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Speed Racer is a 2008 American live action film adaptation of Tatsuo Yoshida's 1960s Japanese anime series of the same name, produced by Tatsunoko Productions. The film is written and directed by the Wachowskis. The film had been in development since 1992, changing writers and directors until producer Joel Silver and the Wachowski brothers collaborated to begin production on Speed Racer as a family film.
Actor Emile Hirsch was cast as Speed, the hero of the animated series, and Christina Ricci portrays Speed's girlfriend, Trixie. Speed Racer was shot between early June and late August 2007, at Studios Babelsberg in Potsdam, and in and around Potsdam and Berlin, Germany at an estimated budget of $120,000,000.Speed Racer premiered on May 3, 2008 as the closing film at the Tribeca Film Festival, and was released on May 9, 2008. The film has earned $17,968,063 in DVD sales making $114,997,404 in its total film gross. Despite the film being a critical and box office failure, in September 2011, TIME magazine included the film on its list of The All-TIME 25 Best Sports Movies.
Actors: Richard Roundtree (actor), Oscar Ortega Sánchez (actor), Benno Fürmann (actor), Melvil Poupaud (actor), Hiroyuki Sanada (actor), Waldemar Kobus (actor), Togo Igawa (actor), Art LaFleur (actor), Moritz Bleibtreu (actor), John Benfield (actor), Peter Fernandez (actor), John Goodman (actor), Ralph Herforth (actor), Alexander Yassin (actor), Anatole Taubman (actor),
Plot: The story begins with Speed Racer who is a young man with natural racing instincts whose goal is to win The Crucible, a cross-country car racing rally that took the life of his older brother, Rex Racer. Speed is loyal to the family business, run by his parents Pops and Mom. Pops designed Speed's car, the Mach 5. The owner of Royalton Industries makes Speed a lucrative offer, Speed rejects the offer, angering the owner. Speed also uncovers a secret that top corporate interests, including Royalton, are fixing races and cheating to gain profit. With the offer to Speed denied, Royalton wants to ensure that Speed will not win races. Speed finds support from his parents and his girlfriend Trixie and enters The Crucible in a partnership with his one-time rival, Racer X, seeking to rescue his family's business and the racing sport itself.
Keywords: actor-talks-to-audience, actual-animal-killed, alliance, altered-version-of-studio-logo, ape, aquarium, armored-car, automobile-racing, based-on-anime, based-on-japanese-tv-seriesActors: Tony Cox (actor), Carmen Electra (actress), Cat Stone (miscellaneous crew), Adam M. Stone (miscellaneous crew), Ashley Kravitz (miscellaneous crew), Jerry P. Jacobs (producer), Christopher Lennertz (composer), David Born (actor), Kim Kardashian (actress), Jody Blose (miscellaneous crew), Peter Safran (producer), Johnny Rock (actor), Greg Washington (miscellaneous crew), Michelle Lang (actress), Frank Helmer (costume designer),
Plot: Will, Lisa, and two of their friends attempt to flee man-made and natural disasters and encounter Batman, Hancock, The Hulk, Indiana Jones, Hannah Montana, Michael Jackson, Beowulf, the Love Guru, Iron Man, rabid chipmunks amongst others in their seemingly vain efforts to seek help and shelter from unknown threats.
Keywords: 40-oz, acoustic-guitar, assassin, bare-chested-male, baseball-bat, belching, big-hair, bikini, birthday-party, black-stereotypeActors: John Benfield (actor), Eric Matthies (producer), Josh Oreck (writer), Josh Oreck (director), Hiroyuki Sanada (actor), Michael Crawford (producer), Richard Roundtree (actor), Ralph Herforth (actor), Josh Oreck (producer), Waldemar Kobus (actor), Benno Fürmann (actor), Moritz Bleibtreu (actor), John Goodman (actor), Matthew Fox (actor), Ashley Walters (actor),
Genres: Documentary, Short,Actors: Beverly Lynne (actress), Elizabeth Starr (actress), David Alan Graf (actor), Carmen Perez (actress), Jacquie Barnbrook (actress), Spero Stamboulis (actor), Tamie Sheffield (actress), Edgar Allan Poe IV (actor), Charlie Nguyen (producer), Lori Morrissey (actress), David Zimmerman (actor), Tania Gunadi (actress), Cherise Bangs (actress), David Weisenberg (actor), Anna Easteden (actress),
Genres: Comedy,Actors: Corinne Orr (actress), Corinne Orr (actress), Peter Fernandez (actor), Peter Fernandez (actor), Corinne Orr (actress), Jack Grimes (actor), Jack Grimes (actor), Jack Curtis (actor),
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Don't sniff cocaine, it's bad for you
Don't smoke weed, it's bad for you
Don't drink liquor, it's bad for you
Don't eat food, it's bad for you
Don't like money, it's bad for you
Yeah, HB comin' from Odd Future
[Verse 1:]
I swallow my pride, blueberry flavor
The kid spits next door sort off like a neighbor
Spaceship crash on America like a creator
Died and came back like I'm a holy savior
Holy molly racer, Daytons on a scrapper
I clog mothafuckas, nigga who scrapped her
Raped her (I don't know) R. Kelly taped her
Niggas want fades, I'm a give your ass a taper
I put that on Rodney and my bubba shawty
Carrying a shotty, cutting up Bobby
I'm cutting up probably, cutting up bodies
Chopped and screwed everybody
Bitch I'm Hitler with every Nazi
Aiming at your face like we're paparazzi
Down comes confetti, intestines, spaghetti
On your mark set, but you niggas ain't ready
[Hook:]
Ready, set, go, race car
[Verse 2:]
Speeding, I'm a heathen in the hour of the evening
Odd Future tight nigga can't be even
What's cracking, what's creasing, Crisco greasing
Chuck E Cheesing, why your girl got a frown on
Paint her face clown on
Pump up the volume, make sure the sound's on
To investigate I'm like a hound dog
Dog hound, there's a dog found, put 'em in the dog
pound
Throw 'em in a cage watch the nigga bark now
Chomping on an over sized bone
Meet my impostor, over sized clone
Thoughts race in my mind, over sized dome
But I'm focused driving a Ford Focus
Hustling harder 'til I'm racing in a Lotus
Know this, but one time he blew a nigga head off
Jumped in this race car (What happened?) he sped off
[Hook]