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. box office mojo. april 26, 2007
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in the 2000s, will ferrell had an enviable run of hit comedies. to my mind, talladega nights: the ballad of ricky bobby is the funniest of the batch .
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talladega nights: the ballad of ricky bobby. talladega nights: the ballad of ricky bobby is a 2. american sportscomedy film directed by adam mc. kay and stars will ferrell, while written by both mc. kay and ferrell. reilly, sacha baron cohen, gary cole and michael clarke duncan, and appearances by saturday night live alumni. nascar drivers jamie mc .
8 / 7 / 06' talladega nights' goes fast to no. 1
molly shannon john c. reilly will ferrell david koechner adam mckay amy adams michael clarke duncan greg germann gary cole andy richter pat hingle leslie bibb jane lynch sacha baron cohen talladega nights: the ballad of ricky bobby
ferrell stars as nascar driver ricky bobby in 2006' s
talladega nights: the ballad of ricky bobby .
at one point, when he believes he' s on fire, ricky bobby screams ,
help me, jesus! help me, tom cruise! tom cruise, use your witchcraft to get the fire off me !
[ us ] talladega nights: the ballad of ricky bobby (2006) nascar idol ricky bobby is at the top of his game until formula one driver jean girad bests him on the track, sending him into a downward spiral. starring: will ferrell, john c. reilly, sacha baron cohen
the will ferrell motor racing comedy talladega nights: the ballad of ricky bobby narrowly took the chequered flag again at the us box office at the weekend, racking up $ 23m (£12m) in its second week amid fierce competition for the top spot .
[ us ] talladega nights: the ballad of ricky bobby (2006) nascar idol ricky bobby is at the top of his game until formula one driver jean girad bests him on the track, sending him into a downward spiral. starring: will ferrell, john c. reilly, sacha baron cohen: netflixbestof
two years before they reunited for step brothers, will ferrell and john c. reilly discovered they made a great comedic duo in 2006' s talladega nights: the ballad of ricky bobby, directed by adam mckay and co - written by ferrell and mckay .
within talladega nights: the ballad of ricky bobby, k4 motorsports created custom wrapping for specific race cars, notably bobby' s. while working on the pit crew of dennit racing driver, terry cheveaux (adam mc. kay), bobby acts as a replacement driver after terry decides to take a break while in last place. after starting in last place in place of cheveaux, bobby finishes in third place .
gary cole as reese bobby, ricky' s father. jane lynch as lucy bobby, ricky' s mother. amy adams as susan, bobby' s assistant and eventual love interest .
took a level in jerkass: fame got into ricky bobby' s head .
talladega nights: the ballad of ricky bobby is an inane parody of a triumphalist celebration of all - american sporting heroism. will ferrell, a comedian capable of better things, plays bobby, a ruthless, daredevil racing car driver, who has got to the top of his field by following the injunction of his drunken, drug - dealing father:' if you ain' t first, you' re last.'
on the ferrellometer, talladega nights sits just above kicking & screaming, when it should be redlining it up there with anchorman .
ferrell played popular nascar driver ricky bobby, with reilly as cal naughton jr. , the
bake
to bobby' s
shake ,
who didn' t mind coming in second to give bobby the win. ten years after the film' s release, here are 13 fast facts about talladega nights .
: the red - blooded american ricky bobby vs. cultured gay french driver jean girard .
bobby and girard exit their cars and run towards the finish line. bobby wins the race, but he and girard are disqualified for exiting their cars, so naughton officially wins the talladega 5. at the time of the first major crash, naughton was in third place. bobby, naughton and bobby' s extended family correct their differences after the talladega 5 .
talladega nights: the ballad of ricky bobby received generally positive reviews from critics. on rotten tomatoes, the film has a rating of 72% , based on 143 reviews. the site' s critical consensus reads ,
though it occasionally stalls, talladega nights' mix of satire, clever gags, and excellent ensemble performances put it squarely in the winner' s circle .
on metacritic, the film has a score of 66 out of 100, based on 33 critics, indicating
generally favorable reviews
. (wikipedia )
talladega nights: the ballad of ricky bobby is a story about how a great american champion with a smokin’ hot blonde wife became a better, more american - y champion with a smokin’ hot redhead girlfriend. if you want to be a champion like ricky bobby, that’s too bad, because only so many people can piss excellence. but if you want to be a perpetual 2nd place finisher like cal naughton jr. (which is basically the same as finishing in last place), you might want to watch and repeatedly recite the best talladega nights quotes .
: jean girard is looking for one, and believes hes found it in ricky bobby .
talladega nights: the ballad of ricky bobby received generally positive reviews from critics. on rotten tomatoes, the film has a rating of 72% , based on 143 reviews. the site' s critical consensus reads ,
though it occasionally stalls, talladega nights ‍' ​ mix of satire, clever gags, and excellent ensemble performances put it squarely in the winner' s circle .
