"Cannonball Run II" is an awful film. With "Stroker Ace" and "City Heat" he hit the trifecta of movie duds. Why Burt chose to make this film is beyond me. I imagine the money was good and the chance to work with all his friends was too good to pass up. Unfortunately, he forgot to put a product on the screen for his legion of fans that would even be considered passable. It's not.
And where is the race? Much of it is done with animation showing cars on a map. You make a movie about a car race and forget to film the race?And a real kicker is a cameo by Frank Sinatra. He sits in an office supposedly talking to Burt and Dom DeLuise but it is obvious that Frank filmed his scenes separately and Burt and Dom were added later. And what in the world was Shirley MacLaine thinking in taking this as her first role after winning an Oscar for "Terms of Endearment?"
Sadly Burt would never really recover from the string of duds he made in the 80's (and there were many)though he did deliver in "Boogie Nights." Too bad his fans can't take this film, along with the aforementioned "Stroker Ace", "City Heat", "Malone", "Stick", and several others and burn them forever. It's best to remember the Burt of the mid to late 70's.
And where is the race? Much of it is done with animation showing cars on a map. You make a movie about a car race and forget to film the race?And a real kicker is a cameo by Frank Sinatra. He sits in an office supposedly talking to Burt and Dom DeLuise but it is obvious that Frank filmed his scenes separately and Burt and Dom were added later. And what in the world was Shirley MacLaine thinking in taking this as her first role after winning an Oscar for "Terms of Endearment?"
Sadly Burt would never really recover from the string of duds he made in the 80's (and there were many)though he did deliver in "Boogie Nights." Too bad his fans can't take this film, along with the aforementioned "Stroker Ace", "City Heat", "Malone", "Stick", and several others and burn them forever. It's best to remember the Burt of the mid to late 70's.