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The Great Race
Theatrical release poster
Directed byBlake Edwards
Screenplay byArthur A. Ross
Story byBlake Edwards
Arthur A. Ross
Produced byMartin Jurow
StarringJack Lemmon
Tony Curtis
Natalie Wood
Peter Falk
Keenan Wynn
Dorothy Provine
Arthur O'Connell
Vivian Vance
CinematographyRussell Harlan
Edited byRalph E. Winters
Music byHenry Mancini
Distributed byWarner Bros.
Release date
  • July 1, 1965 (1965-07-01)
Running time
160 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
BudgetUS$12 million
Box officeUS$25,333,333[1]

The Great Race is a 1965 American Technicolor epic slapstick comedy film starring Jack Lemmon, Tony Curtis, and Natalie Wood, directed by Blake Edwards, written by Arthur A. Ross (from a story by Edwards and Ross), and with music by Henry Mancini and cinematography by Russell Harlan. The supporting cast includes Peter Falk, Keenan Wynn, Arthur O'Connell and Vivian Vance. The movie cost US$12 million (equivalent to $98.36 million in 2020), making it the most expensive comedy film at the time.[2] The story was inspired by the actual 1908 New York to Paris Race.[3]

It is known for one scene that was promoted as "the greatest pie fight ever".[4] It was nominated for five Academy Awards, winning the Academy Award for Best Sound Effects.

  1. ^ "The Great Race, Box Office Information". The Numbers. Retrieved January 22, 2013.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference Wasson2009 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Evans, Art (2011-09-28). "The Greatest Race – 1908 New York to Paris". sportscardigest.com. Archived from the original on 29 November 2011. Retrieved 23 December 2018.
  4. ^ Zeitlin, David (July 9, 1965). "Greatest Pie Fight Ever". Life. Vol. 59, no. 2. pp. 84–88. Retrieved July 7, 2011.

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