[ 4 ] on metacritic, the film has a score of 66 out of 100, based on 33 critics, indicating
generally favorable reviews
. [ 5 ]
kurt busch with his ricky bobby paint scheme for talladega. great idea to raise awareness for ptsd for the armed forces foundation. | pinterest | kurt busch, r…
ricky bobby (will ferrell) has always dreamed of driving fast - real fast - like his father, reese bobby, who left the family to pursue his racing dreams. early on, ricky' s mother, lucy bobby worried that her boy was also destined to end up as a professional daredevil on wheels. ricky bobby first enters the racing arena as a
jackman
for slovenly driver terry cheveaux and accidentally gets his big break behind the wheel when cheveaux makes an unscheduled pit stop during a race to gorge on a chicken sandwich. ricky jumps into the car and... so begins the ballad of ricky bobby .
talladega nights may be brash, unbridled, even unhinged, but its cornpone humor is rich in parody, and its craftsmanship is superb .
houston tumlin and grayson russell as walker and texas ranger bobby, ricky' s two sons .
houston tumlin and greyson russell as walker and texas ranger bobby, ricky' s two sons .
leslie bibb as carly bobby, ricky' s wife and later married to cal after ricky fails to regain a spot on his team .
the monthly critic luke davies accepted the film as a fun romp, comparing it to will ferrell' s previous movies anchorman: the legend of ron burgundy and talladega nights: the ballad of ricky bobby, writing positively of ferrell' s performance, describing that
there is a parodic exhilaration to everything ferrell does; there' s always the sense that any scene is precariously close to being a blooper reel
.
talladega, ala. — kurt busch has always enjoyed a good racing movie reference, so he has embraced his wonder bread paint scheme that makes his car look as if it was taken out of the movie “talladega nights. ”
dale earnhardt, jr. , in a crowd asking for ricky' s autograph. he tells ricky not to tell the other drivers his opinion of ricky. he also appears in a deleted scene at the garage in talladega .
gary cole as reese bobby, ricky' s drunk and alcoholic father. reese attempts to teach ricky to drive with the fear by using unusual methods to get ricky back to his normal speed .
amy adams star making role in enchanted was still a year away when talladega nights came out. her role in this film is more a case of retroactive recognition .
dale earnhardt, jr. as one of ricky' s fans. he also appears in a deleted scene at the garage in talladega .
jamie mcmurray loses to ricky at texas motor speedway when ricky wins by driving in reverse .
essentially a string of gags loosely looped together, a set of absurd situations for the actors to clown their way through, talladega nights is an affable entertainment, both a celebration and a satire of lowbrow pleasures .
: ricky' s dad, reese, helped ricky bobby regain his confidence by making him drive with a full grown cougar in the back of the car. and making him drive while
ricky' s mother, lucy bobby, certainly counts when she whips walker and texas ranger into shape .
refuge in audacity: somehow ricky bobby gets away with plastering a huge fig newtons sticker on his windshield .
adam mckay as terry cheveaux, a member of ricky' s pit crew and driver for which ricky replaces him at the beginning of the film .
bobby is forced to start in last place, after spare parts were donated to build the engine in bobby' s new race car. at the start of the race, bobby passes all of the drivers, except girard. in the closing laps, naughton uses a slingshot technique for bobby to pass girard. the replacement driver of bobby' s wonder bread car causes a massive wreck that causes all drivers to crash, excluding bobby and girard. on the final lap of the race, bobby and girard collide with each other and their race cars roll towards the finish line .
leslie bibb as carly bobby, ricky' s wife. carly plans to marry cal after ricky fails to regain a spot on his team at rockingham speedway .
defeat means respect: girard is seeking out someone good enough to defeat him. he embraces ricky bobby at the end .
car during his soar to the top of nascar, and the # 62
me
car at the talladega 500 .
fox play - by - play commentator mike joy commented on how it was. he did that at the end of talladega nights. wonder bread for the fall race at talladega. its paint scheme was based on ricky' s original no. the pair referenced the movie in saying. jayski' s nascar silly season site. retrieved 9 february 2 .
dale earnhardt, jr. is seen near the beginning asking ricky for his autograph to drive home how popular ricky is at the start of the movie .
here’s a tenuous critic’s theory for you: will ferrell’s only proper funny when he’s wearing an obvious wig. evidence? anchorman, zoolander... wigs galore. in kicking & screaming and bewitched, there’s not a syrup in sight. talladega nights is the latest exhibit to support this theory. in the canon of ferrell’s absurdist comedies, the ballad of ricky bobby — which sees him sporting only mildly silly sideburns and a mini - beard — sadly rates as a minor entry .
two first names: any member of the bobby family by default. lampshaded at the beginning of the film. also, jean girard .
