In a downtown highrise building in Los Angeles, a psychopathic bomber and extortionist rigs an elevator full of people to plummet into the basement if his $3-million demand is not met. When SWAT Officers Jack Traven and Harry Temple foil the bomber's plan and rescue the hostages, the bomber retaliates.
First he blows up a city bus, then contacts Traven to warn him that a second bus has a bomb attached to it. Once that bus hits 50mph, the bomb is armed. If it drops below 50, it will explode. The bomber also warns Jack that if any attempt at rescue is made, the bomb will also explode. Jack races down the freeway and manages to board the bus.
When an accident injures the driver, young bus passenger Annie is forced to take over behind the wheel and keep the bus running at 50 in order to stay alive. Will Jack and his fellow SWAT members be able to stop the psychopathic bomber - or will the Innocent passengers be killed when the bus runs out of fuel?
Cast: Dennis Hopper, Keanu Reeves, Sandra Bullock
Crew: Jan De Bont (Director), Andrzej Bartkowiak (Director of Photography), Mark Mancina (Music Director)
Rating: A (India)
Genres: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Release Dates: 10 Jun 1994 (India)
Tagline: Get ready for rush hour
English Name: Speed
Did you know? The subway train that comes crashing up onto Hollywood Blvd at the ending was actually a bus, decked out to look like a subway train. Read More
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as Howard Payne
as Officer Jack Traven
as Annie Porter
as Stephens
as Helen
as Ortiz
as Ray
as Terry
as Jaguar Owner
as Sam
as Det. Harold 'Harry' Temple
as Capt McMahon
as Bagwell
as Robin
as Mrs Kamino
as Friend of Executive
as Norwood
as Young Executive
Direction
Director
First Assistant Director
Second Assistant Director
Production
Producer
Co-Producer
Production Company
Executive Producer
Distribution
Distributor
Writers
Screenplay Writer
Camera and Electrical
Director of Photography
Sound
Sound Effects Studio
Sound Re-recording Mixer
Foley Artist
Sound Effects Editor
Boom Operator
Art
Production Designer
Art Director
Set Decorator
Set Dresser
Costume and Wardrobe
Costume Designer
Editorial
Editor
Makeup and Hair
Makeup Artist
Special Effects
Special Effects Technician
Special Effects Studio
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Film Type:
Feature
Language:
English
Spoken Languages:
Russian
Colour Info:
Color
Sound Mix:
Dolby Digital, DTS
Camera:
ARRIFLEX 35 III, Panaflex Gold II, Beaumont Vista Vision
Frame Rate:
24 fps
Aspect Ratio:
2.39:1 (Scope)
Stereoscopy:
No
Archival Source:
QubeVault
Taglines:
Get ready for rush hour
Movie Connection(s):
Filming Locations:
Los Angeles International Airport - 1 World Way, Los Angeles, California
Grauman's Chinese Theater - 6925 Hollywood Blvd., Hollywood, Los Angeles, California
Ocean Boulevard, Long Beach, California
City Hall - 200 N. Spring Street, Downtown, Los Angeles, California
Venice Boulevard & San Vicente Boulevard, Los Angeles, California
W. Imperial Highway & Athens Way, South Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California
W. Pico Boulevard & West Boulevard, Los Angeles, California
Norwalk, California
Pershing Square MTA Subway Station, Pershing Square, Downtown, Los Angeles, California
Redlands Street & Trask Avenue, Playa del Rey, Los Angeles, California
Shoreline Drive exit to Ocean Boulevard, Long Beach, California
Stage 14, 20th Century Fox Studios - 10201 Pico Blvd., Century City, Los Angeles, California
The Derby - 4500 Los Feliz Blvd., Los Feliz, Los Angeles, California
The Firehouse - 213 Rose Avenue, Venice, Los Angeles, California
Ballerina Clown - 255 Main Street, Venice, Los Angeles
Century Freeway I-105, Los Angeles
Century Freeway I-105/Harbor Freeway I-110 Interchange, South Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California
City of Los Angeles Piper Technical Center - 555 Ramirez Street, Downtown, Los Angeles, California
Gas Co. Tower - 555 W. 5th Street, Downtown, Los Angeles, California
MTA Subway Terminal, Union Station - 800 N. Alameda Street, Downtown, Los Angeles, California
Main Street & Ocean Park Boulevard, Santa Monica, California
Mojave Airport - 1434 Flightline Street, Mojave, California
Grauman's Chinese Theater - 6925 Hollywood Blvd., Hollywood, Los Angeles, California
Ocean Boulevard, Long Beach, California
City Hall - 200 N. Spring Street, Downtown, Los Angeles, California
Venice Boulevard & San Vicente Boulevard, Los Angeles, California
W. Imperial Highway & Athens Way, South Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California
W. Pico Boulevard & West Boulevard, Los Angeles, California
Norwalk, California
Pershing Square MTA Subway Station, Pershing Square, Downtown, Los Angeles, California
Redlands Street & Trask Avenue, Playa del Rey, Los Angeles, California
Shoreline Drive exit to Ocean Boulevard, Long Beach, California
Stage 14, 20th Century Fox Studios - 10201 Pico Blvd., Century City, Los Angeles, California
The Derby - 4500 Los Feliz Blvd., Los Feliz, Los Angeles, California
The Firehouse - 213 Rose Avenue, Venice, Los Angeles, California
Ballerina Clown - 255 Main Street, Venice, Los Angeles
Century Freeway I-105, Los Angeles
Century Freeway I-105/Harbor Freeway I-110 Interchange, South Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California
City of Los Angeles Piper Technical Center - 555 Ramirez Street, Downtown, Los Angeles, California
Gas Co. Tower - 555 W. 5th Street, Downtown, Los Angeles, California
MTA Subway Terminal, Union Station - 800 N. Alameda Street, Downtown, Los Angeles, California
Main Street & Ocean Park Boulevard, Santa Monica, California
Mojave Airport - 1434 Flightline Street, Mojave, California
Goofs:
Factual Mistake
Elevators' emergency brakes must engage faster than that, otherwise they would be useless if the car fell when nearer the base of the shaft.
