Speed Racer
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Lilly Wachowski
Emile Hirsch
John Goodman
Susan Sarandon
Christina Ricci
Matthew Fox
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Hurtling down the track, careening around, over and through the competition, Speed Racer is a natural behind the wheel. Born to race cars, Speed is aggressive, instinctive and, most of all, fearless. His only real competition is the memory of the brother he idolized--the legendary Rex Racer--whose death in a race has left behind a legacy that Speed is driven to fulfill. Speed is loyal to the family racing business, led by his father, Pops Racer, the designer of Speed's thundering Mach 5. When Speed turns down a lucrative and tempting offer from Royalton Industries, he not only infuriates the company's maniacal owner but uncovers a terrible secret--some of the biggest races are being fixed by a handful of ruthless moguls who manipulate the top drivers to boost profits. If Speed won't drive for Royalton, Royalton will see to it that the Mach 5 never crosses another finish line. The only way for Speed to save his family's business and the sport he loves is to beat Royalton at his own game. With the support of his family and his loyal girlfriend, Trixie, Speed teams with his one-time rival--the mysterious Racer X--to win the race that had taken his brother's life: the death-defying, cross-country rally known as The Crucible.
Cast
Emile Hirsch
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John Goodman
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Susan Sarandon
Christina Ricci
Matthew Fox
Scott Porter
John Benfield
Nayo K Wallace
Ecki Hoffmann
Christian Oliver
Kad Taylor
Leila Rozario
Melvil Poupaud
Benno FĂ¼rmann
Corinne Orr
Andres Cantor
Yuriri Naka
Narges Rashidi
Julia Joyce
Frank Witter
Clayton Nemrow
Mark Zak
Melissa Holroyd
Hiroyuki Sanada
Sesede Terziyan
Oscar Ortega Sanchez
Jonathan Kinsler
Jana Pallaske
Peter Navy Tuiasosopo
Komi Togbonou
Max Hopp
Vinzenz Kiefer
Ricky Watson
Ariel Winter
Sami Loris
Giancarlo Ganziano
Lauren Blake
Junior Sone Enang
Peter Fernandez
Werner Daehn
Stephen Marcus
Steve Wilson
Jens Neuhaus
Brandon Robinson
Cosma Shiva Hagen
Sean Mcdonagh
Ludmilla Ismailow
Art Lafleur
Paulie Litt
Ill-young Kim
Moritz Bleibtreu
Dari Maximova
Joon Park
Nicholas Elia
Ben Miles
Karl Yune
Julie T Wallace
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Richard Roundtree
Sadao Ueda
Megan Gay
Paul Sirr
Ashley Walters
Yue Fang
Joe Mazza
Anatole Taubman
Valery Tscheplanowa
Ralph Herforth
Ramon Tikaram
Amira Osman
Matthias Redlhammer
Kick Gurry
Roger Allam
Togo Igawa
Milka Duno
Olivier Marlo
Waldemar Kobus
Harvey Friedman
L Trey Wilson
Crew
Donovan A. Scott
Charles Abou Aad
Andreas Abraham
J.j. Abrams
J.j. Abrams
Laide Agunbiade
Joanie Ahuna
Jessica Alan
Christopher Alba
Sonja Albartus
Xavier Allard
Tom Allen
Chadi Abo Aloion Alsood
Herve Anceau
Damian Anderson
Jason Anderson
Xavier Andre
Andrei Andreev
Christophe Andrei
Felix Andriessens
Bernd Angerer
Alina Anon
Toni Anschutz
Jeanette Apel
Paul Apelgren
David Appleby
Austen Armus
Uwe Arndt
Isabelle Arnold
Tobias Asam
Brandon Ashworth
Haluk Atalaymann
Kenny Atherfold
Mehmet Atmaca
Francois Xavier Aubague
Aaron Auch
Caroline Audebert
Armin Bach
Aleksandra Bachmann
Chet Badalato
Dieter Bahr
Thaddeus Baker
