Speed Zone! (1989)

Director:

Jim Drake

Writer (WGA):

Michael Short (written by)

Release Date:

21 April 1989 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Action

Tagline:

A comedy that's over the limit and beyond the law!

Plot:

An illegal race that takes place over the United States and nothing will stop this bunch of racers except...

Plot Keywords:

Police | Cross Country | Cannonball Run | Driver | Practical Joke

Awards:

1 win & 2 nominations

Cast

John Candy	...	Charlie Cronan
Donna Dixon	...	Tiffany
Matt Frewer	...	Alec Stewart
Joe Flaherty	...	Vic DeRubis
Tim Matheson	...	Jack O'Neill
Mimi Kuzyk	...	Heather Scott
Melody Anderson	...	Lea Roberts
Shari Belafonte	...	Margaret
Brian George	...	Valentino Rosatti
Art Hindle	...	Flash
Dick Smothers	...	Nelson van Sloan
Tom Smothers	...	Randolph van Sloan
Peter Boyle	...	Police Chief Spiro T. Edsel
Don Lake	...	Whitman
John Schneider	...	Donato

Also Known As:

Cannonball Fever (Australia)
Cannonball Run III (Canada: English title) (working title)

Runtime:

94 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Colour:

Colour

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Iceland:L | West Germany:6 (f) | Norway:11 | USA:PG | Australia:PG

Filming Locations:

Lachute, Québec, Canada

Company:

Entcorp Communications

Trivia:

Considered to be a distant relative of the Cannonball Run films, and in fact it was at one point going to be called Cannonball Run III.

Goofs:

Factual errors: Approx 33 minutes into the movie, the black Ferrari Daytona passes the white house, but it only has one person in it (Shari).

Quotes:

Alec: So, Vic. What do you think of my idea of writing down the license numbers now?
Vic DeRubis: Yeah, yeah, yeah! It's a great idea! How many times you gotta bring it up?
[on phone]
Vic DeRubis: Uh, the license is as follows: R-I-C-H... Uh, I think that spells "Rich"... Kids... with a "k"... for "kids".

Movie Connections:

References Places in the Heart (1984)

Classic!

This movie is one of my favorites. The Cannonball movies are great, and I think this one fits in with the first two just fine, if not better. As a youngster, I was obsessed with exotic cars and used to rent this movie all the time mostly for the cars. Now over 10 years later, I still love watching this movie. It has awesome cars, a good list of stars, and you gotta love the cheesy acting/plot. Obviously this movie isn't Oscar-worthy, and it wasn't intended to be, but really, the only movies worthy of awards and critics' attention are the boring and/or unheard of movies that would put you to sleep faster than Nyquil. Unless you're a movie critic (meaning: you have no personality, no humor, and are uptight about everything), you should get a kick out of this movie, if not at least a good amount of laughs.