#40thAnniversary "It's not what you do it's how you do it, be anything you want to be"! Who remembers the amazing opening to the classic 1984 film "The Cannonball Run II"?! The film was released on this date 39 years ago. Ray's song "Cannonball" plays during the famous Lamborghini Countach LP400 chase that kicks off the film, just as it did in the first movie! #thecannonballrun2 #cannonballrun2 #classicmoviescene #classicmovieopening #onthisdate #80smovies #80scinema #otd #onthisday #todayinhist

Cannonball Run II is a 1984 action comedy film starring Burt Reynolds and an all-star cast, released on June 29 1984, the film cost about $22 million and made $56 million. Plot: Having lost the first Cannonball Run race, Sheik Abdul ben Falafel is ordered by his father to go back to America and win another Cannonball Run in order to "emblazon the Falafel name as the fastest in the world". Trivia: The file was directed and written by stuntman Hal Needham. Hal was also responsible for the movies R