Rating: PG13
Genre: Comedy
Theatrical Release: 08/17/2001(USA)
Release Date: 01/29/2002
SubTitles: English
Dubbed: English/French
Sound: DD5.1/DDS
Run Time: 112 Minutes
Flags: Brief Nudity, Adult Language, Adult Humor
Distributor/Studio: Paramount

A very loose remake of the classic multi-star comedy It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (1963), this madcap comedy is directed by Jerry Zucker, one third of the Zucker-Abrahams-Zucker comedy team and director of Ghost (1990). John Cleese stars as an eccentric casino owner who devises a contest pitting six teams against each other in a race to claim two million dollars from a locker in New Mexico. The competitors are Owen (Cuba Gooding Jr., who ends up driving a bus full of Lucille Ball imitators, a foreigner (Rowan Atkinson) who hitches a ride in an organ donor vehicle, and a recently reunited mother and daughter (Whoopi Goldberg and Lanei Chapman) who anger a "squirrel lady" (Kathy Bates) -- much to their regret. There are also two con artist brothers (Seth Green and Vince Vieluf), the upright Nick (Breckin Meyer), who gets a lift from cute but psychotic pilot Tracy (Amy Smart), and the eccentric Pear family, headed up by Jon Lovitz. Rat Race also stars Dave Thomas, Kathy Najimy, Wayne Knight, Dean Cain, and Paul Rodriguez.

~ Karl Williams, All Movie Guide

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Cast:
Rowan Atkinson - Mr. Pollini
John Cleese - Donald Sinclair
Whoopi Goldberg - Vera Baker
Cuba Gooding, Jr. - Owen Templeton
Seth Green - Duane Cody
Jon Lovitz - Randy Pear
Breckin Meyer - Nick
Kathy Najimy - Beverly Pear
Amy Smart - Tracy Faucet
Lanei Chapman - Merril Jennings
Vince Vieluf - Blaine Cody
Paul Rodriguez - Gus
Wayne Knight - Zack
Dave Thomas - Mr. Grisham
Dean Cain - Shawn

Production:
Jerry Zucker - Director
Sean Daniel Jerry Zucker Janet Zucker - Producer
John Powell - Composer
Tom Lewis - Editor
Andy Breckman - Screen Writer
Thomas E. Ackerman - Cinematographer
Ellen Mirojnick - Costume Designer
James Jacks - Executive Producer
Richard Vane - Executive Producer
Gary Frutkoff - Production Designer
Seth Arnett - Stunts

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