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2008 sports activeness film by the Wachowskis

Speed Racer
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Theatrical release affiche
Directed past The Wachowskis[a]
Written by The Wachowskis[a]
Based on Speed Racer
by Tatsuo Yoshida
Produced by
  • Joel Silver
  • Grant Hill
  • The Wachowskis[b]
Starring
  • Emile Hirsch
  • Christina Ricci
  • John Goodman
  • Susan Sarandon
  • Matthew Play a joke on
  • Benno Fürmann
  • Hiroyuki Sanada
  • Rain
  • Richard Roundtree
Cinematography David Tattersall
Edited by
  • Zach Staenberg
  • Roger Barton
Music by Michael Giacchino

Production
companies
  • Village Roadshow Pictures
  • Silverish Pictures
  • Anarchos Productions
Distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures

Release dates
  • April 26, 2008 (2008-04-26) (Nokia Theater)
  • May 8, 2008 (2008-05-08) (Germany)
  • May nine, 2008 (2008-05-09) (United States)
  • July 5, 2008 (2008-07-05) (Japan)

Running time

 135 minutes[one]
Countries
  • Usa[ii]
  • Germany[ii]
  • Nihon
Linguistic communication English language
Budget $120 one thousand thousand[three]
Box office $93.9 one thousand thousand[3]

Speed Racer is a 2008 sports action comedy film written and directed past the Wachowskis.[a] It is based on the 1960s manga and anime serial of the aforementioned name. Starring 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-quondam auto racer who follows his apparently deceased brother's career, choosing to remain loyal to his family and their company Racer Motors, which causes difficulties subsequently he refuses a contract that E.P. Arnold Royalton, owner of Royalton Industries, offers him.

A live action Speed Racer motion picture had been in evolution hell since 1992, having inverse actors and filmmakers until in 2006 when producer Joel Silver and the Wachowskis collaborated to begin production on Speed Racer as a family film. Speed Racer was shot in and around Potsdam and Berlin from June to August 2007. Michael Giacchino composed the motion-picture show's score.

Speed Racer premiered on Apr 26, 2008 at the Nokia Theater, followed by its general theatrical release on May nine, 2008, by Warner Bros. Pictures. The picture grossed $93 one thousand thousand worldwide on a $120 one thousand thousand budget, making it a commercial failure. Information technology was afterwards nominated in multiple categories at the Teen Selection Awards as well every bit the Golden Raspberry Awards. Upon initial release, the film received mostly negative reviews. Although the moving picture did receive praise for its activeness sequences, musical score by Michael Giacchino, cinematography, and performances, critics were divided on its overuse of reckoner generated imagery, and criticized its screenplay and runtime. In subsequent years, Speed Racer has garnered a potent cult following with some commentators calling it "underrated" and a "misunderstood" pic.

Plot [edit]

Speed Racer is an 18-year-onetime whose life and beloved has ever been automobile racing. His parents Pops and Mom run the independent Racer Motors, in which his brother Spritle and his pet chimp Chim Chim, his mechanic Sparky and his girlfriend Trixie are also involved. As a child, Speed idolized his tape-setting older brother, Rex Racer, who was apparently killed while racing in the Casa Cristo 5000 (AKA The Crucible) a deadly cross-country racing rally. At present embarking on his ain career, Speed is quickly sweeping the racing world with his skill behind the wheel of his brother's Mach 5 and his own T-180 car the Mach 6, although primarily interested in the art of the race and the well-being of his family.

