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Summary: Great "movie night" movie
Review: Great movie, great comedy. The casting is superb. It also has the technically best sword fight I've seen on film, not to mention the pie fight.Tony Curtis is the suave hero, Jack Lemmon does a terrific turn as both the unabashedly evil villian and a drunk prince. Natalie Wood as a beautiful lady reporter that constantly confounds the others while refusing to be "the damsel in distress" despite loosing her car, being kidnapped, arrested, and whatnot.
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Summary: Push the Button, Max!
Review: I saw this movie in the wonder of Cinerama on its first release. It spawned a clutch of major budget multi-star extra-long comedy extravaganzas but has remained the best of the bunch. "Push the Button, Max!" has remained in my vocabulary for over thirty years. The soundtrack has recently been re-released on CD in Germany and it's been a pleasure to listen to Henry Mancini's score again. I await the DVD release with baited breath.
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Summary: One of the Best Comedy/Love Stories of All Time!!!!!
Review: I can't remember how many times I've watched this movie and I still laugh every time. This movie has a little of something for everyone - good vs. evil, romance, the old western bar room brawl, a car race, royalty, food fight, slapstick comedy, you name it! I enjoyed watching this movie as a child and enjoyed even more watching it over and over again with my own children. Complete wholesome (rare these days) family entertainment!!!! This movie is a definite must addition to any family's home video library. You will defintely get your money's worth.
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Summary: A True Slap Stick Classic, Over the Top and ALL!
Review: Ive lost track of the number of times I've seen this movie. My laugh affair with the movie began at a very early age and at 33 it continues on as strong as ever! The characters are in easy to follow roles which allowed the actors to 'ham it up'. Memorable scenes abound throughout the movie:Professor Fate with his thumbs stuck in the periscope, the barroom brawl with Texas Jack (gotta love Larry Storch) while Dorothy Provine sings "You shouldna hadna outna swang on me"...I still know all the words!, the Ice Float and Pie Fight rank as true classics. Perhaps best remembered for Jack Lemmon's playing Professor Fate "Why you thimble headed Gurkin", "Id like to see the Great Leslie try that ONE", and "rise and shine, YOU rise YOU shine" have become standard one liners in my family's daily banter! The list is as endless as some of the laughs....buy it and enjoy it for what it is...entertainment!
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Summary: Tremendous Fun for the entire family! Funny, funny film
Review: My parents introduced me & my sisters to this film & I, in turn, took great delight in introducing this film to my kids. Jack Lemmon is hilarious as "Fate the Magnificent". Natalie Wood is too beautiful (if not a little exasperating) as the determined heroine. And its great fun to see her resist an equally gorgeous hero played by Tony Curtis as "the Great Leslie". Round out the merrymaking with a five star pie fight, the suffragettes taking over a New York newspaper, an old west saloon brawl, great classic cars, silly gadgets, mistaken identities, a sword fight and a small fryer (oh, make that a small friar!) This is fun not to be missed!
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Summary: I wish real-life crroks were like the villian in this film!
Review: I lost track of how many times I have seen this film. Fate's evil character combined with his (and Max's) incompentence score points with me. "Genius Max, positive Genius. What's next?" "Car number 5, the engine falls out!"
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Summary: An all-time favorite
Review: I only hope that someday I get to meet Jack Lemmon, Tony Curtis or Peter Falk and ask them if they had as much fun making this movie as it seems. I've introduced several people to this movie and now they're all big fans. The comedy is broad and slap-stick by today's standards, but that can be a plus: the movie makes no pretenses and simply has fun with it all. The characters are as good/evil and (literally) black and white (right down to the glint in the Great Leslie's eye) as can be, and that's the point. A tip: If you'll be watching the movie for the first time, be patient with the setup. The back-and-forth between Leslie and Fate is establishing the characters, but most first-timers expect the whole movie to be like that. Wait for it. The fun really begins when the idea of the race is first introduced in the boardroom.
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Summary: the funniest movie ever made
Review: when i first seen this movie i couldn't get enough I've seen it about 300 times and i'm still not tired of it. It would be nice if it was on DVD, so it could sound better and look better. Jack Lemmon is great as Prof. Fate, and Natalie Wood is just downright gorgeous as the lady suffergate. and of course we can't forget about Peter Falk who plays max (Prof. Fate's side kick) together they are the next Laurel & Hardy. the sequences in this movie are just classic. from beginning to end, "The Great Race" is a must see for all slapstick comedy movie buffs.
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Summary: My all-time-favourite Comedy!
Review: This is the funniest movie ever made! I saw it at first when I was just a kid, now i'm almost 20, and I still love it. I just can't stop laughing! Jack Lemmon's wonderful over-the-top perfomance is definitely in the same class as in "Some like it hot". For ALL of you poor, empty souls who have not seen "The Great Race", please see it! You will not be disapointed! "We're under water, WE'RE UNDER WATER, you idiots! We're DOOOMED!" (Lemmons best line, on the ice)
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Summary: My best childhood movie memory!!
Review: I saw this movie several times as a child & have never forgotten how hard it made me laugh. "Max" (Peter Falk) is one of my all-time favorite characters. I can hardly wait to see it again & show it to my kids - I know they will love it for it's over-the-top silliness (all the characters are larger than life!) and great physical humor! I don't care what the professional "reviewers" thought - the pie fight is hilarious.
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