Whos Baby Gets Signed at Race in Talladega Nights

2006 moving-picture show by Adam McKay

Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Adam McKay
Written by	Volition Ferrell Adam McKay
Produced by	Jimmy Miller Judd Apatow
Starring	Will Ferrell John C. Reilly Sacha Baron Cohen Gary Cole Michael Clarke Duncan Leslie Bibb Jane Lynch Amy Adams Andy Richter
Cinematography	Oliver Wood
Edited by	Brent White
Music by	Alex Wurman
Production companies	Columbia Pictures Relativity Media The Apatow Company Mosaic Media Group
Distributed past	Sony Pictures Releasing
Release date	August four, 2006 (2006-08-04)
Running time	108 minutes
Country	United States
Linguistic communication	English
Budget	$72.five million[one]
Box office	$163.four million[one]

Talladega Nights: The Carol of Ricky Bobby is a 2006 American sports comedy flick directed by Adam McKay and starring Will Ferrell, written past both McKay and Ferrell.^[2] Other actors include John C. Reilly, Sacha Baron Cohen, Gary Cole, Michael Clarke Duncan, Leslie Bibb, Jane Lynch, and Amy Adams, and appearances by Saturday Night Alive alumni. NASCAR drivers Jamie McMurray and Dale Earnhardt Jr. have cameos, as practise broadcasting teams from NASCAR on Play a trick on (Mike Joy, Larry McReynolds and Darrell Waltrip) and NASCAR on NBC (Bill Weber, Wally Dallenbach Jr. and Benny Parsons).

Plot [edit]

In North Carolina, Ricky Bobby is a man who grew up dreaming of going fast. Born in the backseat of a racing car on country roads while his male parent, Reese, accidentally missed the turnoff for the hospital due to driving as well fast, Bobby grew upwardly not knowing his father, only seeing him in one case in 10 years where he was kicked out of Bobby's schoolhouse for inappropriate behavior. Equally an adult, while working on the pit crew of Dennit Racing driver Terry Cheveaux, Bobby acts as a replacement driver after Terry decides to take a bathroom suspension while in last place. After finishing third in the race, Bobby gains fame and fortune at Dennit Racing. While racing, he meets his time to come wife Carley, after she flashes her breasts.

Years after winning several championships, Bobby persuades Dennit Racing to field a second squad for his best friend Cal Naughton Jr. Bobby and Naughton become an unstoppable duo on the rails, just are presently introduced to their new teammate, openly gay French Formula One driver Jean Girard. The Frenchman soon outperforms both Bobby and Naughton to go Dennit Racing's latest success story. Desperate to win, Bobby exceeds his limitations and crashes at Lowe's Motor Speedway. His declining functioning afterward gets him fired from his squad; furthermore, Carley divorces him and leaves him for Naughton, causing Bobby to fall into depression and falling out with Naughton, despite the latter still calling Bobby his all-time friend and frequently calling to exercise social activities.

Bobby moves in with his mom Lucy, and brings his two disobedient sons Walker and Texas Ranger with him while taking a job as a pizza delivery man. His luck worsens when he loses his driver's license afterwards colliding with a woman pushing a shopping cart and hitting a police officer, reducing Bobby to riding the bus or a bicycle to deliver pizzas. Meanwhile, Lucy is determined to reform her two disrespectful grandsons.

With his life at rock bottom, Bobby's estranged father Reese returns to remind him how to bulldoze, using unorthodox methods such equally putting a live cougar in his car, and forcing him to escape the police. When his father leaves him again after causing trouble at an Applebees eating house, Bobby's former assistant Susan persuades him to return to NASCAR, since it is in his nature to drive fast. They chop-chop develop a romantic relationship when Bobby takes Susan's advice and races at Talladega Superspeedway. Bobby makes amends with Carley, Girard, and Naughton, while uniting with his pit coiffure chief and close friend Lucius Washington. With limited sponsors, Bobby'due south car is painted with a cougar to remind him of his passion. At the start of the race, Bobby flies from concluding place to laissez passer all of the drivers except Girard. In the endmost laps, Naughton uses a slingshot technique for Bobby to laissez passer Girard.