E.P. Arnold Royalton, possessor of conglomerate Royalton Industries, offers Speed an astoundingly luxurious lifestyle in exchange for signing to race with him. Though tempted, Speed declines because his male parent distrusts power-hungry corporations. Angered, Royalton reveals that for many years, key races have been fixed by corporate interests, including himself, to gain profits. Royalton takes out his anger on Speed by having his drivers force Speed into a crash that destroys the Mach 6 and suing Racer Motors for intellectual holding infringement. Speed gets an opportunity to retaliate through Inspector Detector, caput of an intelligence agency's corporate crimes partition. Racer Taejo Togokahn supposedly has evidence that could indict Royalton but will just offer it upwardly if Speed and the mysterious masked Racer X concur to race on his team in the Casa Cristo 5000, which could also essentially raise the stock toll of his family's racing business organisation, blocking a Royalton-bundled buyout. Speed agrees but keeps his decision undercover from his family, and Detector's team makes several defensive modifications to the Mach v to help Speed in the rally.

Later on they bulldoze together and work naturally as a squad, Speed begins suspecting that Racer X is actually his brother Male monarch in disguise. His family discovers that he has entered the race and hold to support him, though Pops is angry with him for not asking permission to race before. With his family and Trixie aiding him, Speed defeats many fell racers, who were bribed past fixer Cruncher Block to stop him, and overcomes seemingly insurmountable obstacles to win the race, while Detector'south squad arrests Block. Yet, Taejo'southward arrangement is revealed to be a sham, as he was only interested in increasing the value of his family unit's company to profit from Royalton'south buyout. Enraged, Speed hits the track that he used to drive with his brother, and confronts Racer X with his suspicion that he is Rex. Racer X removes his mask, revealing an unfamiliar face, and tells Speed that Rex is indeed expressionless, but advises Speed to not let racing alter the way he is and figure out his ain driving. Speed returns dwelling and plans to go out, but Pops expresses his pride in Speed'south actions, and that he was wrong to not let Speed enter the race since his own stubbornness drove King away, before finding out almost the race-fixing conspiracy. Taejo's sis Horuko unexpectedly arrives and gives him Taejo's rejected automated invitation to the Grand Prix. The Racer family bands together and builds a new Mach 6 in 32 hours.

Speed enters the Yard Prix (with the help of Inspector Detector) against great odds; Royalton has placed a $1,000,000 bounty on his caput that the other drivers are eager to collect, and he is pitted confronting future Hall of Fame driver Jack "Cannonball" Taylor. Speed overcomes a dull commencement to grab up with Taylor, who uses a cheating device called a spearhook to latch the Mach 6 to his own car. Speed uses his jump jacks to expose the device to video cameras, causing Taylor to crash. Speed wins the race, having successfully exposed Royalton's crimes. While Racer X watches, a flashback montage reveals that he actually is King, having faked his death and undergone plastic surgery to change his appearance equally part of his plan to protect Speed and the sport of racing. He chooses not to reveal his identity to his family, declaring that he must live with his conclusion. The Racer family unit celebrates Speed'southward victory as Speed and Trixie osculation, Taejo testifies against Royalton and Block, and Royalton is sent to jail.

Bandage [edit]

