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SunDude 08-07-2010 12:02 PM
The Gumball Rally (1976): Best movie line ever?
 
My DVD collection includes a number of car- and Cobra-related films, but of course the one that started it all for me (my Cobra madness, that is) was "The Gumball Rally."

It still amazes me to see an original 427 Cobra roadster and an original Ferrari 365 GTS/4 "Daytona Spyder" racing each other hard on public roads and through the L.A. river.

While this drive-in special certainly was no Oscar contender, there's no denying that this was one of the best lines ever in a movie... dontcha think?

http://www.clubcobra.com/photopost/d...lRally_07b.jpg

joyridin' 08-07-2010 02:36 PM
Yes....but it was the accent that made it a great line. Say it in straight English and it is outright boring.

elmariachi 08-07-2010 04:33 PM
Followed by this line.

gsharapa 08-07-2010 04:39 PM
Followed by emergency plan Alpha!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8LzFo...ayer_embedded#!

I think Linda Vaughn was in her prime here!!! WOW........

SunDude 08-07-2010 05:02 PM
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Originally Posted by joyridin' (Post 1069883)
Yes....but it was the accent that made it a great line. Say it in straight English and it is outright boring.
Very true. Raul Julia's delivery was perfect; the accent, the rhythm, the gestures, the inflection. It all came together to make a great line.

catfish21 08-07-2010 06:11 PM
One word. GUMBALL!!!

cobra25 08-07-2010 06:56 PM
Well, Smity, some things get meaner with age.

Ibr8k4vetts 08-07-2010 08:15 PM
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Originally Posted by gsharapa (Post 1069899)
Followed by emergency plan Alpha!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8LzFo...ayer_embedded#!

I think Linda Vaughn was in her prime here!!! WOW........
Gary,
Thanks alot!!!! Now I know how the movie end's!:mad: LOL

Francis 08-07-2010 09:35 PM
best Avatar ever.. my wife didn't get it....

Ibr8k4vetts 08-07-2010 09:59 PM
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Originally Posted by Francis (Post 1069949)
best Avatar ever.. my wife didn't get it....
Mine??? If so, Thanks;)

cobrarob 08-07-2010 11:34 PM
Sundude

I also own that movie and I just watched it the other night for the 4th time , the sound of that cobra is so sweet

bobcowan 08-08-2010 01:40 AM
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Originally Posted by SunDude (Post 1069863)
While this drive-in special certainly was no Oscar contender, there's no denying that this was one of the best lines ever in a movie... dontcha think?
Oh, yes; You are so right. One of my all time favorite lines. And this line comes in handy so often! I used it a lot when I lived in Italy.

Quote:
Originally Posted by joyridin' (Post 1069883)
Yes....but it was the accent that made it a great line. Say it in straight English and it is outright boring.
The accent is the key. "What isa behind me, isa not important."

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Originally Posted by Ibr8k4vetts (Post 1069931)
Gary,
Thanks alot!!!! Now I know how the movie end's!:mad: LOL
Don't worry, that's not how it ends. ;)

JBCOBRA 08-08-2010 06:23 AM
Excellent!
That was perfect with my morning coffee :)

On a side note, when I'm getting up there in age, I would like to be like one of the guys in the Mercedes 300SL.

Wizbamsc 08-10-2010 06:35 PM
Gumball Ralley
 
Here's to internal combustion and wind in the face.

Historybuff 09-17-2010 04:32 PM
They used real Cobras
 
I interviewed the director, Chuck Bail. They rented two real 427s, painting them the same color but still managed to prang one (you can see it in one scene still driving with a bent grille cavity if you look close). One was rented from a LA policeman (yes, a cop with a 427 Cobra!). They fixed and repainted his car after filming. Somewhere there's a picture of one of the cars with a huge apparatus weighing maybe 500 lbs. on the front of the car to film it as it drives along. The director was once a stunt man. As I was interviewing him, a young man stuck his head in the office and let Chuck know he had gotten the lead in a movie. His name was Gary Busey.

slider701 09-17-2010 04:44 PM
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Originally Posted by Historybuff (Post 1078832)
I interviewed the director, Chuck Bail. They rented two real 427s, painting them the same color but still managed to prang one (you can see it in one scene still driving with a bent grille cavity if you look close). One was rented from a LA policeman (yes, a cop with a 427 Cobra!). They fixed and repainted his car after filming. Somewhere there's a picture of one of the cars with a huge apparatus weighing maybe 500 lbs. on the front of the car to film it as it drives along. The director was once a stunt man. As I was interviewing him, a young man stuck his head in the office and let Chuck know he had gotten the lead in a movie. His name was Gary Busey.
Here is a clip from the movie when they were on the freeway...before they got into the river:

http://img163.imageshack.us/img163/7...einlariver.jpg

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Now as they are in the river:

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Notice the damage on the car before it enters the river that is not there after wards.

mrmustang 09-17-2010 06:12 PM
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Originally Posted by Historybuff (Post 1078832)
I interviewed the director, Chuck Bail. They rented two real 427s, painting them the same color but still managed to prang one (you can see it in one scene still driving with a bent grille cavity if you look close). One was rented from a LA policeman (yes, a cop with a 427 Cobra!). They fixed and repainted his car after filming. Somewhere there's a picture of one of the cars with a huge apparatus weighing maybe 500 lbs. on the front of the car to film it as it drives along. The director was once a stunt man. As I was interviewing him, a young man stuck his head in the office and let Chuck know he had gotten the lead in a movie. His name was Gary Busey.
Why not post your interview with the director here. I'll dig up mine as well and we can compare notes.

Bill S.

computerworks 09-17-2010 06:54 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Historybuff (Post 1078832)
I interviewed the director, Chuck Bail... As I was interviewing him, a young man stuck his head in the office and let Chuck know he had gotten the lead in a movie. His name was Gary Busey.
"...young man"? How long ago was this interview?
Gary Busey is 66 years old now. :rolleyes:

rodneym 10-16-2010 01:10 AM
My favorite scene that I like to turn up is right when the race starts.
Hearing the Ferrari and Cobra reverberating off the buildings in Manhattan is incredible.
rodneym

FFR428 10-16-2010 11:58 AM
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Originally Posted by rodneym (Post 1084129)
My favorite scene that I like to turn up is right when the race starts.
Hearing the Ferrari and Cobra reverberating off the buildings in Manhattan is incredible.
rodneym
X's 2 here. Excellent movie.


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