Ricard Vallverdu I Balmana
Joseph Barbera
Herve Barbereau
Bill La Barge
Nancy Barker
Nicholas Barnes
Lloyd Lee Barnett
Kym Barrett
Lyndon J Barrois
Bron Barry
Andreas Bartel
Martin Bartels
Greg Bartkus
Danielle Dimarco Barto
Roger Barton
Lynn Basas
Hugh Bateup
Geoffrey E Baumann
Stefan Baumgartner
Romain Bavent
Xavier Bec
Aaron Becker
Friederike Beckert
Melissa Beery
Brian Begun
Kathrin Behrens
Kevin Bell
Matthew Bell
Paul Belot
Viviane Bendjus
Mannix Bennett
Colin Benoit
Markus Bensch
Dimitre Berberov
Patrick Bergeron
Bruce Berman
Niki Bern
Beverly Bernacki
Daniel Besocke
Kathrin Bessert
Theodore Bialek
Matt Bilski
Katharina Birkenfeld
Heinz Bitte
Sebastien Blaineau-ortega
Dennis M Blakey
Christian Blaschke
Thomas Block
Martin Christopher Bode
Klaus Boechel
Jan Boehme
Ludolf Bohm
Frank Bohn
Cindy Bond
Dennis Bork
Dan Bornstein
Matthew Bouchard
Kevin Bouchez
Christian Boudman
Frederic Boulin
Franck Boutry
Bill Bowling
John Bowman
Todd Boyce
Peter Boyer
Andrew Bradbury
Jeremy Bradley
Karen Brakenridge
Andreas Brandt
Dietke Brandt
Kevin Braun
Sharon Bray
David M Breaux
Henning Brehm
Gerd Breiter
Jean-louis Le Breton
Michael Breymann
Margaret Bright-ryan
Torsten Brill
Johannes Bromel
Richard Bronskill
Jill Brooks
Stephanie Brown
Andre Bruggemann
Jan Brun
Tom Bruno
Scott Brust
Gerold Bublak
Sebastian Bucher
Christina Budnewski
Pierre Buffin
Sirius Buisson
Thibault Bunoust
Lersak Bunupuradah
Brian Burks
Jeremy Burns
Beverly Butcher
Nina Buttner
Stacy Caballero
Florent Cadel
Sabrina Calley
A.j. Calomay
Rick Canelli
Melanie Carter
Mike James Casey
Michael Cashore
Joseph Cavanaugh
Sarah Cave
Jean Jaques Chaboissier
J. André Chaintreuil
Catherine Chase
I-fei Chen
Ganael Chevallier
Wally Chin
Jesse James Chisholm
Tom Christ
Amy Christensen
Brian Christian
Hristo Chukov
Sun Chung
Michael Clive
Dan Cobbett
Patrick Cohen
Allen Collins
Shaun Comly
Michael Conte
Kyle Cooper
Tom Core
Danielle Costa
Brenton Cottman
Shelley Courte
Ron Crabbe
Robert W Crain
Chris Crowell
Sean Cunningham
Karla Ventocilla Curby
Richard Curby
Hoyt S. Curtin
Scott Curtis
Sean Cushing
Jean Francois D'izarny
Mike Dalzell
Alice Darrow
Geofrey Darrow
Andrea Datzman
Paul Davies
Alissa Davis
Brandon Davis
Dane A. Davis
Dane A. Davis
Denise Davis
Stephen M Davis
Ted Davis
Ian Dawson
Yann De Cadoudal
Marcel Dominique De Lamotte
Jesus De Santiago
Clifford De Spenser
Film Details
Technical Specs
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Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States 2008
Released in United States on Video September 16, 2008
Released in United States Spring May 9, 2008
Shown at Tribeca Film Festival (Closing Night) April 23 - May 4, 2008.
Based on the 1967 cartoon series "Speed Racer" created by Tatsuo Yoshida; originally produced by Tatsunoko Productions and distributed by Screen Gems Classicolor.
Alfonso Cuaron was previously attached to direct.
Gus Van Sant was previously attached to direct.
Hype Williams was previously attached to direct.
Johnny Depp was previously attached to star. Vince Vaughn previously attached to star.
Released in United States 2008 (Shown at Tribeca Film Festival (Closing Night) April 23 - May 4, 2008.)
Released in United States Spring May 9, 2008
Released in United States on Video September 16, 2008
Julien Temple was previously attached to direct.