Episode 584: The Gumball Rally (1976)

The Projection Booth Podcast

The Projection Booth

Film Reviews, Film Interviews, Film History, Tv & Film

4.8 • 686 Ratings

🗓️ 24 August 2022

⏱️ 136 minutes

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Summary

Released in 1976, Leon Capetanos wrote and Charles Bail directed The Gumball Rally which stars Michael Sarrazin as Michael Bannon, a corporate exec who gets his kicks from an all out coast to coast race where he’s partnered with his buddy, Professor Sam Graves (Nicholas Pryor) and really is racing against his rival Smitty (Tim McIntire) and his ringer Franco (Raul Julia).

Chris Stachiw and Father Malone join Mike in a discussion of The Gumball Rally and other coast-to-coast road race films, Cannonball (1976) and The Cannonball Run (1981). Nicholas Pryor talks about the behind-the-scenes of the film.

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0:00.0	Hold your ears, folks. It's showtime.
0:08.6	People pay good money to see this movie.
0:10.9	When they go out to a theater, they want cold sodas, hot popcorn, and no monsters in the projection booth.
0:17.3	Everyone pretend podcasting isn't boring.
0:20.1	Shut it off.
0:22.6	Turn it off.
0:26.6	All right, ladies and gentlemen, start your engines.
0:43.4	Come on, Mama.
0:46.4	Fasten your seatbelts and get ready for fun.
0:50.2	The gumball rally has begun.
0:52.4	Whoa!
0:53.8	Whoa! Whoa! Whoa! Whoa!
0:55.0	Go!
0:56.0	The gumball rally.
1:00.0	And all out.
1:03.0	Anything goes.
1:06.0	Absolutely illegal race.
1:18.6	From Times Square to the Pacific Ocean. No catalytic converter and no 55 mile an hour speed limit.
1:23.6	The next time out I'm going to make sure you get a driver's license.
1:26.6	35 magic hours, flat out against the red line.
1:31.3	It's not a risk, it's a challenge.
1:34.3	The drivers come in all shapes, sizes, and sexes.
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