The film was parodied in a Fat Sweaty Coppers sketch in the 1996 Christmas special of The Fast Show (1994), which in that sketch, John Thomson's character attempts to get on a double-decker bus that has been rigged to explode if the bus' speed drop below five miles per hour. First it's a rigged elevator in a very tall building. [31] Speed also ranks 451 on Empire magazine's 2008 list of "The 500 Greatest Movies of All Time". Fast & Furious (originally The Fast and the Furious) is a media franchise centered on a series of action films that are largely concerned with illegal street racing, heists and spies. The shots of the LACMTA Metro Red Line through the construction zone were shot using an 1/8 scale model of the Metro Red Line, except for the jump when it derailed. Need for Speed (film series) Need for Speed is an American franchise including a series of action films, which center around illegal street racing, based on the video game series of the same name by Electronic Arts. Jack and Annie escape through a floor access panel before the empty bus collides with a Boeing 707 cargo plane and explodes. The next morning, Jack witnesses a mass transit bus explode. My goal is to draw my generation back into old cars (and the culture that surrounds them) from muscle cars to hot rods. [15], The MD520N helicopter used throughout the film, registration N599DB, Serial LN024, was sold to the Calgary Police Service[18] in 1995,[19] where it was in use until 2006; it was then sold to a private owner. Luckily, another camera placed about 90 feet from the jump ramp recorded the event. A second bus was prepared and two days later a second attempt was successful. On a commentary track on the region 1 DVD, De Bont reports that the bus jump stunt did not go as planned. He wanted to do the stunt in which Traven jumps from a Jaguar onto the bus himself, and rehearsed it in secret after de Bont disapproved. [13] In the scene in which the bus must jump across a gap in an uncompleted elevated freeway-to-freeway ramp while still under construction, a ramp was used to give the bus the necessary lift off so that it could jump the full fifty feet. The Speed Cinema will remain closed until further notice. Link your DIRECTV account to Movies Anywhere to enjoy your digital collection in one place. Payne flees and sets off the bomb, seemingly dying in the process. Speedboat racing champion and multimillionaire, Ben Aronoff, leads a double life that lands him in trouble with the law and drug lords. He realized that using "minimum" would immediately apply a negative connotation to the title, and simply renamed it to Speed. [25] Entertainment Weekly gave the film an "A" rating and Owen Gleiberman wrote, "It's a pleasure to be in the hands of an action filmmaker who respects the audience. [9], Yost also gave Whedon credit for the "Pop quiz, hotshot" line. Then it's a rigged bus--if it slows, it will blow, bad enough any day, but a nightmare in LA traffic. [citation needed], La-La Land Records released a limited expanded version of Mark Mancina's score on February 28, 2012. The film stars Keanu Reeves, Dennis Hopper, Sandra Bullock, Joe Morton, and Jeff Daniels. LAPD officer Jack Traven becomes the focus of a bomber and extortionist, retired Atlanta bomb squad sergeant Howard Payne. He became very quiet, and it took him quite a while to work it out by himself and calm down. Check out the official Speed (1994) Traile starring Keanu Reeves! In July 2012, DreamWorks Studios was committed to a film based on the Need for Speed series of video games by Electronic Arts, initially with a release date of February 7, … The episode parodies the action-thriller film Speed and the sequel Speed 2: Cruise Control. [5], Jeff Speakman was originally attached to star in Speed when the project was under Paramount's management, but was dropped from the project when it was sold to 20th Century Fox. LEARN MORE During this period of closure, we invite you to continue in your support of the Speed and the art of cinema with the Virtual Speed Cinema.Curator of Film Dean Otto has provided a selection of films you can watch via our provided links, wherein a portion … The Fast and Furious franchise is so popular it's almost ridiculous. He also demands a ransom of $3.7 million and threatens to detonate the bus if the passengers are offloaded. [27] Filmmaker Quentin Tarantino named the film one of the twenty best films he had seen from 1992 to 2009. On November 3, 1998, 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment released Speed on DVD for the first time. Lee Choo-Won (Seo Jun-Young) is an athlete who can not forget his past love. [22], Roger Ebert gave the film four out of four stars and wrote, "Films like Speed belong to the genre I call Bruised Forearm Movies, because you're always grabbing the arm of the person sitting next to you. First, it plugs uncomplicatedly into lurking anxieties—in this case the ones we brush aside when we daily surrender ourselves to mass transit in a world where the loonies are everywhere". [9] Reeves had dealt with the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) before on Point Break, and learned about their concern for human life, which he incorporated into Traven. Jack races through freeway traffic and boards