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Need for Speed
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6.4The film revolves around a local street-racer who partners with a rich and arrogant business associate, only to find himself framed by his colleague and sent to prison. After he gets out, he joins a New York-to-Los Angeles race to get revenge. But when the ex-partner learns of the scheme, he puts a massive bounty on the racer's head, forcing him to run a cross-country gauntlet of illegal racers in all manner of supercharged vehicles.
Cast
- Aaron Paul as Tobey Marshall
- Dominic Cooper as Dino Brewster
- Imogen Poots as Julia Maddon
- Kid Cudi as Benny Jackson
- Rami Malek as Finn
- Ramón Rodríguez as Joe Peck
Themes
- competition
- street race
- money
- super speed
- based on video game
- driver
- duringcreditsstinger
- grand
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Scott Waugh
- Screenplay by
- George Gatins
- Story by
- George Gatins John Gatins
- Based on
- Need for Speed , by Electronic Arts
- Produced by
- John Gatins Patrick O'Brien Mark Sourian
- Starring
- Aaron Paul Dominic Cooper Scott Mescudi Imogen Poots Ramón Rodríguez Michael Keaton
- Cinematography
- Shane Hurlbut
- Edited by
- Paul Rubell Scott Waugh
- Music by
- Nathan Furst
- Production companies
- Touchstone Pictures DreamWorks Pictures Reliance Entertainment Electronic Arts Bandito Brothers
- Distributed by
- Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures (North America and select international territories), Reliance Distribution (India), Mister Smith Entertainment (International)
- Release dates
- March 7, 2014 ( 2014-03-07 ) ( TCL Chinese Theatre ) March 14, 2014 ( 2014-03-14 ) ( United States )
- Running time
- 130 minutes
- Countries
- United States, India
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $66 million
- Box office
- $203.3 million
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Encyclopedic overview
Need for Speed is a 2014 action crime film based on the racing video game series, directed by Scott Waugh, and starring Aaron Paul, Dominic Cooper, Scott Mescudi, Imogen Poots, Ramón Rodríguez and Michael Keaton. It tells the story of street racer Tobey Marshall, who sets off to race cross-country as a way of avenging his friend's death at the hands of a rival racer, Dino Brewster.
The film received negative reviews, and although it was a box-office disappointment in the United States, it performed better internationally, grossing $203 million worldwide against a production budget of $66 million.
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