The replacement commuter of Bobby's Wonder Bread automobile causes a massive wreck that takes out the field, except Bobby and Girard. On the final lap of the race, Bobby and Girard collide, wrecking their vehicles. Bobby and Girard exit their cars and begin running towards the terminate line. Bobby reaches the line outset, however both are disqualified for getting out of their cars. Every bit Naughton takes the checkered flag, Girard offers Bobby a handshake, but Bobby responds past kissing him on the lips. Carley asks Bobby to move back in with her and start over, but he chooses to stay with Susan instead. At the end of the result, Bobby is congratulated in the parking lot by Reese; Bobby declares that it was no longer virtually winning, knowing that he has a family who loves him no matter where he finishes. He, his family and Susan leave to go back to Applebees.

In a postal service credits scene, Grandma Lucy is shown reading a story to Walker and Texas Ranger, both having fully been disciplined by her and are now presented as polite, respectful children.

Bandage [edit]

• Volition Ferrell as Ricky Bobby, a NASCAR commuter who simply believes in winning throughout his career. He originally drove the No. 26 Laughing Clown Malt Liquor Chevrolet Monte Carlo until it became sponsored by Wonder Breadstuff and Powerade during his soar to the top of NASCAR and the No. 62 "ME" Ford Taurus at the Talladega 500.
  • Jake Johnson as v-year-old Ricky.
  • Luke Bigham as ten-yr-one-time Ricky.
• John C. Reilly equally Cal Naughton Jr., Bobby's best friend and teammate. He drives the No. 47 Onetime Spice Chevrolet Monte Carlo. Reilly previously had a role in Days of Thunder.
  • Austin Grimm as 10-year-quondam Cal.
• Sacha Baron Cohen as Jean Girard, an openly gay French Formula 1 driver and Bobby's archrival. Girard'southward dream is to move to Stockholm and design a currency for utilise past dogs and cats. He is described every bit talented, eccentric and dominating in the Formula One circuit in a SPEED broadcast segment. While challenging Bobby, Girard drives the No. 55 Perrier Chevrolet Monte Carlo.
• Michael Clarke Duncan as Lucius Washington, Ricky's coiffure chief and close friend. Subsequently Ricky'southward firing, he and the pit coiffure started a auto launder, where they had a difficult time adjusting to the career change. They eventually return every bit the pit crew of Ricky's ME car.
• Leslie Bibb as Carley Bobby, Ricky'due south wife and subsequently Naughton's married woman after she fears Ricky will not successfully return to NASCAR.
• Gary Cole equally Reese Bobby, Ricky'south father.
• Jane Lynch as Lucy Bobby, Ricky'southward mother.
• Amy Adams as Susan, Ricky's assistant and eventual love interest.
• Andy Richter every bit Gregory, Girard's husband and a world-class trainer of High german shepherds.
• Houston Tumlin and Grayson Russell as Walker and Texas Ranger Bobby, Ricky'due south two sons.
• Adam McKay (the film'southward director) every bit Terry Cheveaux, an apathetic driver who Bobby replaces at the outset of the pic.
• David Koechner, Ian Roberts and Jack McBrayer every bit Hershell, Kyle and Glenn, Bobby'south three pit crew members. They join Lucius at the automobile wash before returning to exist Ricky's pit crew. Though Glenn was initially claimed to have died while working on the auto, he is revealed to yet be alive, and had pretend to die as extra motivation for Ricky to win.
• Pat Hingle equally Larry Dennit Sr., original possessor of Bobby's team, Dennit Racing. After retiring, his son, Larry Dennit Jr., takes over the team halfway through Bobby's career.
