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| Title: | Speed Racer |
| Genres: | Action Sci-fi |
| Directed by: | Lilly Wachowski Lana Wachowski |
| Written by: | Lilly Wachowski Lana Wachowski |
| Produced by: | Jessica Alan; Bruce Berman; Grant Hill; Michael Lambert; Marcus Loges; Roberto Malerba; Henning Molfenter; David Lane Seltzer; Joel Silver; Lilly Wachowski; Lana Wachowski |
| Music by: | Michael Giacchino |
| Cinematography: | David Tattersall |
| Edited by: | Roger Barton; Zach Staenberg |
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| Distributed by: | Warner Bros. Village Roadshow Pictures Silver Pictures |
| Released: | May 9th, 2008 |
| Rating: | PG |
| Running time: | 135 min. |
| Country: | USA |
| Language: | English |
| Budget: | $120,000,000 |
| Gross: | $43,945,766 (US) $93,945,766 (Worldwide) |
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Speed Racer is an American live-action feature film of the sci-fi/action genre. It was written and directed by The Wachowskis and produced by Warner Bros., Village Roadshow Pictures and Silver Pictures. It was released theatrically in the United States on May 9th, 2008.
Plot[]
Cast[]
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Emile Hirsch | Speed |
| Nicholas Elia | Young Speed Racer |
| Susan Sarandon | Mom |
| Melissa Holroyd | Speed's teacher |
| Ariel Winter | Young Trixie Shimura |
| Scott Porter | Racer X, Rex Racer |
| Gian Ganziano | Everyman announcer |
| Peter Fernandez | Local announcer |
| Harvey Friedman | Harold Ledermann announcer |
| Sadao Ueda | Japanese announcer |
| Valery Tscheplanowa | Russian announcer |
| Sami Loris | Italian announcer |
| Olivier Marlo | French announcer |
| Sean McDonagh | Celtic announcer |
| Kick Gurry | Sparky |
| Christian Oliver | Snake Oiler |
| John Goodman | Pops |
| Vinzenz Kiefer | Crew chief/Sempre Fi-Beer driver |
| Mark Zak | Blackjack Benlli |
| Paulie Litt | Spritle Racer |
| Willy | Chim Chim |
| Kenzie | Chim Chim |
| Christina Ricci | Trixdie |
| Julia Joyce | Blonde pack leader |
| Clayton Nemrow | Race announcer |
| Ricky Watson | Race commentator |
| Brandon Robinson | Big Mouth |
| L. Trey Wilson | Press man |
| Matthew Fox | Racer X |
| Nayo Wallace | Minx |
| Roger Allam | Royalton |
| Lauren Blake | Flight attendant |
| Cosma Shiva Hagen | Gennie |
| Ralph Herforth | Cannonball Taylor |
| Rain | Taejo Togokahn |
| Waldemar Kobus | Vinny, Cruncher thug |
| John Benfield | Cruncher block |
| Max Hopp | Cruncher thug |
| Julie T. Wallace | Truck driver |
| Hiroyuki Sanada | Mister Musha |
| Matthias Redhammer | Marvin, the cleaning man |
| Eckehard Hoffman | Joel Goldman |
| Stephen Marcus | Security goon |
| Art LaFleur | Fuji announcer |
| Peter Navy Tuiasosopo | Fuji announcer |
| Nan Yu | Horkuo Togokahn |
| Moritz Bleibtreau | Greh Ghost |
| Paul Sirr | Dour Face |
| Richard Roundtree | Ben Burns |
| Benno Furmann | Inspector Detector |
| Ramon Tikaram | Casa Cristo announcer |
| Melvil Poupaud | Johnny "Goodboy" Jones |
| Kady Taylor | Queen of Casa Cristo |
| Junior Sone Enang | Shark driver |
| Jana Pallaske | Delila |
| Bojidara Maximova | Flying Fox |
| Werner Daehn | Sempre Fi-Ber leader |
| Komi Togbonou | Thor-azine leader |
| Leila Rozario | Hydro-cell driver |
| Steven Wilson | C.I.B. security man |
| Karl Yune | Taejo body guard |
| Togo Igawa | Mister Togokhan |
| Jonathan Kinsler | Fuji reporter |
| Anatole Taubman | Fuji reporter |
| Ben Miles | Cass Jones |
| Frank Witter | Security official |
| Megan Gay | Senior race official |
| Corinne Orr | Grand Prix female announcer |
| Joe Mazza | Nitro |
| Joon Park | Yakuza driver |
| Ludmilla Ismailow | Denise |
| Milka Duno | Gearbox/Kellie Kalinkov |
| Amira Osman | Count down tower woman |
| Ashley Walters | Prince Kabala |
| Jens Neuhaus | German announcer |
| Sesede Terziyan | Turkish announcer |
| Ill-Young Kim | Korean announcer |
| Yuriri Naka | Japanese announcer |
| Oscar Ortega Sanchez | Spanish announcer |
| Fang Yu | Chinese announcer |
| Narges Rashidi | Persian announcer |
| Andres Cantor | Grand Prix announcer |
| William R. Dean | Telephone salesman |
| Jin Akanishi | Speed Racer (voice) |
| Luka Andres | Big Mouth |
| Joel Cross | Prince fan |
| Alister Mazzotti | Pitter Pat |
| Nicolas Walier | Security |
| Yusuke Yamazaki | Japanese man |
| Alexander Yassin | Grand Prix reporter |
Notes[]
- Production on Speed Racer began on June 4th, 2007. Principal photography concluded in November, 2007.
- Speed Racer was released on DVD in Region 1 format by Warner Home Video on September 16th, 2008.
- Speed Racer was released on Blu-ray by Warner Home Video and Sunset Home Visual Entertainment on May 18th, 2010.
- Peter Fernandez, who plays an announcer in this film is the creator of the American adaptation of the original Speed Racer television series as well as a voice actor on the series.