is a funny and thoroughly entertaining film. if you enjoy will ferrell' s particular brand of comedy, i have no doubt that you' ll enjoy the flick. despite an excellent supplementary section and fantastic audio, i do feel that many viewers are going to be disappointed in the video presentation delivered on this disc. so, i have a mixed recommendation for talladega nights: the ballad of ricky bobby. if you can get past the bland video, everything else here is top quality .
ricky bobby is at the top of his game and nail he isn' t and loses everything and then he works his way back to top again .
as well as fellow driver jamie mcmurray, who learns the hard way what ricky bobby picked up on sale at target (the bird) .
promoting the aug. 4 release of the nascar - related film
talladega nights: the ballad of ricky bobby ,
several motion - picture stars will be at chicagoland speedway today, including funnyman will ferrell, the film' s star and the grand marshal of the usg sheetrock 400. ferrell' s co - stars — john c. reilly, michael clarke duncan and leslie bibb — also are expected to be in attendance. reilly, a member of brother rice high school' s hall of fame, and duncan, a former peoples gas employee, are south side natives. (
as much as ricky bobby' s racing career is about going fast, it' s even more cogently about products, lots of' em .
number one nascar driver ricky bobby stays atop the heap thanks to a pact with his best friend and teammate, cal naughton, jr. but when a french formula one driver, makes his way up the ladder, ricky bobby' s talent and devotion are put to the test .
together they have made great contributions to our cinematic library (“talladega nights: the ballad of ricky bobby, ” “anchorman: the legend of ron burgundy”) and lamentable ones (“step brothers”). the partnership has also resulted in the sketch - comedy web site urltoken; mr. ferrell’s current show on broadway, “you’re welcome america. a final night with george w bush”; and the new hbo comedy “eastbound & down, ” created by danny mcbride as a work of beer - bong, red state mockery packaged precisely to appeal to his patrons’ tastes .
you pretty much have to like will ferrell to like talladega nights, it' s his film through and through. but if you do, you' re in for a ride .
will ferrell as ricky bobby, a nascar driver who only believes in winning throughout his career. wonder bread car during his soar to the top of nascar and the no .
racetrack scenes at texas motor speedway were shot at charlotte motor speedway in concord, north carolina, using a porsche cayenne outfitted with camera mounts on all four corners of the car. much of the opening scene of the movie where ricky bobby first steps into a racecar at talladega superspeedway was actually filmed at rockingham speedway .
talladega starts out slow, picks up speed in the middle, and nearly crashes and burns in the end .
it’s impossible to watch talladega nights without thinking of the 2004 movie anchorman. they’re the same film, and it’s likely because both movies were directed and written by adam mckay, with scripting help from will ferrell. talladega nights may have cars instead of news reporting, but it uses the same scattershot approach to comedy, a random collection of semi - improvised sketches tied together by a loose plot in which our comedic hero is laid low by an arch rival and then must overcome his defeat to regain his place at the top of the heap .
ricky is then put through the difficulty of hanging on to his position aswell as his friends .
bobby is fired from dennit racing and his pit crew now works for girard. jamie mc. murray acts as bobby' s replacement for the wonder bread car. desperate to remain wealthy, carley divorces bobby and marries naughton. after accusing naughton of ruining his life, bobby ends their friendship. ricky moves in with his mom, lucy bobby (jane lynch). bobby' s two sons, walker and texas ranger (houston tumlin and grayson russell), join him as he works as a pizza delivery man. after colliding with a shopping cart, bobby loses his driver' s license and he is reduced to using a bicycle .
summary: nascar champion ricky bobby has a pact with a friend which allows him to retain his no1 spot. the arrival of a formula one driver puts this in jeopardy .
shortly after crossing the start - finish line and realizing that he had won the pole, vettel could be heard on the radio shouting
shake and bake, baby !
( see video below) a reference to the racing movie
talladega nights
starring will farrell. in that movie ,
shake and bake
was the slogan used by farrell' s character ricky bobby and his teammate .
ricky, remember: the fieldmouse is fast, but the owl sees at night .
desperate to dominate, bobby exceeds his limitations and crashes at charlotte motor speedway, which included his car rolling and flipping in the air. while paramedics attempt to take him to the hospital, bobby runs around on the track. wearing only his helmet and underwear, bobby insists he is on fire. during his recovery, bobby believes he is paralyzed .
