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The Cannonball Run Quotes

"You'll root for them all...but you'll never guess who wins."

PG 1981 · 1h 35m
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62
Audience
10 quotes
Priests in a Ferrari: A Unique Blessing
Fenderbaum Pull over! We want to give you our blessing!
[Fenderbaum and Blake's Ferrari drives alongside J.J.'s ambulance]
Victor Prinsi J.J., there are two priest in that car. They want us to pull over.
J.J. McClure Victor, that's two priests driving a Ferrari. When's the last time you saw two priests drive a Ferrari? What are they doing, taking home the bingo money?
Victor Prinsi No, they're doing the work of the Lord. In a Ferrari, they can just do it faster.
Missed Opportunity for Romance
Fenderbaum What is it?
[noticing Blake acting oddly at bar]
Jamie Blake Look at the chicks! Boy, if they were Methodists, what a shot we could have had of getting laid right here.
A Playful Exchange About Nicknames
Fenderbaum Why'd he call me Shorty?
Jamie Blake Cause you're small. Small. S - M - all.
Divine Support in the Race Ahead
Fenderbaum We've got a secret weapon. God is our co-pilot!
The Geek You'll need him!
Jamie Blake *God* is our co-pilot?
Fenderbaum Uh huh...
Jamie Blake Remember our car?
Fenderbaum Uh huh...
Jamie Blake Two seats?
Fenderbaum Two seats...
Jamie Blake Where's he gonna sit? Where's he gonna sit?
[smack; smack]
Highway Destruction and Its Impact
Mr. Foyt Well, how do you all feel now you have raped the American highways?
J.J. McClure Beautiful!
A Conversation About Professional Experience
Pamela Glover Wait a minute, you can't come in here.
Doctor Nikolas Van Helsing Madam, not to be indelicate but in my profession; if you've seen one, you've seen them all.
Pamela Glover Oh, okay.
Ambulance Capacity Causes Misunderstanding
J.J. McClure Thanks to you, Victor, we do not have a female patient in the back.
Victor Prinsi Well, it's not my fault that she didn't fit in the stretcher!
J.J. McClure She doesn't fit in the AMBULANCE!
Skepticism and Optimism on the Road Ahead
Organizer Of course you know certain skeptics note that perhaps 10,000 of the nations most elite highway patrolmen are out there waiting for us after we start, but let's stay positively: Think of the fact that there's not one state in the 50 that has the death penalty for speeding... although I'm not so sure about Ohio.
Cannonballers Compared to Terrorists in Humor
Mr. Foyt Terrorists my dimpled ass! These people make terrorists look like the Sisters of Charity! These guys are Cannonballers!
Pamela Glover What is that? A bowling team?
A Race for Honor and Belief
The Sheik My driving is rivaled only by the lightning bolts from the heavens!
Shiek's Sister So you still intend to enter the race with the infidel Americans?
The Sheik The Cannonball will fall to the forces of Islam! My dear sister! I swear it!
[thunder crashes]