  • Emile Hirsch as Speed Racer
    • Nicholas Elia every bit young Speed Racer
  • Christina Ricci equally Trixie, Speed'due south girlfriend.
    • Ariel Wintertime equally young Trixie
  • John Goodman as Pops Racer, Speed's father
  • Susan Sarandon every bit Mom Racer, Speed's female parent
  • Matthew Fox as Racer X, a mysterious masked racer tasked with exposing the corruption undermining the WRL.
  • Scott Porter equally Rex Racer, Speed Racer'south older brother and idol presumed to take been killed in a race
  • Roger Allam as Eastward.P. Arnold Royalton, the corrupt possessor and CEO of Royalton Industries
  • Paulie Litt equally Spritle Racer, Speed's younger brother
  • Benno Fürmann as Inspector Detector, head of the Corporate Crimes Sectionalisation, Central Intelligence Bureau
  • Hiroyuki Sanada as Mr. Musha, president and CEO of Musha Motors
  • Pelting as Taejo Togokahn, a rookie racer
  • Richard Roundtree as Ben Burns, a race commentator and quondam racing champion
  • Moritz Bleibtreu every bit Gray Ghost, a French racer of Eccran Establishment tasked with eliminating Speed
  • Boot Gurry equally Sparky, Speed'south mechanic and best friend
  • John Benfield as Cruncher Block, a professional race fixer and gang leader
  • Christian Oliver as Snake Oiler, a shady racer who wears snakeskin racing clothes
  • Ralph Herforth as Jack "Missive" Taylor, a superstar racer, WRL champion, 3 time Thousand Prix winner, and future hall of famer sponsored by Royalton Industries
  • Yu Nan every bit Horuko Togokahn, Taejo Togokhan's sis
  • Nayo Wallace equally Minx, a scientist and Racer X's girlfriend
  • Melvil Poupaud equally Johnny 'Goodboy' Jones, a race commentator
  • Chim Chim, Spritle's pet chimpanzee and best friend is portrayed by two chimpanzees: "Kenzie" and "Willy".[4]
  • Togo Igawa as Tetsua Togokahn, Taejo and Horuko's father, and a corporate rival to both Royalton and Musha
  • Joon Park every bit Kakkoi Teppodama, a Japanese racer for Musha Motors tasked with taking out Speed at the K Prix for a 1000000 dollars. He is credited equally "Yakuza Driver" in the end credits.

Series original English dubbing artists Peter Fernandez and Corinne Orr appear as race announcers. Andres Cantor also makes a cameo as a Spanish language race announcer. Venezuelan professional racer Milka Duno too makes a cameo appearance as Kellie "Gearbox" Kalinkov, a Grand Prix racer who is tasked with eliminating Speed in exchange of collecting a bounty of a 1000000 dollars by Royalton.

Production [edit]

Development [edit]

In September 1992, Joe Pytka announced that Warner Bros. held the option to create a live-action picture show adaptation of the 1960s Japanese anime and manga serial Speed Racer, in development at Argent Pictures.[5] In October 1994, singer Henry Rollins was offered the function of Racer X.[6] In June 1995, Johnny Depp was cast into the lead part for Speed Racer, with product slated to begin the coming October,[7] with filming to take identify in California and Arizona.[8] The post-obit Baronial, Depp requested time off to the studio for personal business, delaying production.[ix] However, due to an overly high upkeep,[10] the same Baronial, director Julien Temple left the project. Depp, without a director, besides departed from the project. The studio considered managing director Gus Van Sant equally a replacement for Temple,[eleven] though it would not grant writing privileges to Van Sant.[12] In December 1997, the studio briefly hired Alfonso Cuarón as director.[13] In the diverse incarnations of the project, screenwriters Marc Levin, Jennifer Flackett, J. J. Abrams, and Patrick Read Johnson had been hired to write scripts.[14]

In September 2000, Warner Bros. and producer Lauren Shuler Donner hired music video director Hype Williams to take the helm of the project.[15] In October 2001, the studio hired screenwriters Christian Gudegast and Paul Scheuring for $1.2 meg split up between them to write a script for the film.[xiv] Somewhen, without production getting under way, the director and the writers left the projection. In June 2004, Vince Vaughn spearheaded a revival of the project by presenting a have for the picture that would develop the characters more strongly. Vaughn was cast as Racer X and was also attached to the project as an executive producer.[ten] With production never becoming active, Vaughn was eventually detached from the projection.[16]

Pre-production [edit]

The Mach 5 (shown on display at the 2007 Comic-Con International), although a fully-operation automobile, was hung from a crane for the film's sequences and had its motoring effects computer-generated.[17]

