Directed by:
Jerry ZuckerScreenplay:
Andy BreckmanCinematography:
Thomas E. AckermanComposer:
John PowellCast:
Breckin Meyer, Cuba Gooding Jr., Seth Green, Vince Vieluf, Whoopi Goldberg, Jon Lovitz, Kathy Najimy, Rowan Atkinson, John Cleese, Dave Thomas, Amy Smart (more)VOD (1)
Plots(1)
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. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Soundtracks
Rat Race
Music Inspired by the Motion Picture
Label: La-La Land Records
Year: 2023
Country: USA
Format: CD
Length: 30:14
Notes: The unused score. Limited edition.
1. | THE SCORE: Eyebrow / Daughter / Psychic | Elmer Bernstein | 02:03 |
2. | Gamblers | Elmer Bernstein | 00:34 |
3. | News | Elmer Bernstein | 00:34 |
4. | Sand | Elmer Bernstein | 00:29 |
5. | Directions / Toilet | Elmer Bernstein | 00:35 |
6. | Hit | Elmer Bernstein | 00:34 |
7. | Downhill | Elmer Bernstein | 01:07 |
8. | Plans | Elmer Bernstein | 00:47 |
9. | Gas | Elmer Bernstein | 01:29 |
10. | Aria (For Tenor) | Elmer Bernstein | 02:49 |
11. | Drifter | Elmer Bernstein | 00:53 |
12. | Rocket | Elmer Bernstein | 01:02 |
13. | Staggered / Sleep / Horse / Waltzing Away | Elmer Bernstein | 02:45 |
14. | Finale | Elmer Bernstein | 03:18 |
15. | SOURCE CUES: In The Hall Of The Mountain King | Elmer Bernstein | 02:33 |
16. | I Love Lucy Theme | Elmer Bernstein | 00:45 |
17. | America The Beautiful | Elmer Bernstein | 00:38 |
18. | BONUS TRACKS: Brothers (Alternate) | Elmer Bernstein | 00:20 |
19. | Directions (Album Version) | Elmer Bernstein | 00:32 |
20. | Gas (Alternate) | Elmer Bernstein | 01:29 |
21. | Gas (Album Version) | Elmer Bernstein | 01:29 |
22. | Finale (Album Version) | Elmer Bernstein | 03:29 |
Rat Race
Original Motion Picture Score
Label: Beyond Music
Year: 2001
Country: USA
Format: CD
Length: 37:57
1. | Let's Meet The Contestants | John Powell | 01:45 |
2. | A Very Special Reception | John Powell | 00:47 |
3. | I'll Take The Stairs | John Powell | 00:23 |
4. | The Chase Begins | John Powell | 03:29 |
5. | Flights Cancelled | John Powell | 01:16 |
6. | Roswell, New Mexico | John Powell | 00:47 |
7. | The Cabbie Dumps Owen | John Powell | 00:52 |
8. | The Squirrel Lady | John Powell | 00:33 |
9. | Helicopter Dance | John Powell | 02:18 |
10. | Switch Keys | John Powell | 00:56 |
11. | Pollini Wakes And Owen Gets Some Clothes | John Powell | 00:50 |
12. | Wanna See A Heart | John Powell | 01:12 |
13. | Stealing Some Gas | John Powell | 00:32 |
14. | Chase To The Balloons | John Powell | 00:59 |
15. | I Lost My Heart To A Dog | John Powell | 00:41 |
16. | Bike Dyke Attack | John Powell | 00:41 |
17. | All The Little Children | John Powell | 03:20 |
18. | From A Rocket Car To A Nut Bus | John Powell | 01:51 |
19. | A Family On Drugs | John Powell | 00:45 |
20. | The Lucys Chase Owen | John Powell | 01:36 |
21. | Arrival At Silver City | John Powell | 03:47 |
22. | Grisham Runs Off With The Hooker | John Powell | 01:05 |
23. | Tour Bus Crash | John Powell | 00:29 |
24. | All The Little Children | John Powell | 03:20 |
25. | La Habanera Loca | John Powell | 01:57 |
26. | Before We Were Russian | John Powell | 01:46 |
Rat Race
Music from the Motion Picture
Label: Beyond Music
Year: 2001
Country: USA
Format: CD
Length: 41:03
1. | "Rat Race" - Baha Men | 03:36 | |
2. | "You Sexy Thing" - Hot Chocolate | 04:03 | |
3. | "Happy" - Colony | 02:42 | |
4. | "Chain Of Fools" | Aretha Franklin | 02:45 |
5. | "Who Let The Dogs Out" - Baha Men | 03:18 | |
6. | "I Do" - Better Than Ezra | 03:43 | |
7. | "I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch)" - Four Tops | 02:41 | |
8. | "All Star (Exclusive Film Recording)" - Smash Mouth | 03:19 | |
9. | Rat Race Score Suite | John Powell | 07:05 |
10. | "Rat Race (Choir Version)" - Baha Men | 03:36 | |
11. | (Untitled Track) | 04:15 |