Stroker Ace, a champion NASCAR driver, is standing at the top of his career, but is getting fed up with having to do as he's told. In between rebelling against his sponsor (a fried chicken chain)'s promotion gimmicks (like making him dress up in giant chicken suit) he spends the rest of the movie trying to bed the buxom Pembrook.
Practical Effects
Real NASCAR footage and actual crashes—Hal Needham didn't fake the danger.
Costume
The chicken suit deserves its own billing. Iconic humiliation cinema.
Director
Hal Needham
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Burt Reynolds turned down Terms of Endearment to make this—the role that won Jack Nicholson an Oscar. Reynolds later called it one of his biggest regrets.
This was the last of Reynolds' five films with director Hal Needham, the stuntman-turned-director who defined the good-ol'-boy blockbuster era before it collapsed.
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