• Greg Germann as Larry Dennit Jr., the new possessor of Dennit Racing, who is concerned only with flavor bespeak totals and winning sponsors.
• Molly Shannon as Mrs. Dennit, the younger Dennit'southward alcoholic wife.
• Ted Manson every bit Scrap, Bobby'due south elderly, long-suffering male parent-in-law.
• Rob Riggle as Jack Telmont, the Speed Channel commentator.
• Dale Earnhardt Jr. as one of Bobby'due south fans. He also appears in a deleted scene at the garage in Talladega.
• Jamie McMurray loses to Ricky at Texas Motor Speedway while driving the No. 42 Mopar Dodge Charger when Ricky wins by driving in opposite.
• C.J. Dornberger plays fictional Brian Wavecrest who replaces Bobby in the 26 car at the end of the film.
• Mike Joy, Darrell Waltrip and Larry McReynolds, Play a trick on NASCAR commentators.
• Dick Berggren, a Fox NASCAR field reporter, seen interviewing Ricky in pit lane at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
• Bill Weber, Benny Parsons and Wally Dallenbach Jr., NASCAR on NBC commentators.
• Elvis Costello and Mos Def, guests at Girard'south party (Girard claimed they were not them).
• Bob Jenkins and Rick Benjamin, Speed journalists.
• Jack Blessing as Jarvis, Cal's crew chief
• Greg Biffle, in a Special Characteristic but not credited.
• A cardboard stand of Dale Earnhardt appears in the infield of Talladega.
• The broadcaster and diverse real-life NASCAR drivers and/or their cars from the 2005 racing season can also exist seen, including Dale Jarrett, Dale Earnhardt Jr. (car but), Casey Mears (car but), Kasey Kahne, Jeremy Mayfield (motorcar simply), Tony Stewart, JJ Yeley, Jason Leffler, Bobby Labonte (car only), Terry Labonte (machine only), Travis Kvapil (motorcar only), Marking Martin (machine but), Carl Edwards (machine only), Mike Bliss (car only), Scott Wimmer (car only), Jamie McMurray (car but), Rusty Wallace (car simply), Brian Vickers, Jeff Gordon, Jimmie Johnson, Kyle Busch, Kurt Busch (car only, Elliott Sadler (auto only), Greg Biffle (car merely), Matt Kenseth (car simply), Michael Waltrip (car only), Ryan Newman (car just), Scott Riggs (car only), Boris Said, Joe Nemechek (motorcar only), Sterling Marlin (car only), Jeff Burton (auto only), Ken Schrader (motorcar but), (automobile merely), Tony Raines Kevin Lepage (automobile only), Mike Skinner (car but), Mike Wallace, Kenny Wallace (machine merely), Bobby Hamilton Jr (car only), Hermie Sadler (car only), Robby Gordon (car only), Kerry Earnhardt Kevin Harvick (car only) Jeff Dark-green Kyle Lilliputian (automobile only) and Johnny Sauter (car just).

Production [edit]

Development [edit]

McKay and Ferrell outset discussed a film about a NASCAR driver while Ferrell was filming Elf. Shortly later on filming of that film had completed, co-producer Jimmy Miller invited the two to a NASCAR race in Fontana, California, afterwards which the ii began initial writing of the film.^[3] The ii presented the idea to Sony using only a vi-give-and-take pitch: "Volition Ferrell as a NASCAR commuter". Later the proposal was picked upwardly by Sony Pictures, NASCAR agreed to provide assist for the moving picture'due south production^[4]

Filming [edit]

Much of the film was shot in North Carolina, with one calendar week of shooting occurring at Talladega Superspeedway in October 2 2005. Many of the racing scenes were May 29 2005 filmed at the Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord, North Carolina and Rockingham Speedway as well known as The Stone, while scenes for the Bobby residence were filmed at a mansion near Lake Norman.^{[5] [6]} The moving picture was tentatively titled Loftier, Broad and Handsome.

