16mm feature film - THE GUMBALL RALLY -1976 - Michael Sarrazin

Description

Here's a vintage 16mm print of THE GUMBALL RALLY - Stars Michael Sarrazin. Complete film on 3 -1600ft reels and a container. Also before the beginning of the film, is a vintage TV spot.  The film has "turned" a red/pink. Thin lines at times. Approx. 1:45 minutes. Looks to be Kodak safety type film.
*At start of reel 2, missing approx. 20 seconds of the girl posing in a bathing suit. Last reel has credits, cuts off toward the end at the credit of "Joel Wolfe/York Policeman"
Film is an "adapted type letterbox film" No special lens is needed.
Did not see more then a dozen un-
invasive
splices
Reel 1 is 1600ft. metal
reel, approx. 1200ft. of film.
Reel 2 is 1600ft. metal reel, approx. 1400ft. of film.
Reel 3 is 1600ft. metal reel, approx. 1300ft. of film
*Shipped in a
aluminum
undersize container.
* Photos are from the actual film being projected on a screen.
* From my personal collection, have owned this print for over 40 years.
* Because of age, I am marking this print a very light vinegar smell.
From Wikipedia...
Michael Bannon (
Michael Sarrazin
), a wealthy but bored businessman and candymaker, issues the code word "Gumball" to his fellow automobile enthusiasts, who gather in a garage in New York City to embark on a coast-to-coast race "with no
catalytic converter
and no 55-mile-per-hour speed limit," in the shortest amount of time. There is only one rule: "There
are
no rules."
Their longtime nemesis, Los Angeles Police Department Lieutenant Roscoe (
Normann Burton
), who has been trying for years to arrest Bannon and his group, has flown in specially to attempt to shut down the race. He is unsuccessful, and the race begins early the next morning in spite of his momentary interference. Most of the film is devoted to the adventures of the various driving teams and Roscoe's ineffectual attempts to apprehend them.
A number of running gags ensue – the Jaguar that will not start (and never even makes it off the Starting Line); the silent (and somewhat-psychotic) motorcyclist Lapchik's (
Harvey Jason
) numerous mishaps; Italian race driver Franco Bertollini's (
Raúl Juliá
) frequent detours to seduce beautiful women – as well as some stunts and driving sequences. The race ends at the
Queen Mary
in
Long Beach
,
California
where the finishers celebrate their arrival and the defeated Roscoe sulks off to one side – until a fleet of police cars and tow trucks, summoned by Roscoe, arrive to impound the Gumball vehicles. Roscoe had contrived a plan to see to it that all of them were guaranteed to be illegally parked once the post-race party in the parking lot ran past 11 PM.
Bannon congratulates Roscoe on his final victory (final because Roscoe, who has been after Bannon and Smith since they were in high school, has reached mandatory retirement age). Contemplating how they will all return home without cars, he again utters the word "Gumball." to the assembled group to indicate a race back to New York. Lapchik, the last contestant to finish the race, roars through the Parking Lot with a stuck throttle and is launched out into the water.
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