Movie

The Great Race

1965 · 160 min

A sprawling, silly, and colorful romp full of slapstick set pieces and cartoonish rivalry that feels like a live-action cartoon.

Tagline: The movie with 20,000-miles or one-million-laughs guarantee!
Overview: 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.
How it feels: Absurd, whimsical, campy and light. Brisk and easy to follow.
About: Ambition, love, identity, class
Content: Mild violence and sexual content. No gore or swearing.
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Tone: absurdstrength 3 of 3
whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
campystrength 2 of 3
lightstrength 2 of 3
Pacing: brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: ambition
love
identity
class
gender
Places: road trip
small town
big city
Era: period
Audience: family
Form: ensemble
nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore none
Language none
Violence mild
Sex mild