In October 2006, The Wachowskis were brought on lath by the studio to write and directly the film. Producer Joel Silver, who had collaborated with the Wachowskis for V for Vendetta and The Matrix Trilogy, explained that they were hoping to reach a broader audience with a film that would not be rated R by the Move Picture Association of America. Visual effects designer John Gaeta, who won an Academy Honour for Best Visual Effects for the Wachowskis' The Matrix, was brought in to aid conceive making Speed Racer into a alive-activeness adaptation. Production was set to brainstorm in summer 2007 in European locations for a summer 2008 release.[18] In November 2006, the release date for it was prepare for May 23, 2008.[19] Producer Joel Silver described Speed Racer as a family picture in line with the Wachowskis' goal to reach a wider audience.[20]

Casting [edit]

While Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Shia LaBeouf and Zac Efron were originally considered for the office of Speed Racer, Emile Hirsch somewhen won the office.[21] [22] Earlier he got prepared for the role, Hirsch watched every Speed Racer episode and visited Charlotte Motor Speedway (known as Lowe's Motor Speedway at the time), where he met with driver Jimmie Johnson.[23] Elisha Cuthbert, Kate Mara and Rose McGowan were originally considered for the role of Trixie, the role was eventually given to Christina Ricci.[21] [22] Before Matthew Fox was cast as Racer X, Henry Rollins was originally considered for the function.[6] Keanu Reeves was offered the part of Racer Ten, but he declined.[24] [25]

Filming [edit]

In February 2007, the Wachowskis selected Babelsberg Studios in Potsdam, Germany to motion picture.[26] In the following March, Warner Bros. moved the release appointment two weeks earlier to May 9, 2008.[27] The studio received a grant of $12.3 million from Federal republic of germany'southward new Federal Film Fund, the largest yet from the organisation, for its production in the Berlin-Brandenburg region.[28] The amount was later increased to $13 million.[29] Main photography commenced on June 5, 2007 in Berlin,[twenty] and was shot entirely against greenscreen,[thirty] lasting 60 days.[4] The Wachowskis filmed in loftier-definition video for the first time.[31] With the camera, the Wachowskis used a layering approach that would put both the foreground and the background in focus to give it the appearance of real-life anime.[32] The motion-picture show has a "retro future" look, according to Silver.[17] Filming concluded on August 25, 2007.[33]

Music [edit]

In 2007, the Wachowskis purchased the rights to the sound furnishings and theme song of the television set series for utilize in the film.[32] The film'southward soundtrack was composed by Michael Giacchino, performed by Hollywood Studio Symphony and released by Varèse Sarabande.[34] [35] It was used forth with orchestral score; Warner Bros. added an updated version of the "Go Speed Racer Go" theme vocal, which plays during the end credits, and was produced by Ali Dee Theodore and Jason Gleed, and performed by Ali Dee and the Deekompressors.[35] Razor & Necktie released this version as an extended play on January 1, 2008 to promote the film's release, and every bit a single released along with film's soundtrack on May 6, 2008.[35] [36] [37]

Animal cruelty incident [edit]

During its production, animal rights group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) made allegations of beast cruelty against the moving picture, reporting that i of the two chimpanzees used in the production was allegedly browbeaten later biting a child actor.[38] The incident was confirmed by the American Humane Clan (AHA) Brute Safety Representative on the set, who reported that the stand-in for the Spritle grapheme portrayed past Litt had been bitten without provocation. The AHA representative besides reported that "toward the terminate of filming, during a preparation session in the presence of the American Humane Representative, the trainer, in an uncontrolled impulse, hit the chimpanzee." The AHA Flick Unit referred to this abuse as "completely inexcusable and unacceptable behavior in the apply of any animal." The AHA placed Speed Racer on their "Unacceptable" list importantly because of this incident, with AHA noting "the aforementioned training incident tarnishes the excellent work of the rest of production" and that it "has no method of separating the actions of i private in the apply of a production from the product equally a whole."[39]

Release [edit]

Marketing [edit]

