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MPAA Rating: PG-13 Content Advisory: Brief Nudity, Adult Language, Adult Humor Movie Release: 2001 DVD Release: 01/29/2002 Format: DVD - Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV Edition: Special Collection Audio Tracks: English, French Subtitles: English SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 52 mins Studio: Paramount Total Copies: 68 Genres: Comedy, Chase Movie, Slapstick, Ensemble Film See Also: Rat Race [Circuit City Exclusive] [Checkpoint]

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

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

Rat Race is the wacky Paramount comedy of people racing each other for a two-million-dollar prize. The studio's Rat Race DVD follows along in the rollicking spirit of the film by including a bunch of humorous special features that keeps the humor rolling -- or racing -- along well after the movie is over. Among the comedic talent in Rat Race are Whoopi Goldberg, Jon Lovitz, John Cleese, and Rowan Atkinson. Cuba Gooding, Jr., Seth Green, and Amy Smart also star in this story of what folks will do for money. The film is presented in a widescreen format especially enhanced for 16 x 9 TVs, and in Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround sound. Among the special features are a commentary track by director Jerry Zucker and writer Andy Breckman, a "making of" documentary, and outtake section. The zany extras include a gag reel, a sequence called "The Giggles" that shows Seth Green and others continually breaking up while trying to get one particular scene done, and a unique feature called "Jerry and Andy Call the Actors." This is a series of humorous phone calls from Zucker and Breckman to many of the film's participants. ~ Russell Roberts, All Movie Guide