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The Great Race(Movie, 1965)

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| 2h 40min | Genres: Comedy, Romance / Love, Adventure, Kids & Family
The Great RaceRating: 3.6/5 (with 127127 votes)
The Great Race is a 1965 American Technicolor epic slapstick comedy film directed by Blake Edwards, starring Jack Lemmon, Tony Curtis and Natalie Wood, 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 $90 million in 2023), making it the most expensive comedy film at the time. The story was inspired by the actual 1908 New York to Paris Race. It was co-produced by Lemmon's Jalem Productions, Curtis' Reynard Productions and Edwards' Pa... ()
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Awards & Nominations for The Great Race

Academy Award for Best Sound Editing Academy Award for Best Cinematography, Color Academy Award for Best Sound Editing Academy Award for Best Film Editing Academy Award for Best Sound

About The Great Race

Professional daredevil and white-suited hero, The Great Leslie, convinces turn-of-the-century auto makers that a race from New York to Paris (westward across America, the Bering Straight and Russia) will help to promote automobile sales. Leslie's arch-rival, the mustached and black-attired Professor Fate vows to beat Leslie to the finish line in a car of Fate's own invention.

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Trailer for The Great Race + Featurettes/Teaser/Clips

The Great Race - Original Theatrical Trailer(Trailer, 2:51)

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Additional Information

Production country: United States of America (USA)
Plays in: Paris
Original language: English (EN)
Spoken languages: English (EN), Italian (IT)
Translated into 22 languages: Bulgarian (BG), Catalan (CA), Czech (CS), Danish (DA), German (DE), Greek (EL), English (EN), Spanish (ES), French (FR), Hebrew (HE), Hungarian (HU), Italian (IT), Japanese (JA), Korean (KO), Lithuanian (LT), Dutch (NL), Polish (PL), Portuguese (PT), Russian (RU), Swedish (SV), Ukrainian (UK), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)
Status: Released
Release date US: 07/01/1965
Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):
"La Grande Course Autour Du Monde"
"グレートレース"
"Большие гонки"

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WatchPlayStream ID: MOVIES:3302, Added: 02/14/2018, Last updated: 06/09/2025