| Michael Short's Speed Zone! | |
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Theatrical release poster |
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| Directed by | Jim Drake |
| Produced by | Murray Shostak |
| Written by | Michael Short |
| Starring | John Candy Eugene Levy Joe Flaherty Donna Dixon |
| Music by | David Wheatley |
| Distributed by | Orion Pictures |
| Release date(s) | April 21, 1989 |
| Running time | 94 min. |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $3.007 million |
Speed Zone!, also known as Cannonball Run III or simply Cannonball Fever, released in 1989, is the third and final installment of the Cannonball Run series of movies. Like the first two films, it is a comedy set around an illegal cross-country race (inspired by the Cannonball Baker Sea-To-Shining-Sea Memorial Trophy Dash). This time the premise is that all the racers are arrested before the race begins, and the sponsors have to quickly line up new racers.
Speed Zone! stars many alumni of SCTV, including John Candy, Eugene Levy, and Joe Flaherty. The cast includes Donna Dixon, Matt Frewer, Tim Matheson, Mimi Kuzyk, Melody Anderson, Shari Belafonte, Brian George, Art Hindle, Dick Smothers, Tom Smothers, Peter Boyle, Don Lake, John Schneider, Lee Van Cleef, Harvey Atkin, Michael Spinks, Brooke Shields, Alyssa Milano, Louis Del Grande, Richard Petty and Carl Lewis.
Jamie Farr cameos as "Sheik Abdul ben Falafel", who says in an interview that he is retiring from racing. Farr and his character are the only actor and character to appear in all three films of the Cannonball Run movie universe.
John Schneider makes a cameo as the driver of the Lamborghini Countach at the beginning of the movie and is seen wearing an orange racing suit with a confederate flag on it.