the production of the movie by off-camera onlookers.

• The engine on Chuck Bail's 300SL was blown at the start of the race when the old man driving forgot to shift. Smoke can be seen when they pull out of the garage, and when they're racing through the city.

• The cars are really going 100mph+ through New York City. It was filmed early on a Sunday with the streets closed briefly.

• The garage that is the starting point would appear to be in the lower West Side of Manhattan. The action that immediately follows, however, suggests several different starting points and the routes seem designed for cinematic effect and are by all accounts not the fastest way to get out of Manhattan en route to Los Angeles. The Ferrari Daytona, Camaro, and Cobra teams race north on Park Ave, only to turn around and go downtown on Broadway to get to the Lincoln Tunnel. Even worse, the Porsche team is seen speeding south down Fifth Avenue from the Upper East Side (miles away from the likely location of the garage), making a sharp right turn at 60th St. and then another sharp right turn into Central Park, essentially going back uptown. We later see the Porsche crossing the George Washington Bridge to New Jersey which is not unreasonable but from the Upper East Side there are much faster ways to get to the bridge than the route shown in the film.

• When filming in Arizona the Camaro blew its motor, so Bail rented two Camaros, and used the motors from those in the film car until its original motor was ready to go back in.

• There are several continuity errors involving damage to the cars. In particular, at the beginning of the race, The Fake Cops team (Dodge) sideswipes Lt. Roscoe's unmarked car, damaging the Dodge's left rear quarter panel and popping the trunk lid open, yet immediately thereafter we see the Dodge speed away with no damage. Later, when the Cobra is stuck in rush hour traffic in Los Angeles, we see significant nose and fog light damage which appears in this scene only.

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See also

• Gumball 3000

Before the start of the Gumball 3000 in Pall Mall, London, 30 April 2006 The Gumball 3000 is an annual 3000-mi (5000 km) international car rally that takes place on public roads. ...

External links

• The Gumball Rally at the Internet Movie Database
• The Gumball Rally at All Movie Guide