Re: Which came first

[Douglas Munford <doug@domain.elided>]

> <<<<<
> This does remind me of a scene in Gumball Rally (the Cannonball Run movie
> knock off which was in many ways better than the overdone original).
> >>>>>

Howard and Pat Warren wrote:

>
> To humbly and respectfully set the record straight, "Gumball Rally" was the
> first movie, having been released in 1976.  "Cannonball Run" was the
> knock-off, having been released in 1981.  I also read somewhere that First
> Artists (the production company of "Gumball Rally") sued Burt Reynolds'
> production company for copyright infringement and won most of the profits
> from "Cannonball Run" and "Cannonball Run II".
>
> I personally think that "Gumball" is by far the better movie.  It would
> also make a great vanity plate for a first-generation Miata.

There was also a movie named "Cannonball" that was shot in the spring of '76,
released that fall or winter.

~ Douglas

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