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nascar superstar ricky bobby (will ferrell) is at the top of his game; adored by fans, a trophy wife by his side, and incredible wealth. but ricky loses it all when french formula one champion jean girard (sacha baron cohen) roars onto the scene. ricky, with the help of his ruthless father, must pull himself out of the depths of despair and restore his honor on the racetrack .
racetrack scenes at texas motor speedway were shot at charlotte motor speedway in concord, north carolina, using a porsche cayenne outfitted with camera mounts on all four corners of the car. much of the film' s opening scene where ricky bobby first steps into a racecar at talladega superspeedway was actually shot at rockingham speedway .
dale earnhardt jr. he also appears in a deleted scene at the garage in talladega. jamie mc. murray loses to ricky at texas motor speedway when ricky wins by driving in reverse. mike joy, darrell waltrip and larry mc .
when reese goes to pick up the two talladega tickets, the sign at the vendor window says
saturday tickets .
in reality, both of talladega' s monster energy cup races (the circuit ricky would have been racing in) are held on sunday. the saturday race would be the xfinity series race on the spring weekend, and the truck series race on the fall weekend. the only monster energy cup races held on saturdays are night races, of which none happen at talladega because it does not have lights .
nascar and sony pictures will begin selling merchandise this week online and at - track for one of the most anticipated comedies of the year – “talladega nights: the ballad of ricky bobby. ” while “talladega nights”, starring television and movie star will ferrell, hits theatres august 4, merchandise for the movie goes on sale this thursday. in addition to being available online at urltoken, nascar - licensed film merchandise will be available at track for the first time at talladega superspeedway this weekend. ferrell, who will be playing nascar driver ricky bobby, will be the grand marshal for sunday’s aaron’s 499. close to 10 different licensees will be selling movie merchandise either on urltoken and / or in a “talladega nights” - specific hauler, with motorsports authentics, j. h. design group, checkered flag sports and gametime llc leading the way with several different lines of shirts, jackets, watches and more. as part of this weekend’s merchandise launch, motorsports authentics will be running a promotion awarding fans with an opportunity to meet ferrell and get their movie merchandise signed by the former “saturday night live” star turned mega - movie star and nascar fan. all fans purchasing movie merchandise at - track between thursday and saturday at 1 p. m. will be entered into a drawing that will ultimately reward 50 lucky fans with a sunday autograph session with ferrell. (nascar pr) (4 - 29 - 2006 )
in homage to talladega nights, on the final lap of the 2009 aaron' s 499 (one of two sprint cup races at talladega superspeedway), carl edwards climbed out of his wrecked automobile after brad keselowski made contact with his car on the final lap. edwards turned backwards, went airborne, bounced off and destroyed ryan newman' s hood, then flew into the catch fence, before skidding to a stop on the apron just beyond the pit - road exit, as keselowski and dale earnhardt, jr. crossed the finish line. edwards then climbed out of his car, and jogged to the finish line to a standing ovation from the crowd. nascar on fox play - by - play commentator mike joy commented how it was
shades of ricky bobby .
edwards was later asked about this on larry king live; he responded ,
i' m kind of a will ferrell fan. he did that at the end of talladega nights .
nascar' s ricky bobby is challenged by a new rival, flamboyant french driver jean girard. after taking a backseat to the challenger, bobby is banished from the circuit. in order to reclaim his top spot, he must rediscover his inner speed demon .
amy adams as susan, ricky' s assistant. susan falls in love with ricky and helps him to get back to nascar .
in homage to talladega nights, on the final lap of the 2009 aaron' s 499 (one of two sprint cup races at talladega superspeedway), carl edwards climbed out of his wrecked automobile after brad keselowski made contact with his car on the final lap. edwards turned backwards, went airborne, bounced off and destroyed ryan newman' s hood, then flew into the catch fence, before skidding to a stop on the apron just beyond the pit - road exit, as keselowski and dale earnhardt, jr. crossed the finish line. edwards then climbed out of his car, and jogged to the finish line to a standing ovation from the crowd. nascar on fox play - by - play commentator mike joy commented how it was
shades of ricky bobby .
[ 9 ] edwards was later asked about this on larry king live; he responded ,
i' m kind of a will ferrell fan. he did that at the end of talladega nights .
[ 10 ]
ricky compares his making out with susan to the whitesnake videos with tawny kitaen .
talladega nights: the ballad of ricky bobby is a 2006 comedy film, directed by adam mckay and starring will ferrell. the film also features john c. reilly, michael clarke duncan, leslie bibb, amy adams, gary cole, jane lynch, and sacha baron cohen. various saturday night live alumni also make appearances. real life nascar drivers like jamie mcmurray and dale earnhardt, jr. also make cameos as themselves, as do the broadcasting teams of nascar on fox (mike joy, larry mcreynolds and darrell waltrip) and nascar on nbc (bill weber, wally dallenbach, jr. and benny parsons) .
busch ran a cougar “me” paint scheme from
talladega nights
last year and a city chevrolet paint scheme from “days of thunder” in a nationwide race this year. he had to convince furniture row racing owner barney visser to run the wonder bread paint scheme instead of having his own company on the car .
it is here that we have just another example of how “eastbound & down” feels like a margarine, not butter, version of “talladega nights, ” the nascar reversal - of - fortune story in which the children were ingeniously named walker and texas ranger, and the exchanges between mr. ferrell and john c. reilly had an addicting improvisational madness .