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. Inside Talladega Nights: The Carol of Ricky Bobby, K4 Motorsports created custom wrapping for specific race cars, notably Bobby'southward "ME" car.^[7]

Reception [edit]

Ferrell at the premiere of Talladega Nights, September 12, 2006.

Box office [edit]

The flick grossed US$47 million in its beginning week, and was the No. i film at the box office, which is the second largest opening for a film starring Will Ferrell backside Ferrell's Elf which grossed $173 million. The film grossed $148.2 1000000 in the United states of america and Canada, and $15.1 meg in other territories for a total worldwide gross of $163 million.^[ane]

Critical response [edit]

On Rotten Tomatoes, the picture has an approval rating of 71% based on 188 reviews, with an average rating of 6.51/10. The site's critical consensus reads: "Though it occasionally stalls, Talladega Nights ' mix of satire, clever gags, and splendid ensemble performances put it squarely in the winner's circle."^[8] On Metacritic, the picture has a weighted average score of 66 out of 100, based on 33 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews."^[9] Audiences surveyed by CinemaScore gave the moving-picture show a form "B" on scale of A+ to F.^[ten]

Robert Koehler of Diverseness wrote: "Simultaneously teasing and loving a subject doesn't make for piece of cake comedy, but writer-star Will Ferrell and managing director/co-writer Adam McKay pull it off with skilful-ol'-boy good nature in Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby." Koehler was surprised by the racing aspects of the film, and praised McKay's direction and Oliver Wood cinematography, saying "he gets the grit, heat and feel of NASCAR racetracks with a near-documentary sensibility."^[eleven] Owen Gleiberman of Entertainment Weekly constitute the film increasingly uneven every bit it progressed but praised the racing sequences: "The races are scorchingly shot, and they lend the motion-picture show a zest that was missing from Anchorman."^[12] Sheri Linden of The Hollywood Reporter wrote: "From its pitch-perfect championship through simply about every detail, this sendup of sports-triumph movies maintains the right parodic pitch, if not always the highest mph on the laugh speedometer."^[13] British mag 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 yr's funniest film, Talladega Nights is one of the best films of the year."^[xiv] Automotive announcer Leo Parente said, "the most accurate racing film ever, trust me," while emphasizing that he was not existence sarcastic.^[15]

Acclaimed filmmaker Christopher Nolan cited the motion picture every bit a personal favorite of his, calling it "great".^[16]

Promotional [edit]

V8 Supercars squad Britek Motorsport incorporated the Talladega Nights logo into the paint scheme of their Ford Falcon BAs for the 2006 Sandown 500 and the 2006 Bathurst 1000.^[17]

The Supercars also featured Talladega Nights in a Bulldoze-In Night result at Skyline Blacktown on Baronial 2, 2018, to promote the upcoming race at Sydney Motorsport Park that weekend.

Both Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly appeared at the 2006 MTV Motion picture Awards in June of that year, in character, to promote the picture. The two presented the accolade for "Best Comedic Operation".

Accolades [edit]

Home media [edit]

The Blu-ray version was released on November 17, 2006. Standard DVD and PSP UMD were released on Dec 12, 2006. When viewing, the opening carte du jour gives viewers choices for Super Speedway (with footage of the motion-picture show used as introductions for special features, scene selection, etc.) or Short Track (without video introductions). The movie is presented on standard DVD in four unlike configurations, giving consumers the selection betwixt either theatrical or unrated versions and anamorphic widescreen (two.40:1 aspect ratio) or pan and browse presentations. As for the audio, each standard DVD carries Dolby Digital v.1 tracks in English and French with optional English language and French subtitles.^[19]

Extras for the standard DVD editions include a retrospective "25 Years Afterwards" commentary rail featuring near of the chief bandage, deleted and extended scenes along with bonus race footage, features, interviews with Bobby, Naughton, and Carley, a gag reel, a 'line-o-rama' characteristic with alternate dialogue from the film, and DVD-ROM content. The unrated disc contains additional deleted scenes ("Cal Calls Ricky" and "What'd You Do Today?"), an interview with Girard and Gregory, and commercials. The "Unrated & Uncut" DVD omits ii scenes that were in theaters: Bobby, as a child, steals his mother's station railroad vehicle and the happenings of Bobby's pit crew. The scenes are non nowadays in the deleted scenes either.

