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Speed
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Speed is a 1994 American action, adventure, and crime film directed by Jan de Bont. The screenplay was written by Graham Yost, with Mark Gordon serving as producer and Mark Mancina composing the score. The cast includes Keanu Reeves, Dennis Hopper, Sandra Bullock, and Joe Morton. Produced by 20th Century Studios and The Mark Gordon Company, the film was distributed by Netflix. It is followed by Speed 2: Cruise Control.
The narrative is set in Los Angeles and Los Angeles International Airport, focusing on the Los Angeles Police Department, terrorism, hostage taking, and blackmail. Filming took place in Long Beach, Santa Monica, and the Mojave Air and Space Port at Rutan Field. The film has a runtime of 116 minutes and was released in 1994.
Speed received an Academy Award for Best Sound and Best Sound Editing, as well as BAFTA Awards for Best Editing and Best Sound. It was also nominated for the Academy Award for Best Film Editing and the MTV Movie Award for Best Kiss. The film earned a budget of 30,000,000 and generated revenue of 350,448,145.
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7.2Tensions run high when a crazed bomber rigs a Los Angeles bus with a device that will kill everyone on board if the vehicle's speed dips below fifty miles per hour.
Cast
- Keanu Reeves as Jack Traven
- Dennis Hopper as Howard Payne
- Sandra Bullock as Annie
- Joe Morton as Capt. McMahon
- Jeff Daniels as Harry
- Alan Ruck as Stephens
Themes
- s.w.a.t.
- bomber
- bus bomb
- los angeles, california
- falling elevator
- bomb planting
- lapd
- trapped in an elevator
- subway train
- bomb explosion
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Encyclopedic overview
Speed is a 1994 American action thriller film directed by Jan de Bont in his feature directorial debut, and written by Graham Yost. Keanu Reeves, Dennis Hopper, and Sandra Bullock star in the film, alongside Joe Morton and Jeff Daniels in supporting roles. The plot centers on a city bus rigged by an ex-cop turned vengeful extortionist Howard Payne (Hopper) to explode if its speed drops below 50 miles per hour (80 km/h). Reeves plays LAPD officer Jack Traven, who is tasked with preventing the disaster, with Bullock portraying a passenger who becomes unexpectedly involved in the mission.
Inspired largely by Runaway Train (1985) and the Japanese language action thriller film The Bullet Train (1975), Speed premiered on June 7, 1994, and was released on June 10, 1994, by 20th Century Fox. The film received positive reviews from critics and grossed roughly $350 million worldwide against a $30–37 million budget, becoming the fifth-highest-grossing film of 1994. At the 67th Academy Awards, Speed won Best Sound. The film also won Best Sound and Best Editing at the 48th British Academy Film Awards.
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