ricky bobby' s car is shown to have a 5 speed transmission with a reverse gear. nascar only allows a 4 speed transmission with a reverse gear .
ricky eventually manages to make small amends with cal and girard before the start of the race. because his pit crew has rebuilt his engine from spare parts donated by other independent drivers, ricky is forced to start the race from the back of the starting grid. in no time, ricky manages to pass all the drivers except girard. heading towards the final laps, cal receives orders from dennit to get ricky out of the race, but cal refuses and instead pulls ahead of ricky, allowing ricky to slingshot cal and ends up in the lead along with girard. on lap 182, the replacement driver of ricky' s original car runs into cal from dennit' s orders, causing a massive wreck that collects every driver except ricky and girard. on the final lap of the race, ricky and girard unexpectedly make contact with each other and ends up sommersalt down the front straightaway heading towards the finish line. determined not to give up, ricky and girard sprint their foot to the finish line. although ricky wins the foot race, he and girard are disqualified for getting out of their cars, and cal wins the race by default, having been in third place by the time of the wrecks. ricky and cal finally reconcile their friendship and family. ricky later meet together with reese, lucy, susan, and walker and texas ranger in the parking lot to reunite for a dinner party during which ricky and his immediate family plan to get thrown out of applebee' s at the end of the film, referring to an earlier scene where reese and ricky leave each other again .
. since ricky bobby and jean girard were both still on the lead lap, ricky would have had to line up behind girard since he was in second place when the caution flag came out. at the time of filming, ricky would have been black flagged for lining up that way, meaning he could not have won the race, even if he had crossed the line before girard .
while bobby is not well, his father, reese (gary cole), teaches him to drive with a live cougar in his car. after his father leaves, bobby talks to his assistant and partner, susan (amy adams), who persuades him to return to nascar, since it is in his nature to drive fast. after deciding to take susan' s advice and race at the talladega 5. bobby and susan become love interests. with the talladega 5. bobby gathers a race car and pit crew. before the race, bobby makes amends with carley, girard and naughton, while uniting with his pit crew chief and close friend, lucius washington (michael clarke duncan) .
cal, ricky, and girard were all introduced during driver introductions at the 2005 uaw ford 500 at talladega. ricky and cal were cheered, but when girard was introduced as a driver from france driving the perrier car, the entire crowd started booing without any prompting. see more »
adam mckay (the film' s director) as terry cheveaux, an apathetic driver who ricky replaces at the beginning of the film .
the comedy similarly has a deadpan tone; it' s self - aware but not tongue - in - cheek. this is not over the top like a
scary movie
parody, and that makes it more appealing, too. the tossed - off pop culture references feel naturally like a part of the fabric. like the previous movies ferrell has collaborated on with writer - director adam mckay ,
anchorman: the legend of ron burgundy ,
talladega nights: the ballad of ricky bobby
and (with lesser success )
step brothers ,
the other guys
comes from a realistic, often understated place, which makes the wild moments pop out that much more. (chris henchy co - wrote the script, but ferrell obviously had lots of room to improvise. )
when ricky bobby is talking to cal and carly is beside them listening to them, her sunglasses go from over her eyes to up on her head between shots .
busch said he won’t be quoting lines from the movie throughout the race as he did in the past with phoenix racing. his crew chief, todd berrier, isn’t as engaged in playing the role of ricky bobby’s crew chief as nick harrison was .
in one of the races, ricky bobby has a
fig newton
sticker on his windshield, taking up practically the entire windshield. during his crash sequence, there is no sticker on his windshield. see more »
before the race, ricky makes amends with cal, girard, and carly, and finally reunites with his pit crew chief and close friend, lucius washington (michael clarke duncan). ricky is forced to start the race from the back of the starting grid after lucius rebuilt his car' s engine from spare parts donated by other independent drivers. at the start of the race, ricky manages to pass all the other drivers except girard. heading towards the race' s final laps, dennit orders cal to knock ricky out of the race. however, cal refuses and pulls ahead of ricky, and cal intentionally allows ricky to slingshot around him to be in the lead with girard. on lap 182, the replacement driver of ricky' s wonder bread car suddenly runs into cal, which causes a massive wreck that disables all the other drivers except ricky and girard. on the final lap of the race, ricky and girard end up colliding with each other and somersault down the front straightaway towards the finish line. determined not to give up, ricky and girard exit their cars and sprint on foot to the finish line to the song
we belong
by pat benatar. although ricky wins the foot race, he and girard are disqualified for exiting their cars, and cal officially wins the talladega 500 by default after finishing in third place during the wrecks. ricky and cal finally reconcile their friendship and family shortly after the race. ricky later meets up with all of his extended family in the speedway' s parking lot then proceeds to get thrown out of applebee' s .
