Speed Racer

"Go!"

2008 2h 15m EN

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6.4

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★6.4TMDB · 1,872

FamilyActionAdventureComedy

Synopsis

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Speed 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.

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Cast

Emile Hirsch
Speed
Christina Ricci
Trixie
John Goodman
Pops
Susan Sarandon
Mom
Matthew Fox
Racer X
Roger Allam
Royalton
Paulie Litt
Spritle
Benno Fürmann
Inspector Detector

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Lana Wachowski
Writers: Lilly Wachowski, Lana Wachowski, Tatsuo Yoshida
Languages: English, Japanese
Countries: United States of America

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MONEY

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$120M budget — tentpole studio territory.

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MONEY

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Earned back only 78% of its budget on initial theatrical — a commercial disappointment on release.

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ERA

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Released 18 years ago.

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4 / 8

WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 2 languages: English, Japanese.

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CAST

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217+ people credited in cast and crew — a small city's worth of labour.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Lana Wachowski, shot by David Tattersall. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Michael Giacchino. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Roger Barton shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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The take

Lana Wachowski directs. David Tattersall behind the camera. Michael Giacchino scores. Roger Barton cuts. A commercial under-performer on release. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English, Japanese.

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1$120M budget — tentpole studio territory.
2Earned back only 78% of its budget on initial theatrical — a commercial disappointment on release.
3Released 18 years ago.
4Dialogue crosses 2 languages: English, Japanese.
5217+ people credited in cast and crew — a small city's worth of labour.
6Directed by Lana Wachowski, shot by David Tattersall. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
7Original score by Michael Giacchino. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
8Editor Roger Barton shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
9Emile Hirsch and Christina Ricci and John Goodman carry the top of the cast.
10Marketing tagline: "Go!".
11IMDB entry: tt0811080 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
12Classified under 12 themes, including "car race", "loss of loved one", "chimpanzee", "family".
13Released under 14 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Cinematography: David Tattersall
Original score: Michael Giacchino
Editing: Roger Barton
Production design: Owen Paterson
Costume design: Kym Barrett
Makeup / hair: Tanya Lodge
VFX supervisor: Chadi Abo
Sound: Rick Kline
Stunt coordinator: Chad Stahelski
Runtime: 135 min · 2h 15m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $120,000,000
Box office: $93,900,000
Return: 78% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): PG
IMDB: Speed Racer (2008)

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Wehrmacht2020-10-12
★ 4/10
The only people who'll enjoy this Attention-Deficit-Disorder nightmare are those who've never seen an episode of the original anime in their lives. In other words, children. Sure, there's some fun to be had for adults in seeing how all of the well-known characterisations from your own childhood have been lobotomised by their modern, live action counterparts. Ultimately, though, you'll come to the conclusion that "Speed" was what the director(s) were on when they spliced together 120 minutes worth of 3-second zoom/pan/sensory-overload scenes. Your eyes, and very probably your brain, will be dissolving by the end of this acid trip, so exhausting are the visuals. It's almost as if they wanted to go the complete opposite of the original series' sparsely-detailed animation by packing every single frame as full of colour & movement & distraction & pointlessness as they possibly could. No, not almost... it's what they actually did! Adults should press their "A" button and leap over this drivel.

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