A young police officer must prevent a bomb exploding aboard a city bus by keeping its speed above 50 mph.A young police officer must prevent a bomb exploding aboard a city bus by keeping its speed above 50 mph.A young police officer must prevent a bomb exploding aboard a city bus by keeping its speed above 50 mph.
- Won 2 Oscars
- 20 wins & 20 nominations total
Loretta Jean
- Bus Passenger #2
- (as Loretta Jean Crudup)
- Director
- Writer
- All cast & crew
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaKeanu Reeves breaking the glass on the bus door in the beginning of the bus chase was an accident, but director Jan de Bont liked its effect and it was left in the final cut.
- GoofsOn the train, the console is malfuntioning but Jack speeds the train up by shifting the lever forward so why not pull the lever back which would slow the train down.
- Quotes
Howard Payne: Pop quiz, hotshot. There's a bomb on a bus. Once the bus goes 50 miles an hour, the bomb is armed. If it drops below 50, it blows up. What do you do? What do you do?
- Alternate versionsTheatrical version had the 1981 20th Century Fox logo at the opening. All VHS, Laserdisc and DVD versions plaster this with the 1994 CGI logo (with the 1981 fanfare) that was used until 2009. However, the Blu-ray release and streaming prints restore the original 1981 logo.
- ConnectionsEdited into The Making of 'Speed' (1994)
- SoundtracksA Million Miles Away
Written by Peter Case, Joey Alkes, and Chris Fradkin (as Chris Fredkin)
Produced by Ralph Sall
Performed by The Plimsouls
Featured review
In what is certainly Jan de bont's best film, and Keanu's best role before Neo, this has earned its place as one of the best action films ever. Good action films have good story lines to justify the explosions and violence. There is no exception here. The story is a simple one, which sets up the scenes for plenty of tension and action. If I was to make one criticism, I think it was in the part played by Dennis Hopper. He didn't come across as entirely convincing, but the rest of the film made up for this and it seems alright. It's a pity that de bont thought he could do it again in speed 2, and another pity that Sandra bullock agreed to be in it. Keanu made the right decision to not appear in this, as this seems a polar opposite to the first film. Ignore the second, the first is, to me, a classic in its genre.
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- Country of origin
- Official sites
- Language
- Also known as
- Máxima velocidad
- Filming locations
- Mojave Airport - 1434 Flightline Street, Mojave, California, USA(cargo jet explosion)
- Production companies
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Box office
- Budget
- $30,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $121,248,145
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $14,456,194
- Jun 12, 1994
- Gross worldwide
- $350,448,145
- Runtime1 hour 56 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.39 : 1
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