when the big one hits during the final race, as the result of cal naughton, jr.' s teammate hooking naughton into the wall for helping ricky bobby overtake jean girard, every single car in the pack piles in and only two cars (ricky and girard) are left running and on the lead lap. big crashes that reduced the number of cars in contention significantly have happened in
in 2012, kurt busch ran his # 51 car with the
me
paint scheme used by ricky bobby at the end of talladega nights during the 2012 aaron' s 499 at talladega, right down to the cougar painted on the hood and the rear bumper tag
i wanna go fast
. busch had spent the majority of the season with little or no sponsorship after leaving roger penske' s team penske and joining james finch' s underfunded phoenix racing. busch' s now ex - girlfriend patricia driscoll spent months getting permission from sony and will ferrell as well as other trademark and license holders. busch' s real - life fall from grace during the 2011 - 12 sprint cup off - season after being fired from penske has been compared to ricky bobby' s, as have his efforts to return to the top teams in the sprint cup series, such as putting the one - car furniture row racing team in the 2013 chase, before he was hired by stewart - haas racing for the 2014 season. [ 11 ] in october 2013, busch' s # 78 was sponsored by wonder bread for the fall race at talladega, with a paint scheme based on ricky bobby' s original # 26. [ 12 ]
mike joy: ricky bobby, who never met a sponsor he wouldn' t push, has a huge fig newtons sticker on his windshield! darrell waltrip: i think nascar' ll black - flag him for that! mike joy: he sold the windshield! ricky bobby: this sticker is dangerous and inconvenient, but i do love fig newtons .
jamie mcmurray, who loses to ricky at texas motor speedway when ricky eventually wins by driving in reverse, after which ricky gives mcmurray the finger, commenting that he got it at target, which was a sponsor of the team mcmurray had raced for at the time, now earnhardt ganassi racing .
the story of nascar racing sensation ricky bobby, whose
win at all costs
approach has made him a national hero. he and his loyal racing partner and childhood friend, cal naughton, jr. , are a fearless duo that thrill their fans by finishing most races in the top spots - with ricky bobby always leading the pack. when a flamboyant french formula one driver jean girard challenges him for the supremacy of nascar, ricky bobby must face his own demons and fight girard for the right to be known as racing' s top driver. © 2006 columbia pictures industries, inc. and gh one llc. all rights reserved .
when ricky and cal execute
shake n' bake
, they down shift, then pull out of line. a few times this occur, they' re racing at talladega. talladega is a restrictor plate track, meaning that with the exception of restarts, and entering and exiting pit road (which they did at full speed), the drivers don' t shift at all under green. also, ricky was single - handedly passing multiple cars at talladega. with today' s air packages and restrictor plates, passing one car alone without drafting help is very rare .
reviews for the film were positive. rotten tomatoes reports that 72% of critics gave the film a positive review, with the consensus being
though it occasionally stalls, talladega nights' mix of satire, clever gags, and excellent ensemble performances put it squarely in the winner' s circle .
it has a 66 rating at metacritic. british magazine total film gave it a perfect five - star rating, with the following verdict :
forget the recent blips; ferrell is back in freewheeling form. more than just the year' s funniest film, talladega nights is one of the films of the year .
automotive journalist leo parente said about the movie :
the most accurate racing film ever, trust me
, emphasizing that he was not being sarcastic
both ricky and girard are disqualified for having gotten out of their cars, so the trophy goes to cal, who was in third place when the big crash took out everyone on the grid except for ricky and girard .
at talladega, right down to the cougar painted on the hood and the rear bumper tag
i wanna go fast
. busch had spent the majority of the season with little or no sponsorship after leaving racing powerhouse
film to be made about bobby allison: posse films, llc, the inspirational feature film production company that controls the rights to several historically significant and uplifting life stories, recently announced the making of a biopic about the larger - than - life nascar pioneer, and nascar hall of fame member, bobby allison. together with the allison family, the posse films team will put the dramatic story of one of the greatest nascar legends on the silver screen. posse films is in pre - production on the heart - centered motivational story of bobby allison. “my family and i are thrilled to have this film produced by posse films, ” bobby allison said in a recent statement. “mark and his team at posse films are like family to us, and i know we can trust them with our story. ” the movie project will be based on bobby allison’s rise to the top of nascar as a three - time daytona 500 winner, followed by a crash that ended bobby’s career at 50 years of age. thereafter, bobby and judy suffer the loss of their two beloved racing sons. the film will showcase the highs and lows of the 55 - year love story between bobby and judy allison. (yahoo finance) and an independent feature film on the life story of nascar legend, bobby allison, developed by bobby allison production llc. (
the company
) is scheduled to commence pre - production in late 2014 and filming in early 2015. theatrical release is planned for fall 2015. (urltoken) (4 - 5 - 2015 )
pat hingle as larry dennit, sr. , original owner of dennit racing and ricky' s team. his son, larry, jr. takes over the team halfway through ricky' s career .
