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4.9/10
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The title character, a popular NASCAR driver, clashes with the fried-chicken mogul that sponsors his racing team.The title character, a popular NASCAR driver, clashes with the fried-chicken mogul that sponsors his racing team.The title character, a popular NASCAR driver, clashes with the fried-chicken mogul that sponsors his racing team.
- Awards
- 1 win & 4 nominations
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaBurt Reynolds famously turned down a role in the feature film, Terms of Endearment (1983) for this film, saying it was the biggest regret of his career. He had made a verbal commitment to Hal Needham to do this by the time he was offered the Garrett Breedlove role in that film, but said in hindsight Needham could have waited, since "the world was not clamoring for another Reynolds car chase picture".
- GoofsDuring the Daytona 500 at the start of the film, the main grandstand is empty in some shots.
- Quotes
Charlie: What's so bad about second?
Stroker Ace, Lugs Harvey: Screw Second!
- SoundtracksStroker Ace (Stroker's Theme)
Written and Performed by The Charlie Daniels Band
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Burt Reynolds goes through the motions as an absurdly-named stock car driver in this dull, deeply unfunny 'comedy' directed by long-time buddy Hal Needham. Nonsensical plot concerns Reynold's efforts to get out of a sponsorship contract (what, he doesn't want to be on a competitive team?) while trying to woo Loni Anderson's PR flack/Sunday school teacher, over the course of a seemingly endless racing season.
Big hair, cornpone accents and superficial performances abound, with particularly annoying turns from Jim Nabors (as Reynolds' crew chief) and Ned Beatty (as a fried chicken magnate). Only potential points of interest are the period racing scenes (including some of the top NASCAR drivers), and the vast cleavage displayed in the few female roles: Anderson, Cassandra "Elvira" Peterson, Debbie Casperson and the legendary Linda Vaughn.
Big hair, cornpone accents and superficial performances abound, with particularly annoying turns from Jim Nabors (as Reynolds' crew chief) and Ned Beatty (as a fried chicken magnate). Only potential points of interest are the period racing scenes (including some of the top NASCAR drivers), and the vast cleavage displayed in the few female roles: Anderson, Cassandra "Elvira" Peterson, Debbie Casperson and the legendary Linda Vaughn.
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Details
- Release date
- Country of origin
- Language
- Also known as
- Stand on It
- Filming locations
- 3366 Speedway Boulevard, Talladega, Alabama, USA(Talladega Superspeedway)
- Production companies
- See more company credits at IMDbPro
Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $13,000,000
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $4,668,135
- Jul 4, 1983
- Gross worldwide
- $13,000,000
- Runtime1 hour 36 minutes
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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