the bus, but the bomb is already armed. Mac has a local news crew record the transmission and rebroadcasts it on a loop to fool Payne while the passengers are offloaded onto an airport bus. Applying film speed. [13] While Speed was in production, actor and Reeves's close friend River Phoenix died. Speed is a 1994 American action thriller film directed by Jan de Bont in his feature film directorial debut. The director remembers, "everyone at the studio was scared shitless when they first saw it. And for who? [24] In her review for The New York Times, Janet Maslin wrote, "Mr. Hopper finds nice new ways to convey crazy menace with each new role. For action lovers, SPEED delivers. Distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures through its Touchstone Pictures label. The film was based on a 1963 concept by Japanese filmmaker Akira Kurosawa. Struggling to make ends meet, he and his crew participate in street races after hours. [9] Reeves also spent two months at Gold's Gym in Los Angeles to get in shape for the role. [9] The director did not want Traven to have long hair and wanted the character "to look strong and in control of himself". The franchise also includes short films, a television series, live shows, video games and theme park attractions. 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A young police officer must prevent a bomb exploding aboard a city bus by keeping its speed above 50 mph. The film takes place in Los Angeles in 1993. Ma Goo … Speed is a 1994 American action-thriller film directed by Jan de Bont. Jack and Harry are praised by Lieutenan… Los Angeles SWAT cop Jack Traven is up against bomb expert Howard Payne, who's after major ransom money. [15], Many of the film's freeway scenes were filmed on California's Interstate 105 and Interstate 110 at the stack interchange known today as the Judge Harry Pregerson Interchange, which was not officially open at the time of filming. He explains the situation to Sam Silver, the bus driver (Hawthorne James). Best Sound Editing - Sound Effects & Foley, "Hurtling to the Top: A Director Is Born", "The Art of Action: Episode 17 Jeff Speakman", "1979 Grumman Flxible 870 ADB in "Speed, 1994, "20 Reasons to Love Speed, 20 Years Later", "C-FCPS C-GCPS N599DB McDonnell Douglas MD520N C/N LN024", "Helicopter Air Watch for Community Safety HAWCS". [26] Time magazine's Richard Schickel wrote, "The movie has two virtues essential to good pop thrillers. Speed Kills ( 2018) Speed Kills. While he is convinced to allow the injured Sam to be offloaded for medical attention as a show of good will, Payne detonates a smaller bomb after witnessing a passenger shaken by everything that's happened attempt to get off, killing her. [8] Whedon worked predominantly on the dialogue, but also created a few significant plot points, like the killing of Harry Temple. Fox then immediately approved the project. As they corner Payne, he takes Harry hostage. While scouting this location, De Bont noticed big sections of road missing and told screenwriter Graham Yost to add the bus jump over the unfinished freeway to the script. Jack and Mac head to Pershing Square to drop the ransom. A logarithmicscale increases a fixed amount for a doubling of speed - 24 DIN is twice as … Film speed is used in the exposure equations to find the appropriate exposure parameters. It's a reminder of how much movie escapism can still stir us when it's dished out with this kind of dazzle". Need for Speed (film series) Need for Speed is an American franchise including a series of action films, which center around illegal street racing, based on the video game series of the same name by Electronic Arts. [8] Yost had originally planned for Temple to be the villain of the story, as he felt that having an off-screen antagonist would not be interesting. Yesterday we reported that Dennis Hopper is set to star in Speed 3.We wondered is Speed series helmer Jan de Bont would also make a return, but decided that he would probably be too busy. He leads a SWAT team to Payne's home, but the property explodes, killing all of the SWAT team and Harry. "Speed 3" was written after the show's writers Graham Linehan and Arthur Mathews asked themselves: "How can we make a worse sequel than Speed 2?" Screenwriter Graham Yost was told by his father, Canadian television host Elwy Yost, about a 1985 film called Runaway Train starring Jon Voight, about a train that speeds out of control. Watch the full movie online. [5] Paul Attanasio was also brought in as a script doctor. Dino Brewster, Luke's fo… In 2002, Fox released a special collector's edition of the film with many extras and a remastered format of the film. The types of film used by dental practices in this survey varied, with D-speed film comprising approximately 70% of the film used, E-speed film about 21%, and F-speed film about 9%. The Speed Cubers 2020 | TV-PG | 40m | Documentary Films This documentary captures the extraordinary twists and turns in the journeys of Rubik's Cube-solving champions Max Park and Feliks Zemdegs. [5] Upon finishing the script, Yost took his idea to Paramount Pictures, which expressed interest in green-lighting the film and chose John McTiernan due to his blockbuster films Predator, Die Hard, and The Hunt for Red