The Los Angeles Times estimated that nearly five,000 Speed Racer picture-related products were licensed by Warner Bros.[forty] The movie was backed past multiple promotional partners with over $80 one thousand thousand in marketing support. The partners include General Mills, McDonald's, Target, Topps, Esurance, Mattel, Lego and Petrobras. The picture besides received support from companies outside of America in an endeavour to concenter international audiences. With early on back up earlier the film's release, the studio provided 3D figurer models of the Speed Racer vehicle Mach 5 to the companies then they could accurately render the vehicle in their merchandise.[41]

Mattel produced toys based on the pic through several divisions. Hot Wheels produced die-cast vehicles, race sets and runway sets. Tyco produced remote-controlled Mach 5s and racing sets. Radica Games produced video games in which players tin use a car bicycle, along with a cross-promotion with the video game U.B. Funkeys. The products became available in March 2008.[42] Too, the Lego Company produced iv Lego sets based on the flick.[43] As function of the General Mills promotional tie-in, during the 2008 Crown Imperial Presents the Dan Lowry 400, office of the 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup season, the famous #43 Dodge Charger of Petty Enterprises was transformed into a NASCAR Dart Cup Series version of the Mach 5, driven by Bobby Labonte.[44]

Warner Bros., through its Interactive Entertainment sectionalization, self-published a video game based on the film titled Speed Racer: The Videogame, which was released on May 6, 2008 on the Nintendo DS and Nintendo Wii and on September 16, 2008 for the PlayStation ii.[45] The original music for the Speed Racer video game was written past Winifred Phillips and produced by Winnie Waldron.[46] The game was released on the Nintendo DS and Wii in May with the motion picture'due south theatrical release and was released on the PS2 in the fall to accompany the motion picture's DVD and Blu-ray release. Due to a short development schedule, the studio chose non to develop games for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.[47]

Home media [edit]

Warner Home Video released Speed Racer on DVD and Blu-ray on September sixteen, 2008. The three-disc set up features the primary feature and supplemental features on the first disc, the DVD game "Speed Racer Crucible Challenge" on the second disc, and a digital re-create of the pic on the third disc—the last 2 being exclusive to the Blu-ray release.[48] [49] The U.Due south. DVD sales reached $six,268,301 and 390,191 copies in the first week, with consumer spending of $14,277,546 and 900,361 copies sold by 2013,[l] and $23 million grossed as of 2018.[51] The Blu-ray version was re-released on May 18, 2010.[52]

Reception [edit]

Box role [edit]

Speed Racer premiered on April 26, 2008 during a $500,000-estimated result at the Nokia Theater in Los Angeles, where 4,000 people attended.[53] [54] It was released in regular theaters on May ix, 2008, grossing $18,561,337 in its opening weekend from effectually half dozen,700 screens at three,606 theaters in the The states and Canada, ranking third at the box office behind Iron Man and What Happens in Vegas.[55] In its second weekend it grossed $viii,117,459 and ranked quaternary at the box role. The picture show closed its run on August 1, 2008 with $43,945,766 domestically and $93,945,766 worldwide.[3] Based on its full gross, it was considered a box function failure.[56] [57] [58] The results were well below studio expectations,[59] given that the product costs of Speed Racer were estimated to be over $120 million.[iii] Despite the low box office numbers, Warner Bros. remained optimistic about sales of associated products ranging from toys to tennis shoes. Brad World, president of Warner Bros. Consumer Products, expressed promise that "We're even so going to do very well with Speed Racer", acknowledging that "a giant motion-picture show would have made it all a lot bigger".[60]

Critical response [edit]

On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds a 41% approval rating based on 217 reviews, with an average rating of 5.2/10. The website'southward critics consensus says "Overloaded with headache-inducing special effects, Speed Racer finds the Wachowskis focused on visual thrills at the expense of a coherent storyline".[61] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the motion-picture show a score of 37 out of 100 based on 37 critics, indicating "generally unfavorable reviews".[62] Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "A−" on an A+ to F calibration.[63]

