Rat Race

Starring: Rowan Atkinson (Pollini), Kathy Bates, Dean Cain (Shawn), Lanai Chapman, John Cleese (Donald St. Claire), Whoopi Goldberg (Vera), Cuba Gooding, Jr., Seth Green (Duane), Wayne Knight, Jon Lovitz (Randy), Breckin Meyer (Nick), Kathy Najimy (Bev), Paul Rodriguez (Gus), Amy Smart (Tracy), Dave Thomas (Grisham), Vince Vieluf, Brandy Ledford (Vicky), Deborah Theaker, Silas Weir Mitchell

Interviews: Jerry Zucker, John Cleese, Jon Lovitz

Director: Jerry Zucker

Screenwriter: Andy Breckman

Synopsis: In this updated version of It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963), a billionaire Las Vegas casino owner sets up a gambling scheme in which betters wage on which of six candidates can find the $2 million that is hidden somewhere in a locker. Keeping the road-comedy theme from the original, this movie gathers a large cast of comedians to share in the adventure of the search.

Release Date: nationwide in the United States and Canada in over 2500 theaters on Friday, August 17

• UK - December 2001
• Belgium - October 10th 2001,
• Denmark - October 17th 2001
• France - July 11th 2001,
• Netherlands - August 23rd 2001

MPAA Rating: PG-13 (for sexual references, crude humor, partial nudity and language)

Production Companies: Fireworks Pictures, Alphaville Films, Seven Arts International, Zucker Co.

Distributor: Paramount Pictures, contact: Gregg Brilliant, Vice President, National Publicity of Paramount Pictures, +1-323-956-5872

Soundtrack: (Click here) will be released on August 7, 2001