October. officer in the Los Angeles police department. Jack examines the bomb underneath the bus and calls Harry, who works to identify the bomber. Such a theme had in fact been used in a 1975 Japanese film, The Bullet Train. After a harrowing adventure through city traffic, the police clear a route to an unopened freeway. [6] Fox agreed to green-light the project on the condition there were action sequences in the film other than the bus. For example if an exposure of 1/250s at f.8 is required for a 100 ISO film, a 200 ISO film would require either 1/500s at f.8, (or 1/250s at f.11) and 400 ISO film would need 1/1000s at f.8 for the same scene. After seeing the Voight film, Graham decided that it would have been better if there had been a bomb on board a bus with the bus being forced to travel at 20 mph to prevent an actual explosion. 4.5 / 5 stars 76% 93%. However, McTiernan eventually declined to do so, feeling the script was too much of a Die Hard retread, and suggested Jan De Bont, who agreed to direct because he had the experience of being the photography director for action movies, including McTiernan's Die Hard and The Hunt for Red October. The Museum will reopen to the public on Sunday, July 5. Need for Speed (abbreviation: NFS) is a multiplatform racing video game series with the first game The Need for Speed being released on August 31, 1994. Having survived the incident, however, Payne watches from afar. (It … Let us know what you think in the comments below. In 1997, a sequel, Speed 2: Cruise Control, … [57] The soundtrack was commercially successful in Japan, being certified gold by the RIAJ in 2002. "[6] One of Whedon's contributions was reworking Traven's character once Keanu Reeves was cast. Sandra Bullock came to read for Speed with Reeves to make sure there was the right chemistry between the two actors. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing Full Speed (1996) near you. However, Yost recognized that there was a lot of work in the script to establish Temple as this villain. Scott Waugh directed the film and Aaron Paul was cast for the lead role. LAPD SWAT bomb disposal officers Jack Traven (Keanu Reaves) and Harry Temple (Jeff Daniels) thwart an attempt to hold an elevator full of people for a $3 million ransom by an extortionist bomber, later identified as Howard Payne (Dennis Hopper). You can review our cookie policy to learn more. A bomb is made to explode. Amazon.com: Speed: Movies & TV. The film is considered one of the worst sequels of all time. Payne hijacks a subway train, handcuffs Annie to a pole, and sets the train in motion while Jack pursues them. LAPD officer Jack Traven becomes the focus of a bomber and extortionist, retired Atlanta bomb squad sergeant Howard Payne. On the day of the sequence, Reeves did the stunt himself, terrifying de Bont in the process. Directed by (1) Writing credits (1) Cast (77) Produced by (3) Music by (1) Cinematography by (1) Film Editing by (1) Casting By (2) Production Design by (1) Art Direction by (1) Set Decoration by (1) Costume Design by (1) Makeup Department (4) Production Management (2) Second Unit Director or Assistant Director (6) The film is considered one of the worst sequels of all time, scoring only 4% (based on 71 reviews) on Rotten Tomatoes. Elwy mistakenly believed that the train's situation was due to a bomb on board. Top 10 (listed alphabetically, not ranked) – Jeff Simon. "The second 10" (not ranked) – Sean P. Means. As they corner Payne, he takes Harry hostage. This was not reported to the studio at the time. The highway section the bus jumped over is the directional ramp from I-105 WB to I-110 NB (not the HOV ramp from I-110 SB to I-105 WB as commonly believed),[16] and as the flyover was already constructed, a gap was added in the editing process using computer-generated imagery with the help of Sony Pictures Imageworks. Certainly he's the most colorful figure in a film that wastes no time on character development or personality". [5] Later, the character had then been changed to a driver's education teacher, and made the character more of a comic-relief sidekick to Jack, with Ellen DeGeneres in mind for the part. 1994 115 min TV14 Drama, Suspense, Action/Adventure Feature Film. A critically panned sequel, Speed 2: Cruise Control, was released on June 13, 1997. In addition, it includes the song "Speed" by Billy Idol. On October 21, 2009, Electronic Arts announced the franchise had sold over 100 million units, making Need for Speed the most commercially successful racing game series at the time, and Need for Speed: Most Wanted … He felt that there were "situations set up for one-liners and I felt it was forced—Die Hard mixed with some kind of screwball comedy. Fox re-released this edition several times throughout the years with different covering and finally, in November 2006, Speed was released on a Blu-ray Disc format with over five hours of special features. Read Less. "Speed" is like an ingenious windup machine. Two of them were blown up, one was used for the high-speed scenes, one had the front cut off for inside shots, and one was used solely for the "under bus" shots. Your life is empty because you spend it trying to stop the bomb from becoming. 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