Friday, September 26th at 7:30 7:00 PM:
Cannonball Run II (1984) at the
Marsh Creek Speedway THE NOTE
Marsh Creek Speedway
"The popcorn's in the lobby. The nuts are on the screen."
Here it is, the epitome, the apex, the apotheosis of Eighties screwball comedies. You'll see Jamie Farr in a keffiyeh and Burt Reynolds falling out of a biplane. You'll see Jackie Chan making a Mitsubishi sedan fly. You'll see shiny skintight jumpsuits, blow-dried hair and cleavage, and color-changing Lamborghinis. And that's in the FIRST FOUR MINUTES. Ninety seconds later, you'll get Shirley MacLaine in a nun's habit throwing a left hook, and Don Knotts getting slapped by an orangutan. Cannonball Run II is the last appearance of the Rat Pack on screen, with both Dean Martin and Frank Sinatra's final appearances in film!
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Rain location and Time: THE NOTE in West Chester at Seven O'Clock
Go-Kart racing got rained out at the Marsh Creek Speedway, so we're gonna be showing the movie at Bam Margera's new club THE NOTE instead. There's four bands booked tonight, so we've gotta start earlier. Be there at seven o'clock, or you'll miss the color-changing Lamborghini! But show up any time you like. |
Just one year after Cannonball Run II came out, stock-car champ Ronnie Paulson opened the Marsh Creek Grand Prix, a paved go-kart track about seven miles north of Downingtown. Ronnie died in 2001, but there's still go-kart racing every friday night from April through September. With lights, bleachers, and concessions. I'm really looking forward to checking this out.
Rain: if it rains, we'll show the movie, just somewhere else, probably in West Chester. I'll post updates (if any) to this page by 4:30PM Friday afternoon, and send out an email if there's a change.
