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Rat Race (2001)

Jason Alexander was originally lined up to play Zack.
Rowan Atkinson's character (an Italian tourist) was originally going to be a Chinese diplomat.
On a highway location, while traffic was clearing, the motorists would rubberneck to see who the star was. One day, Cuba Gooding Jr. decided to "moon" the motorists driving by.

Donald Sinclair was an actual hotel manager in the British town of Torquay, where John Cleese's "Fawlty Towers" (1975) is set. Cleese copied Sinclair's blunt nature and sharp tongue and turned them into the character of Basil Fawlty.
This is the first feature film ever to co-star African-American Academy Award winners (Whoopi Goldberg and Cuba Gooding Jr.).
(CAMEO): Director Jerry Zucker's mother, Charlotte Zucker, plays the elderly Lucille Ball impersonator.
Cuba Gooding Jr.'s character is based on a real-life referee.
Is based on the 1963 comedy classic It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (1963)
This is Amy Smart and Breckin Meyer's 2nd film together, the first being Road Trip (2000)_
Writer Andy Breckman came up with the idea of the bus full of Lucy impersonators after reading an article in a tabloid about an "I Love Lucy" convention.
In this film, Harold Grisham, Donald Sinclair's lawyer, is said to have been "tragically born without a personality." This same joke was used in Sgt. Bilko (1996), also written by Andy Breckman.
The script originally called for one tour guide in the Barbie museum, but Jerry Zucker liked the pair who ultimately made it into the film so much that he split the role.
The scene in the movie where Cuba Gooding Jr. flips the coin at the football game was filmed in Calgary Alberta Canada before a CFL game for the Calgary Stampeders.
Jerry Goldsmith had originally been selected to score the movie, but had to drop out at the last minute due to health reasons.

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