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Speed Racer
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6.4Speed Racer is a young and brilliant racing driver. When corruption in the racing leagues costs his brother his life, Speed must team up with the police and the mysterious Racer X to bring an end to the corruption and criminal activities.
Cast
- Emile Hirsch as Speed
- Christina Ricci as Trixie
- John Goodman as Pops
- Susan Sarandon as Mom
- Matthew Fox as Racer X
- Roger Allam as Royalton
Themes
- car race
- loss of loved one
- chimpanzee
- family
- duringcreditsstinger
- woman director
- live action remake
- based on tv series
- euphoric
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Ratings
IMDb
6.1/10
82,621 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
42%
Metacritic
37/100
- Year
- 2008
- Runtime
- 135 min
- Genres
- Action, Adventure, Comedy
- Rated
- PG
- Awards
- 1 win & 12 nominations total
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Key facts
- Directed by
- The Wachowskis
- Written by
- The Wachowskis
- Based on
- Speed Racer , by Tatsuo Yoshida
- Produced by
- Joel Silver Grant Hill The Wachowskis
- Starring
- Emile Hirsch Christina Ricci John Goodman Susan Sarandon Matthew Fox Benno Fürmann Hiroyuki Sanada Rain Richard Roundtree
- Cinematography
- David Tattersall
- Edited by
- Zach Staenberg Roger Barton
- Music by
- Michael Giacchino
- Production companies
- Warner Bros. Pictures Village Roadshow Pictures Silver Pictures Anarchos Productions
- Distributed by
- Warner Bros. Pictures
- Release dates
- April 26, 2008 ( 2008-04-26 ) ( Nokia Theater ) May 9, 2008 ( 2008-05-09 ) (United States)
- Running time
- 135 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $120 million
- Box office
- $93.9 million
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Encyclopedic overview
Speed Racer is a 2008 American sports action comedy film written and directed by the Wachowskis, based on the 1966 manga series by Tatsuo Yoshida. The film stars Emile Hirsch, Christina Ricci, John Goodman, Susan Sarandon, Matthew Fox, Roger Allam, Benno Fürmann, Hiroyuki Sanada, Rain, and Richard Roundtree. The plot revolves around Speed Racer, an 18-year-old automobile racer who follows his apparently deceased older brother's career, choosing to remain loyal to his family and their company, Racer Motors, which causes difficulties after he refuses a contract that E.P. Arnold Royalton, owner of Royalton Industries, offers him.
A live-action Speed Racer film had been in development hell since 1992. In 2006, producer Joel Silver and the Wachowskis began production on the film. Speed Racer was shot in and around Potsdam and Berlin from June to August 2007.
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