#the great race

[vivian-rutledge]

NATALIE WOOD as Maggie Dubois THE GREAT RACE (1965)  — dir. Blake Edwards

#the great race #natalie wood #classicfilmedit #oldhollywoodedit #classicfilmsource #classicfilmblr #cinemaspast #mg* #oh*

[skiploom]

happy bday mr falk!!

#Peter falk #columbo #the great race #the princess bride #it is your bday happy bday dear old granpawpaw #my art #i got a lot of help on this thank you 😭

[ohmystarrynight]

I’m. Not dead.

I’m very sorry for being so radio silent but nobody sat me down and said 2.5 jobs and bills and rent was gonna be so hard >:,0

Like????

who the fuck is out here Live Laugh Loving in these conditions!!!

ANYWAY I think this scene is very funny so I made it people-y-er

Toodles til later :))

#concept art #illustration #digital art #pilot's art! #ttte #thomas the tank engine #pilot speaks! #thomas and friends #ttte thomas #ttte salty #ttte ashima #the great race #the great railway show #ttte fanart #thomas the tank engine fanart #human ttte #salty

[20th-century-man]

Natalie Wood / production stills from Blake Edwards’s The Great Race (1965)

#Natalie Wood #The Great Race #Blake Edwards #1965 #film #1960s

[jammyjams1910]

So, for fun, I watched The Great Race again (for the millionth time save me-) and after seeing this bloke again

I randomly thought to myself: "What if he's dyslexic 👀"

#random headcanons #idrk i just randomly thought that all of a sudden sorry 😂 #ttte #thomas and friends #thomas the tank engine #ttte the flying scotsman #ttte flying scotsman #ttte scotsman #the great race #ttte headcanon #jammyjams talks #jammyjams spills the tea

[someguywriting]

blurry frame from the great race

#max meen #professor fate #the great race #the great race 1965 #peter falk

[aswell84]

Day 2 of sharing a photo of Peter, to honor his Birthday month. Today's photo is of Peter, as Max from "The Great Race." 💕

#peter falk #the great race #birthday honor a day photo #my photos

[rosepompadour]

NATALIE WOOD covered in frosting on the set of THE GREAT RACE (1965)

#such a shame that her qt underwear was ruined but it was worth it for this scene alone #i never mix my pies! #natalie wood #the great race #sixties sweethearts #*

[theredengineapologist]

From the ttte movies you seen, whats your fav?

✨THE GREAT RACE✨

The Great Race is THE BEST ONE! I may not have seen most of the other movies yet, but I'm very sure NOTHING is ever gonna beat this movie for me.

You're telling me they made a Thomas movie centered around what is basically a Train Pageant (tm) AND they made it a MUSICAL!!??? Hell yeah! Sign me up!

But then you actually get in to the movie and it gets even better.

EVERY SONG IS A BOP! EVERY! 👏 SINGLE! 👏ONE! 👏 THERE WAS NOT A SINGLE MISS IN THIS MOVIE! I don't know what they were on, but they were pumping out JAM after JAM!

Secondly, I think the Great Railway Show was a great way to introduce more foreign engines into the show in a way that made sense. Pity that we didn't really get to see much of them. But I also feel like we didn't really need to. I mainly just liked that we got to SEE them.

One of the things I LOVE about Brenner Era CGI Thomas is how the world of Sodor feels so much bigger. In the model series I get this sense that the Island of Sodor is this quaint little English countryside island where nothing much happens, and the engine's shenanigans are the most interesting things to happen in day-to-day life. Whereas I feel like in Brenner Era CGI Thomas, the world feels much grander. Still very much an English countryside island. But the island itself feels much bigger. The engines and the people living on it feel much busier. And in some ways I would say the cast itself feels more diverse once they gave the characters unique voices. I'm a sucker for shows that allow their characters to speak in different dialects, and giving Duck his West Country accent and the narrow gauge engines Welsch accents honestly endeared them to me more.

Anyway, main point I'm trying to get at is that the introduction of The Great Railway Show helped to expand the Thomas universe and show the rest of the world interacting with Sodor and vice-versa, even if only for a short period of time. It adds to the grandness of the world.

I also really like Thomas's arc in this movie. With how often he gets picked on for being a "little engine" over the course of the series, it's no wonder the guy's a little self conscious. If the narrator called me "short and stumpy" three times in a row I'd be pretty self-conscious too lol. But jokes aside, I did like seeing Thomas have conflict with this part of his identity. His verses in "You Can Only Be You" really made me feel for him, and I loved being able to see him finally come around at the end.

And of course, we can't talk about The Great Race without mentioning

HOW PRETTY JAMES'S DECORATIVE PAINTWORK IS!!!

LOOK AT HIM! LOOK AT MY PRETTY BOY! GAZE UPON HIS BEAUTY AND HIS SPLENDIDNESS!!!

And you know what? I'm gonna say it. James deserved to win Best Decorated Engine. Sorry not sorry RAJIV! But they don't call me the Red Engine Apologist for nothing! My pookie deserved to win!