Factual Mistake
A bus jumping a gap in an unfinished freeway would nosedive, not jump up and soar across to the other side. Director Jan de Bont has admitted getting around this by having the bus drive up a ramp.
Revealing Mistakes
When the bus is landing after jumping over the gap in the freeway, you can see that it is completely empty with nobody on board.
Revealing Mistakes
When the elderly woman refuses to be helped out of the elevator that is about to drop twenty floors, the floor outside the elevator can be seen through a hole in the bottom left hand corner of the elevator, revealing the fact that it is only one or, at most, two floors up.
Revealing Mistakes
Although the last shot from inside the bus before the jump shows the roadway simply ending, once looking from outside the bus we see it run over something just at the end of the road, then rise suddenly above road level. Obviously this is an end view of a ramp.
Revealing Mistakes
In the bus jump on the freeway, the missing bridge section is cut out digitally. However, the shadow of that part of the bridge is still visible.
Continuity
At different stages in the movie, Harry's limp fluctuates between left and right leg.
Continuity
At the beginning of the movie after Jack has hooked up the crane from outside to the lift, there is a shot of the crane outside, and the line going through the vent. If you look closely there is a pipe in front of the vent, yet when the crane goes through the vent, the pipe has vanished.
Continuity
Annie's ring changes frequently.
Continuity
Skid marks are already visible on the tarmac when Jack and Harry turn up at the building where the bombed elevator is.
Crew/Equipment Visible
When Jack is talking to Howard Payne at the pay phone, the boom mic is reflected in the phone in several shots.
Character Error
The SWAT team members are all sans helmets when they respond to the elevator-hostage crisis.
Elevators' emergency brakes must engage faster than that, otherwise they would be useless if the car fell when nearer the base of the shaft.
Factual Mistake
A bus jumping a gap in an unfinished freeway would nosedive, not jump up and soar across to the other side. Director Jan de Bont has admitted getting around this by having the bus drive up a ramp.
Revealing Mistakes
When the bus is landing after jumping over the gap in the freeway, you can see that it is completely empty with nobody on board.
Revealing Mistakes
When the elderly woman refuses to be helped out of the elevator that is about to drop twenty floors, the floor outside the elevator can be seen through a hole in the bottom left hand corner of the elevator, revealing the fact that it is only one or, at most, two floors up.
Revealing Mistakes
Although the last shot from inside the bus before the jump shows the roadway simply ending, once looking from outside the bus we see it run over something just at the end of the road, then rise suddenly above road level. Obviously this is an end view of a ramp.
Revealing Mistakes
In the bus jump on the freeway, the missing bridge section is cut out digitally. However, the shadow of that part of the bridge is still visible.
Continuity
At different stages in the movie, Harry's limp fluctuates between left and right leg.
Continuity
At the beginning of the movie after Jack has hooked up the crane from outside to the lift, there is a shot of the crane outside, and the line going through the vent. If you look closely there is a pipe in front of the vent, yet when the crane goes through the vent, the pipe has vanished.
Continuity
Annie's ring changes frequently.
Continuity
Skid marks are already visible on the tarmac when Jack and Harry turn up at the building where the bombed elevator is.
Crew/Equipment Visible
When Jack is talking to Howard Payne at the pay phone, the boom mic is reflected in the phone in several shots.
Character Error
The SWAT team members are all sans helmets when they respond to the elevator-hostage crisis.
Trivia:
In the original screenplay of this movie, Howard Payne's name was Howard Fisk.
Some of the scenes shot in the subway train as it runs off the rails are of a miniature model.
Filming scenes at the airport took around three weeks. Was made slightly difficult when a plane's engine was being tested and it was extremely noisy.
The subway train that comes crashing up onto Hollywood Blvd at the ending was actually a bus, decked out to look like a subway train.
Keanu Reeves actually did approximately 90% of his own stunts.
According to Graham Yost, the credited writer of Speed, Whedon wrote most of its dialogue. Script doctor Joss Whedon rewrote the script unaccredited.
Sandra Bullock to real learned to drive a bus for the film, passing her test on her first attempt.
Some of the scenes shot in the subway train as it runs off the rails are of a miniature model.
Filming scenes at the airport took around three weeks. Was made slightly difficult when a plane's engine was being tested and it was extremely noisy.
The subway train that comes crashing up onto Hollywood Blvd at the ending was actually a bus, decked out to look like a subway train.
Keanu Reeves actually did approximately 90% of his own stunts.
According to Graham Yost, the credited writer of Speed, Whedon wrote most of its dialogue. Script doctor Joss Whedon rewrote the script unaccredited.
Sandra Bullock to real learned to drive a bus for the film, passing her test on her first attempt.
