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May 22, 2023 · Arguably the greatest pie fight in the history of Hollywood, this hilarious scene is from Blake Edwards' 1965 epic "The Great Race" with Tony Curtis, Jack Lemmon (playing two roles),...
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Mar 14, 2023 · The movie is a 1965 American Technicolor slapstick comedy film starring Jack Lemmon, Tony Curtis, and Natalie Wood, directed by Blake Edwards, written by Arthur A. Ross (from ...more. From...
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Mar 1, 2017 · The Great Race (1965) #WarnerArchive #WarnerBros #TheGreatRace Dastardly, black-garbed Professor Fate (Jack Lemmon) dares the world's greatest hero, The Great Leslie (Tony Curtis), to a cross...
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The pie fight scene lasts four minutes and was shot in five days. It is the longest pie fight sequence in movie history. At first, the cast had fun filming the pie fight scene, but eventually the process grew wearisome and dangerous. Natalie Wood choked briefly on a pie which hit her open mouth.
A pie fight ensues involving the racers, the Prince's men and the conspirators. The five racers, covered in pie filling, depart Carpania with King Friedrich's best wishes. As the racers leave Pottsdorf (with Maggie now back in Leslie's car), it becomes a straight road race to Paris.
Features the largest pie fight ever staged, with a running gag that The Great Leslie remains clean while everyone else is covered in pie. Tony Curtis was required to change clothes several times when he was accidentally splattered with debris from a pie that had hit someone else.
THE GREAT RACE (‘65) features the largest pie fight ever staged. After the film crew shot the scene, they gobbled up 300 leftover pies.
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