In Collection
#98
Seen It:
Yes
USA / English
| Breckin Meyer |
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| Jenica Bergere |
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| Cuba Gooding Jr. |
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| Carrie Diamond |
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| Douglas Haase |
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| Whoopi Goldberg |
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| Rowan Atkinson |
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| Jon Lovitz |
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| Amy Smart |
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| Kathy Najimy |
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| John Cleese |
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| Seth Green |
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| Director |
Jerry Zucker |
| Producer |
Jerry Zucker; Sean Daniel |
| Writer |
Andy Breckman |
Modeled after 1963's
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World, Jerry Zucker's
Rat Race lacks the irreverence of Zucker's 1980 hit
Airplane! but has enough chuckles to make it an agreeable time-killer. Like
Mad, Mad, Mad..., it employs a huge ensemble of comedy stalwarts, assembled by an eccentric hotelier (pearly-toothed John Cleese) to race from Las Vegas to New Mexico for a $2 million jackpot. With a backstage gambling subplot, Rowan Atkinson's Italian-geek lunacy, Seth Green's slacker antics, and some nicely understated work from SCTV alumnus Dave Thomas, the movie has almost as many highlights as clunkers, and Zucker's embrace of easy gags and traditional slapstick will tickle anyone's old-fashioned funny bone. Other ingredients are hopelessly stale: Whoopi Goldberg's frantic mugging, Cuba Gooding's latter-day Stepin Fetchit, "mature" humor that compromises the movie's broad appeal, and the assumption that crashing vehicles are inherently hilarious. Lamentable decisions, perhaps, but
Rat Race maintains a pleasantly altruistic spirit.
--Jeff Shannon
| Distributor |
Paramount |
| Edition |
Special Collector's Edition |
| Barcode |
097363368441 |
| Region |
Region 1 |
| Chapters |
15 |
| Release Date |
1/29/2002 |
| Packaging |
Keep Case |
| Screen Ratio |
2.35:1 |
| Subtitles |
English |
| Audio Tracks |
ENGLISH: Dolby Digital 5.1 [CC]
ENGLISH: Dolby Digital Surround [CC]
FRENCH: Dolby Digital Surround |
| Layers |
Single Side, Dual Layer |
| Nr of Disks/Tapes |
1 |
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Interactive Menus Scene Selections Theatrical Trailer Exclusive Interview with Director Jerry Zucker and Writer Andy Breckman Deleted Scenes The Making Of Rat Race Gag Reel Outtake Scene "Jerry And Andy Call The Actors"
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