Das große Rennen rund um die Welt (1965)

Das große Rennen rund um die Welt: Directed by Blake Edwards. With Jack Lemmon, Tony Curtis, Natalie Wood, Peter Falk. In the early 20th century, two rivals, the heroic Leslie and the despicable Professor Fate, engage in an epic automobile race from New York to Paris.

“Although u0026quot;Itu0026#39;s A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad Worldu0026quot; was the first comedy to get the epic film treatment, u0026quot;The Great Raceu0026quot; is in my opinion the best epic comedy. Itu0026#39;s just a much funnier film with so many laughs in its first half that the more serious part dealing with the palace intrigues and the straight sword fight acts more as a breather for the viewer before it revs up again with the funniest pie fight of all time and the smashing (literally) finale. Jack Lemmon shows why he was probably the most versatile comic actor of the 50-60s next to Peter Sellers (this is a long ways from the Lemmon of u0026quot;The Apartmentu0026quot; or u0026quot;Irma La Douceu0026quot;!). Peter Falk, a decade before u0026quot;Columbou0026quot; is hysterical too, while Natalie Wood never looked more sexy (except for the last part of u0026quot;Gypsyu0026quot;) than she does here.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThey donu0026#39;t make this kind of simple comedy devoid of crudity any longer. Thatu0026#39;s what makes a film like u0026quot;The Great Raceu0026quot; something to keep coming back to and enjoying again and again.”