Writing for The Hollywood Reporter, Kirk Honeycutt chosen Speed Racer's visual effects "stellar", but stated it "proudly denies entry into its ultra-vivid earth to all only gamers, fanboys and anime enthusiasts". He criticized that story and character were "tossed aside" towards the "wearying" races.[64] Todd McCarthy of Variety noted the target audience should exist amused, but others might call back the film "a cinematic pile-up", citing its implausibility and the lack of identifiable peril in the driving sequences. While noted viewers interested in CGI would appreciate information technology, McCarthy said the frame sometimes resembled "a kindergartner's fine art class collage". He had praise for the cinematography, the musical score, and the cast.[65] Anime News Network's Zac Bertschy besides praised the cast, while proverb the story is "equally anyone would expect", adding "the characters are all paper-thin archetypes with Saturday Morning dialogue."[66] Speed Racer "sets out to honor and refresh a youthful enthusiasm from the past and winds upwards smothering the fun in self-witting grandiosity", declared The New York Times 'southward A. O. Scott.[67]

Glenn Kenny of Premiere criticized the film'south time-shifting narrative and multiple storylines, saying it "yields heretofore undreamed of levels of narrative incoherence". Kenny praised the flick'south look, saying the "cheez-whizziness" that others had criticised was "precisely the point". He remarked the movie inspires even more thinking than The Matrix because of its "blatantly anti-capitalist storylines".[68] Similarly, The New Yorker 'due south Anthony Lane said the film could yet terminate up "bleached of fun" due to the theme mooted in The Matrix that all of us are being controlled. In Speed Racer, Lane argues, this comes in the form of villain Royalton, who "vows to crush [Speed] with 'the unassailable might of money.'" He concluded some people may call it entertaining, but he "felt [it] like Pop fascism".[69] Jim Emerson, editor at the Chicago Sun-Times, wrote that Speed Racer "is a manufactured widget, a packaged commodity that capitalizes on an anthropomorphized cartoon of Capitalist Evil in social club to sell itself and its ancillary products".[70] It was said to be "the well-nigh irksome slice of CGI (Calculator Generated Idiocy [sic])" of the "past couple of years" at the time of moving-picture show'due south release by Philip French, a The Guardian critic.[71]

IGN's Todd Gilchrist gave a positive review, stating that Speed Racer "is not merely the best picture that information technology could be, it's pretty much exactly what it should be: full of heady, brilliantly-conceived races, primary-color characterizations and an irresistible sense of fun". He called Speed Racer "a masterpiece of its kind", praising "the special effects extravaganza" and "the moment when the Wachowskis went from wunderkind directors to true auteurs".[72] Michael Phillips of the Chicago Tribune described Speed Racer as "buoyant pop entertainment and noted the Wachowskis respected "the themes of honour, dishonor, family loyalty and Visigoth-inspired atrocity behind the wheel" of the original piece of work. The cast is praised as beingness "earnest" and "gently playful". However, he stated that "information technology sags in its midsection" with unnecessary dialogue.[73] Although information technology was said to be among the worst films of the year by Rebecca Murray of About.com, she included Speed Racer on her listing of "Top 10 Activity Movies of 2008", stating "the activeness sequences are definitely eye-catching."[74] Fourth dimension mag included Speed Racer on its listing of "The Best 25 Best Sports Movies" and "Top ten Movies of 2008". It said "Non every avant-garde FX masterpiece receives instant audience validation", described the film as "a rich, cartoonish dream: non-stop Op art, and a triumph of virtual virtuosity."[75] [76]

Roger Allam'due south portrayal of Arnold Royalton was praised; Variety said he made "a delicious dearest-to-detest-him villain".[65] Fourth dimension magazine critic Richard Corliss claimed that Allam was "channeling Brit pundit Christopher Hitchens as his almost pompestuous";[77] similar comparisons were made by several other reviewers.[78] [79] [68]