One of these days I've got to do humanized versions of James's and Emily's looks from this movie. I can see it very clearly in my head but I also want to, um, draw other characters HAHAHAHA

Anyway, TLDR, The Great Race was an amazing movie with a killer soundtrack, great story, and a concept that appeals to ME SPECIFICALLY. I also genuinely think it would adapt very well into a stage musical (similar in visual style to the Spongebob musical). I have a clear vision in my head for what it would look like but unfortunately I don't have the money nor resources to make it a reality so it would just stay in my head. But just know that every time I watch this movie I am actively thinking about how I would hypothetically adapt this to the stage.

I''ve spent WAY too much time rambling about The Great Race but yeah, there's your answer.

Also if you're curious, here's every Thomas movie I've watched so far ranked from favorite to least favorite.

The Great Race (obviously)

Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure (Thomas had a great arc in this one, "Never Overlook a Little Engine" was fun, and visuals are spectacular. Solid movie but it can't beat the campiness of The Great Race)

The Adventure Begins (Solid movie. The other two are just more fun imo)

Tale of the Brave (It was a good movie and I probably would have appreciated it more if I watched it in High Quality. But unfortunately I can't stand Kerry Shale James and so I chose to watch a grainy upload on YouTube instead.)

Journey Beyond Sodor (I'm sorry to my one mutual (you know who you are) who said this was their favorite movie. But unfortunately, in my opinion, the songs do not slap as hard as in The Great Race)

#ttte #thomas and friends #the great race #thomas the tank engine #ttte james #ask answered #ttte episode review #ttte movie review #ttte first impressions #on today's episode of “thinking too hard about trains”... #redengineposts

[wataksampingan]

A gentle word to my seniors and juniors born in the year of the Rat:

You mustn't belittle yourself. By all accounts, the Rat shouldn't have stood a chance in the Great Race, with its small size and short legs. It shouldn't even have made it into the zodiac - everyone else was physically bigger, faster, stronger. Yet there it is, the first of the twelve. That it used its wits and charm to trick the cat and the ox is true. But personally speaking? Trickster spirits are welcome in this wild, harsh world of ours. Use all the guile you have, and bring us hope; in a world which expects the little guys to lose, you spring surprises, you play tricks and you gain victory. Right now, we could do with more of that for the underdogs (and rats).

And another small word to my seniors and juniors born in the year of the Goat:

What would we do without you? You were there on the raft, with the Monkey and the Rooster, pulling together through weeds and muck. All of the others were competing, each animal for themselves, but you were different. You saw clearly that collaboration and cooperation - community - was the best way. And when you reached the finish line, everyone saw that you were the glue of the team. You held them together, you pushed them onwards. Do not underestimate your ability to unite us, and lead us past our selfish fighting.

The cycle isn't complete with just dragons and nagas; we need all of you.

#the great race #eastern zodiac #I'm whispering to the rats and goats specifically coz I saw a few people kinda bummed about it #I just wanted y'all to know rats and goats are crucial to us #as are all of the other animals #also I'm humbled by the warmth and good wishes everyone is sending #thank you #oh and we celebrate the new year for 15 days so it's not belated new year's yet technically LOL #lunar new year #watak writes

[v1tfrma]

Natalie Wood, my favourite birthday twin ❤️❤️

#actors #actress #natalie wood #maria west side story #west side story #rebel without a cause #miracle on 34th street #splendor in the grass #the great race #the searchers #brainstorm

[vivian-rutledge]

The Steamer is a fast, sporty, attractive automobile. Designed for city driving and country picnics. You're lucky it didn't blow up on you. I congratulate you. Not as a woman, but an intrepid autoist. You mean an intrepid woman autoist. THE GREAT RACE (1965)   — dir. Blake Edwards

#the great race #natalie wood #tony curtis #classicfilmedit #oldhollywoodedit #classicfilmsource #classicfilmblr #cinemaspast #oh* #mg* #forever my nr.1 on letterboxd #it's a childhood favourite and i still love it #i think this is where my obsession with old hollywood started

[skiploom]

the og pic provided by my friend @/lieutenant-columbro

#i have more but ill post this one first #the great race 1965 #the great race #max meen #professor fate #my art #lmao

[actualdirtfromtheground]

Girls don't want marriage.

Girls want to be a goofy villain, entirely Dedicated to their aesthetic, with an incompetent assistant, who's plans always backfire horribly, who has an organ in their house that plays itself, and who has been trying (and failing) consistently to kill the dude everyone loves. AND girls want the best theme song you'll ever hear in you're whole damn life

#this is directly related to the last post i made #professor fate core #villain aesthetic #Professor fate #the great race

[20th-century-man]

Natalie Wood / publicity photo for Blake Edwards’s The Great Race (1965)

#Natalie Wood #The Great Race #Blake Edwards #1965 #film #1960s

[spockvarietyhour]

F For Falk

#The Great Race #Peter Falk #Danny watches The Great Race