| Cannonball Run 2001 | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Reality |
| Written by | James Eagan Seth Margolin |
| Directed by | Rick Telles |
| Presented by | Krista Herman |
| Country of origin | United States |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 5 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 60 minutes |
| Production companies | Brass Ring Entertainment GRB Entertainment |
| Original release | |
| Network | USA Network |
| Release | August 5 (2001-08-05) – September 2, 2001 (2001-09-02) |
Cannonball Run 2001: Race Across America or known simply asCannonball Run 2001, is an Americanreality television series that was broadcast on theUSA Network from August 5 to September 2, 2001.[1] It was inspired by theCannonball Baker Sea-to-Shining-Sea Memorial Trophy Dash, an outlaw road race of the 1970s which was the source for the famous 1981 filmThe Cannonball Run and its sequel,Cannonball Run II (1984). The show featured a series of five location-specific challenges along aNew York-to-Los Angeles course, as in the original race.[2]
Development of the series started without the participation ofBrock Yates, organizer of the original Cannonball and holder of the trademark; indeed, the production company paid Yates for the use of the name just before the show debuted. Yates was not pleased with the series, as he felt it was fake and staged.
In 2005, Yates teamed up with a Cannonball driver and film producer J Sanchez to produce a more authentic reality series calledCannonball: This Is Reality to run alongside the actualOne Lap of America race. The project was shelved in 2006 due to lack of interest from networks.
In 2023, New York-based film and television studioFilmRise acquired the digital distribution and AVOD rights to the show, so it is made available for streaming online on their app and its partners,The Roku Channel,Tubi andAmazon Prime Video and its sister AVOD service,Amazon Freevee.[3][4][5]
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