Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby | |
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Directed by | Adam McKay |
Written by | Will Ferrell Adam McKay |
Produced by | Jimmy Miller Judd Apatow |
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Cinematography | Oliver Wood |
Edited by | Brent White |
Music by | Alex Wurman |
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Distributed by | Sony Pictures Releasing |
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Running time | 108 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $72.5 million[1] |
Box office | $163.4 million[1] |
Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby is a 2006 American sports comedy film directed by Adam McKay who co-wrote the film with Will Ferrell.[2] It features Ferrell as the titular Ricky Bobby, an immature yet successful NASCAR driver. The film also features John C. Reilly, Sacha Baron Cohen, Gary Cole, Michael Clarke Duncan, Leslie Bibb, Jane Lynch, and Amy Adams in supporting roles. NASCAR drivers Jamie McMurray and Dale Earnhardt Jr. appear in cameos, as do broadcasting teams from NASCAR on Fox (Mike Joy, Larry McReynolds, Darrell Waltrip, and Dick Berggren) and NASCAR on NBC (Bill Weber, Wally Dallenbach Jr., and Benny Parsons).
The film was released theatrically on August 4, 2006, by Columbia Pictures through Sony Pictures Releasing to critical and commercial success, grossing $163.4 million worldwide against a $72 million budget.
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