one of the stupidest and one of the funniest movies in will ferrell' s career .
will ferrell as ricky bobby, a nascar driver who only believes in winning after childhood advice given to him by reese. ricky drives the # 26 wonder bread car during his soar to the top of nascar and the # 62
me
car during the race at the amp energy 500. the number of ricky' s wonder bread car, # 26, was also the number used by jamie mcmurray (who cameos as himself in the movie) during his time at roush racing from 2006 to 2009 .
kevin corrigan, actor: the departed. a native of the bronx, new york, kevin corrigan has been acting and writing since the age of 15. he made his film debut in lost. ally mcbeal; angels in america; big shots; cheers; chicago hope; elizabeth i; everybody loves raymond. talladega nights: the ballad of ricky bobby is a 2006 american sports comedy film directed by adam mckay and stars will ferrell, while written by both mckay and ferrell. take a look at the true history behind traditional american tattoos and how tattoo artists like norman' sailor jerry' collins built their reputation. james widdoes, director: two and a half men. widdoes starred as senior student and fraternity president' robert hoover', alongside john belushi, in the 1978 film .
ricky bobby (ferrell) is a dim - witted yet charismatic nascar superstar who lives by the motto of his missing father reese bobby (gary cole) :
if you' re not first, you' re last .
helping him always secure the number one spot on the track is friend and fellow driver cal naughton, jr. (reilly). a few years after his initial rise to stardom, bobby has a wealth of endorsements, is married to a babe named carley (leslie bibb), and together they raise their two boys, walker and texas ranger bobby .
as cal naughton, jr. , ricky' s best friend and teammate .
pat hingle as larry dennit, sr. , original owner of ricky' s team, dennit racing. his son, larry, jr. , takes over the team halfway through ricky' s career .
reilly as cal naughton jr. , bobby' s best friend and teammate. girard' s dream is to move to stockholm and design a currency for use by dogs and cats. he is described as talented, eccentric and dominating in the formula one circuit in a speed broadcast segment. while challenging bobby, girard drives the no. perrier car. michael clarke duncan as lucius washington, ricky' s crew chief and close friend. leslie bibb as carley bobby, ricky' s wife and later naughton' s wife after she fears ricky will not successfully return to nascar .
literally every plot thread in the movie ends positively for all parties involved. for the main ones: ricky finds the will to race again, beats girard at talladega, and rekindles his relationship with his long - lost father. girard loses to ricky (which means he' s finally found a worthy opponent), earns enough of his respect to receive a kiss, and the two of them seem to be building a friendly rivalry. cal realizes what a jerk he' s been and helps ricky beat girard, but the manner of their finish gets them disqualified, so he wins talladega instead; after the race, he apologizes to ricky, who accepts, but also lets cal keep racing on his own team and earn his own fame .
ricky bobby (will ferrell) is a nascar driver who wants to go fast. while he was working on the pit crew of dennit racing driver terry cheveaux (adam mckay), ricky replaces him and ends up finishing in third place, despite starting mid - race in last place. ricky quickly soars to the top of nascar by achieving his fame and fortune at dennit racing and meeting his future wife, carly (leslie bibb). ricky eventual out about his divorce upon his return, but despite cal' s desire to remain best friends, ricky suddenly breaks off his friendship after he accuses cal of wrecking his life .
while many of his original characters were of the high - energy variety, playing the role of the “jeopardy” host allowed ferrell to be more of the straight man, having to remain calm while dealing with the idiocy and abuse of the “celebrity” contestants .
elvis costello and mos def, guests at girard' s party. bob jenkins and rick benjamin, speed journalists. greg biffle, in a special feature but not credited. release. on rotten tomatoes, the film has a rating of 7. the site' s critical consensus reads: . more than just the year' s funniest film, talladega nights is one of the best films of the year. behind the lego movie ($ 6 .
after the credits, there is a scene where
walker
and
texas ranger
are reading with ricky bobby' s mom and discussing symbolism in william faulkner' s
the bear
. see more »
andy richter as gregory, girard' s openly - gay partner and a world - class trainer of german shepherds. houston tumlin and grayson russell as walker and texas ranger bobby, ricky' s two sons. adam mc. kay (the film' s director) as terry cheveaux, an apathetic driver who bobby replaces at the beginning of the film. david koechner, ian roberts and jack mc .
mind screw: ricky completely dumbfounds cal by apologizing to him, even though it was cal who stole ricky wife. cal' s crew member suggests that maybe cal subconsciously resented ricky for never letting him win and took retribution by stealing his wife .
america is all about speed ,
asserts an epigraph at the start of talladega nights: the story of ricky bobby .
hot, nasty - ass speed .
attributed to eleanor roosevelt, this little bit of truth refers obliquely to another, related aspect of u. s. culture, commercialism. the movie makes this point emphatically. as much as ricky bobby' s racing career is about going fast, it' s even more cogently about products, lots of' em. wonder bread, mountain dew, coca - cola, domino' s pizza, kfc, visa, fig newtons, taco bell, hardees, perrier, sony vaio, power - ade, huffy bikes, coors, lucky charms, applebees, budweiser, sprint, kodak, goodyear, qvc, sunoco, old spice, mcdonald' s: they all show up here, emphasizing the very corporate americanness of nascar .
quote mine: parodied; see this page' s image, above. if you can' t make it out, it says
best movie ever made .
