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Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby is a american film of genre Comedy directed by Adam McKay released in USA on 4 august 2006 with Will Ferrell
Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (2006)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 4 august 2006
Length 1h48
Directed by Adam McKay
OriginUSA
Themes Films about sexuality, Sports films, Transport films, LGBT-related films, Films about automobiles, Auto racing films, Road movies, La NASCAR, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Rating65%
Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby is a 2006 American comedy film directed by Adam McKay, starring Will Ferrell, and written by McKay and Ferrell. The film also features John C. Reilly, Sacha Barone Cohen, Gary Cole and Michael Clarke Duncan. 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). Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby was also Pat Hingle's last film, before his death in 2009.
Racecars, stunt coordination, and haulers were provided by joint efforts between Andy Hillenburg's race team Fast Track Enterprises and K4 Motorsports, both of which had previously worked in other stock car racing movies such as Herbie: Fully Loaded and 3: The Dale Earnhardt Story. K4 Motorsports provided the custom wrapping for movie-specific racecars (such as the #62 'Me' car).
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.
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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 eventually persuades Dennit to field an additional car and arranges to have his best friend, Cal Naughton, Jr. (John C. Reilly), on his team. While he and Cal are on top of the racing world, Ricky challenges his flamboyant French Formula One archrival, Jean Girard (Sacha Barone Cohen), who outperforms him on the track and becomes Dennit Racing's next top driver. Desperate to regain his dominance, Ricky pushes himself too hard during the race at Charlotte Motor Speedway and ends up going airborne, barrel-rolling several times.Actors
Will Ferrell
(Ricky Bobby)
John C. Reilly
(Cal Naughton, Jr.)
Sacha Baron Cohen
(Jean Girard)
Gary Cole
(Reese Bobby)
Michael Clarke Duncan
(Lucius Washington)
Mediocre American Man Trilogy
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