Rat Race
- Release Date: August 17, 2001
- Genre: Comedy
- Director: Jerry Zucker
- Producer(s): Sean Daniel, Jerry Zucker, Janet Zucker
- Writer(s): Andy Breckman
- Studio: Paramount Pictures
- Length: 1h 52m | Classification: G
- Official Site: www.ratracemovie.com
Synopsis
To keep some of the wealthiest gamblers happy, Las Vegas casino owner, Donald Sinclair (Cleese) sets up a human "rat race." Selected at random, six ordinary people are told that there is a duffle bag filled with $2 million in cash locked in a locker in Silver City, New Mexico. The first one to reach it, keeps it all... and there are no rules.The racers travel by any means necessary - car, train, plane, foot etc., and they are not above cheating each other. Meanwhile, all are being secretly watched by Sinclair's wealthy tycoons who make bets on who will win the cash.