—ricky bobby. this is a line ricky says in the movie itself, and he' s actually talking about highlander .
ricky: okay, glenn. everything cool that susan said, you wrecked it .
: after lucius gives a stirring speech about ricky driving for his own sake, glenn completely ruins the moment by making an extremely nerdy metaphor about ricky' s car being his excalibur .
ricky takes his two sons, walker and texas ranger (houston tumlin and grayson russell) to his old home and takes his job as a pizza delivery boy, but is reduced to use a bicycle and riding the bus after accidentally losing his license for crashing his pick - up truck into a customer' s shopping cart and into the sheriff writing ricky a ticket for the previous incident. with ricky' s life at its lowest point, reese suddenly re - enters ricky' s life and attempts to teach ricky to drive by harnessing the fear he has experienced throughout his life. this includes using unusual methods to get ricky back to his normal speed, such as placing a live cougar named karen in the back seat of his car. with his retraining and the guidance of reese, ricky finally regains his confidence, but is taken a back when reese walks out on him once again. reese leaves ricky with the knowledge that the mantra around which ricky lived his entire life :
if you ain' t first, you' re last !
, was in fact meaningless. when ricky runs into his assistant, susan (amy adams) at a bar, she convinces ricky to return to nascar not because of his desire to live up to the expectations of those around him, but because of his nature to drive fast. while ricky heeding susan' s advice to race at the talladega 500, he and susan fall in love with each other.
talladega nights : the ballad of ricky bobby is a 2006 american sports comedy film directed by adam mckay and starring will ferrell , while written by both mckay and ferrell . additionally , the film features john c. reilly , sacha baron cohen , gary cole and michael clarke duncan , and appearances by saturday night live alumni . nascar drivers jamie mcmurray and dale earnhardt jr. make cameos , as do broadcasting teams from nascar on fox ( mike joy , larry mcreynolds and darrell waltrip ) and nascar on nbc ( bill weber , wally dallenbach jr. and benny parsons ) . talladega nights was pat hingle 's last film before his death in 2009 . andy hillenburg 's fast track enterprises and k4 motorsports combined to provide race cars , hauler transportation and stunt coordination . previously , the companies had assisted in promotion for herbie : fully loaded , 3 : the dale earnhardt story , and other stock car racing films . within talladega nights : the ballad of ricky bobby , k4 motorsports created custom wrapping for specific race cars , notably bobby 's " me " car . 
talladega nights: the ballad of ricky bobby is a 2006 american sports comedy film directed by adam mckay and starring will ferrell, while written by both mckay and ferrell. additionally, the film features john c. reilly, sacha baron cohen, gary cole and michael clarke duncan, and appearances by saturday night live alumni. nascar drivers jamie mcmurray and dale earnhardt jr. make cameos, as do broadcasting teams from nascar on fox (mike joy, larry mcreynolds and darrell waltrip) and nascar on nbc (bill weber, wally dallenbach jr. and benny parsons). talladega nights was pat hingle's last film before his death in 2009. andy hillenburg's fast track enterprises and k4 motorsports combined to provide race cars, hauler transportation and stunt coordination. previously, the companies had assisted in promotion for herbie: fully loaded, 3: the dale earnhardt story, and other stock car racing films. within talladega nights: the ballad of ricky bobby, k4 motorsports created custom wrapping for specific race cars, notably bobby's " me " car.
talladega nights: the ballad of ricky bobby is a 2006 american sports comedy film directed by adam mckay and starring will ferrell, while written by both mckay and ferrell. additionally, the film features john c. reilly, sacha baron cohen, gary cole and michael clarke duncan, and appearances by saturday night live alumni. nascar drivers jamie mcmurray and dale earnhardt jr. make cameos, as do broadcasting teams from nascar on fox (mike joy, larry mcreynolds and darrell waltrip) and nascar on nbc (bill weber, wally dallenbach jr. and benny parsons). talladega nights was pat hingle's last film before his death in 2009. andy hillenburg's fast track enterprises and k4 motorsports combined to provide race cars, hauler transportation and stunt coordination. previously, the companies had assisted in promotion for herbie: fully loaded, 3: the dale earnhardt story, and other stock car racing films. within talladega nights: the ballad of ricky bobby, k4 motorsports created custom wrapping for specific race cars, notably bobby's " me " car.