Nigh the motion picture's reception, Christina Ricci said: "I think I was aware of the disconnect that was going on at the fourth dimension, and I was sort of watching and… Not that I expected that, just I knew that there would exist bug, because I knew that people were expecting something very different than what was actually going to be delivered."[lxxx]

The motion-picture show has appeared periodically on lists of underrated films. Speed Racer was elected the tertiary well-nigh underrated pic of the 2000s by Den of Geek'due south Due north.P. Horton, which called it "a game-changing flick which redefined and reconceptualised the picture show grade as we know it."[81] Nick Hyman, writing for Metacritic, included the film on its list of "movies that critics got wrong" calling information technology "a cult classic in the making".[82] It was described every bit "nearly unmatched [...] insofar equally action/take a chance/family films go" by Alejandro Stepenberg from JoBlo.com,[83] while Slate 's Chris Wade named it "an underrated masterpiece," stating that the Wachowskis "fabricated a brilliant visual cartoon that dares to ask that you accept it seriously."[84] Annalee Newitz of io9 analyzed the x reasons why they believe the film to be an "unsung masterpiece", including its visuals, humor, and political themes.[85] Tor.com's Dexter Palmer considered the possibility that the film is a "misunderstood art film", highlighting its color scheme that is a "pleasure" and the fact it does not try to seem real. Palmer lauded it because he does not think films must imitate reality, and ultimately said it is "an farthermost reminder of what films, and especially fantasy and scientific discipline fiction films, can place on screen" and that it is "a refreshing alter of pace" in film industry.[86] Collider's Kayti Burt ranked it at #30 of Best Hollywood Blockbusters of the 21st Century stating, "While other blockbusters of the year (and the decade) worked to basis their fantastical bounds in a gritty, realistic setting, Speed Racer leaned difficult in the other direction."[87]

Accolades [edit]

Speed Racer was nominated at the Golden Trailer Awards for "Summer 2008 Blockbuster",[88] at the MTV Movie Award for "All-time Summertime Moving picture And then Far",[89] at the Movement Picture Sound Editors Golden Reel Laurels for "All-time Sound Editing: Sound Effects and Foley in a Feature Flick",[90] at the Visual Effects Guild Awards for "Outstanding Matte Paintings in a Characteristic Motion Picture show".[91] At the 2008 Teen Selection Awards, Speed Racer was a nominee in the category of "Picture: Action Adventure", "Movie Actor: Activity Adventure" and "Picture show Actress: Activeness Adventure".[92] The film was too nominated for the 29th Golden Raspberry Awards in the category of Worst Prequel, Remake, Rip-off or Sequel.[93]

Possible sequel [edit]

Multifariousness discussed a possible sequel, saying it could happen if Speed Racer had a skillful box part performance.[41] In 2008, the possibility was contemplated by the Wachowskis when Pelting asked them why his character is so happy for Speed winning, and they replied information technology could be explained in the next film. Rain said he was hired for three years, while noting that is non a guarantee.[94] Ricci likewise considered it a possibility; she stated "When we [the cast] were all leaving, nosotros were like 'write the sequel!' 'We want to come up back'. And they [the Wachowskis] were similar, 'I know. I know. We're going to. Don't worry'", adding she would like more activeness scenes to her character.[95] Producer Silver said that the Wachowskis "accept a great story idea for a sequel" but that information technology is "a neat idea for a sequel if information technology makes sense to make it.".[96] In 2018, Hirsch stated in a tweet that a sequel script has been written.[97]

Notes [edit]

  1. ^ a b c Credited as The Wachowski Brothers.
  2. ^ Credited as Andy and Larry Wachowski.

Encounter also [edit]

  • Whitewashing in moving-picture show, the practice of casting a white thespian in a traditionally nonwhite part[98] [99]

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External links [edit]

  • Official website
  • Speed Racer at IMDb
  • Speed Racer at the TCM Picture show Database
  • Speed Racer at AllMovie

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