The Great Race [VHS] [1965]: Tony Curtis, Natalie Wood, Jack Lemmon, Peter Falk, Keenan Wynn, Arthur O'Connell, Vivian Vance, Dorothy Provine, Larry Storch, Ross Martin, George Macready, Marvin Kaplan, Russell Harlan, Blake Edwards, Ralph E. Winters, Dick Crockett, Martin Jurow, Arthur A. Ross: Amazon.co.uk: Video

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Spectacular action-comedy story of the first New York to Paris car race in 1908.

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4.0 out of 5 stars The Perfect Comfort-Viewing for a Family Night, 2 Jan 2004

By	Gary F. Taylor "GFT" (Biloxi, MS USA) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER) (REAL NAME)

This review is from: The Great Race [DVD] [1965] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC] (DVD)

THE GREAT RACE may not be a masterpiece--but it is a perfect choice for a cold and rainy night: stylish, frothy, and often flatly hilarious, it makes for "comfort viewing" at its best.

One of the movie's several charms is that it draws heavily from Victorian cliches that still linger in the public mind, gives them a gentle comic spin, and then drops them into the tale of an early 1900s auto race from New York to Paris by way of Siberia. Add to this a heap of favorite character actors, a big budget, flamboyant period costumes, and the biggest pie fight ever filmed, and you have a movie where there is always something to enjoy on the screen.

The great thing about THE GREAT RACE are the performances, which are very broad but endowed with a sly humor. The comedy accolades here go to Jack Lemmon and Peter Falk as the notorious Dr. Fate and his bumbling sidekick Max--wonderful bits of acting that will have you hooting with laughter in every scene--and Dorothy Provine scores memorably in a cameo as Lily Olay, the bombshell singer who presides over the most rootin'-tootin' saloon this side of the Pecos.

But every one, from Tony Curtis and the lovely Natalie Wood down to such cameo performers as Vivian Vance, get in plenty of comic chops as the film drifts from one outrageous episode to another: suffergettes crowding a newspaper, the biggest western brawl imaginable, polar bears, explosions, daredevil antics, and a subplot lifted from THE PRISONER OF ZENDA agreeably crowd in upon each other. True, the film does seem over-long and may drag a bit in spots, but it never drags for very long, and it's all in good fun--and the production values and memorable score easily tide over the bare spots.

The DVD bonuses aren't anything to write home about, and the film has not been restored per se--the color seems a bit faded here and there--but the print is remarkably clean and the widescreen format is an essential. This would be an excellent selection for a family movie night--or for any evening when you're alone and feeling a bit blue. Break out the popcorn, curl up on you sofa, and... as Dr. Fate would say... "Push the button, Max!"

GFT, Amazon Reviewer

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5.0 out of 5 stars The Great REGION 1 ???, 7 Feb 2005

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This review is from: The Great Race [DVD] [1965] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC] (DVD)

What needs to be said about this film? It is a classic. Jack Lemmon and Peter Falk make superb comic villians and must have given rise to the idea of Dastardly and Muttley. The custard pie fight is the biggest you're ever likely to see. In all, an excellent fun filled family film that can be watched time and again. Now the interesting stuff .....
I bought a Region 1 DVD copy from bestpricecds via Amazon. Yes it is NTSC but it plays quite happily on both my Region-Free DVD player and my Region 2 player. Ummmm! Maybe this is a Region 0 DVD as other Region 1 DVDs will not play on my Region 2 player!

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5.0 out of 5 stars The Great Race, 24 Jan 2004

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This review is from: The Great Race [DVD] [1965] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC] (DVD)

I saw this film when it was first released; it has remained an all time family favourite. It's a film with every thing; drama, romance, comedy, action, adventure, and archetypal "goodies and "baddies". Perfect for a wet Sunday afternoon!