The Blu-ray release is bachelor on a dual-layer disc with the bulk of features presented in high definition. These include: nine deleted/extended scenes, three interviews, gag reel, line-o-rama, bonus race footage, Bobby & Naughton's Commercials, Bobby & Naughton's public service announcements, Walker & Texas Ranger, Will Ferrell Returns to Talladega and a theatrical trailer. Three not-high definition extras include: Daytona 500 Spot, NASCAR Chase for the Nextel Loving cup Spot, and Sirius and NASCAR Spot. In terms of technical aspects, this edition carries the unrated cutting and presents the moving picture with a widescreen transfer at its two.40:1 theatrical aspect ratio and includes Dolby Digital five.ane tracks in English and French and an uncompressed PCM v.1 audio track in English, along with English language, French, Castilian, Chinese, Portuguese, Korean and Thai subtitles.

The first one million 60GB and 20GB PlayStation 3 units included a costless Blu-ray copy of the film.

In October 2016, the film was re-released on Blu-Ray to coincide with its 10th anniversary. The ii-disc set includes all new bonus features, equally well every bit both versions of the film, marking the theatrical version'southward kickoff fourth dimension on Blu-Ray disc.

Existent-earth homage [edit]

On the last lap of the 2009 Aaron's 499 (one of two Sprint Cup Series races at Talladega Superspeedway), Carl Edwards crashed after Brad Keselowski made contact with his auto on the final lap. His car turned backwards, went airborne, bounced off and crushed Ryan Newman'south hood, flew into the catch contend, and came to a stop on the track apron. At this point, his car was just beyond the pit-road leave, equally Keselowski and Dale Earnhardt, Jr. crossed the finish line. Edwards climbed out of his car and jogged to the cease line. He received a standing ovation from the oversupply. Play a trick on play-past-play commentator Mike Joy commented on how information technology was "shades of Ricky Bobby.^[20]" Edwards was later asked about this on Larry Rex Live; he responded, "I'm kind of a Will Ferrell fan. He did that at the end of Talladega Nights."^[21]

At the 2012 Aaron's 499 at Talladega, Kurt Busch's unsponsored No. 51 Phoenix Racing Chevrolet Impala used Ricky Bobby'due south "ME" paint scheme. Busch and his team were heard reciting motion-picture show lines over the team radio. He was running up front when contact from behind sent him spinning, he went on to finish 20th. In October 2013, Busch's No. 78 Piece of furniture Row Racing Chevrolet was sponsored past Wonder Bread for the fall race at Talladega. Its pigment scheme was based on Ricky's original No. 26.^[22], he finished 18th in this race.

During qualifying at the 2013 United States One thousand Prix, Sebastian Vettel and his race engineer Guillaume "Rocky" Rocquelin made reference to the movie over team radio when Vettel posted the fastest lap and gained pole position. The pair referenced the moving-picture show in proverb "shake and broil" over the team radio, the same phrase used past Bobby and Naughton.^[23]

During his victory lap and postrace interview post-obit the 2021 Quaker Country 400, driver Kurt Busch exclaimed "Milk shake and Bake!" in reference to his teammate Ross Chastain, who assisted Busch in holding off his brother Kyle Busch for the victory.^[24]

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24. ^ Albert, Zach (July xi, 2021). "'Shake and bake!' Ganassi teamwork, Chastain help foil Kyle Busch's Atlanta bid". Nascar.com . Retrieved July xiii, 2021.

External links [edit]

• Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby at IMDb
• Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby at Box Office Mojo
• Counting Down: Talladega Nights Machine Auction! (Featuring the makes and models of the cars)

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