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The plot revolves around Speed Racer, a 18-year-old automobile racer.
The film was written and directed by The Wachowskis, and stars Emile Hirsch, Christina Ricci, John Goodman, Susan Sarandon, Matthew Fox, Benno Frmann, Hiroyuki Sanada, Rain and Richard Roundtree.
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The movie's Mach 5 reportedly is an actual car, but all its special effects were computer-generated.įor those who have not memorized the 52 cartoon episodes dubbed into English from the original Japanese in 1967 (which then went into rerun immortality, showing up even on MTV and the Cartoon Network), Speed's Mach 5 had an array of push-buttons on its steering wheel that engaged special mechanical abilities. Speed Racer is a 2008 American action film based on the Japanese anime and manga series Speed Racer by Tatsunoko Productions.
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Live actors portray Speed and Trixie, plus the other stock characters from the series: Mom and Pop Racer, Sparky (their mechanic), Spritle (Speed's younger brother), Chim Chim (Spritle's pet chimpanzee), Rex (Speed's older brother) and Inspector Detector. "We eventually came back to a semi-retro look with very sleek lines," said Speed Racer production designer Owen Paterson.Making impossible turns, bad guys in pursuit, with girlfriend Trixie always ready to help with her trusty pink helicopter, Speed Racer and his Mach 5 race-car have entertained several generations of moppets willing to overlook the fact that Speed's mouth movements failed to sync up with his voice.Ī new version of "Speed Racer" takes to the big screen on Friday as a Warner Bros. The Wachowskis considered a more futuristic design for the famous Mach 5 racer but decided to stick to the classic profile.
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To protect actors during filming, each car was equipped with a safety device called "Kwiksave Foam" - essentially a big rubber ball that inflates around drivers in case of a crash. The Wachowski brothers named the upgraded Mach 6 cars "T180s" because they have the capability to turn their wheels 180 degrees.
From left to right: Chim-Chim, Pops, Mom, Spritle, Speed, and Trixie in the Mach 5. Speed Racer spins out in the final stretch. In 2008, under its Americanized title, Speed Racer, Mach GoGoGo was. In the manga, it is mentioned that her father is the president of Shimura Aviation, which explains why she has her own helicopter.
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Trixie often flies around in a helicopter during a race, acting as Speeds spotter, a function she also serves in the live-action movie version during the Casa Cristo 5000. Speed would race dangerous routes against dangerous people and come out on top with his 'girlfriend' Trixie (Michi Shimura) trailing him in a helicopter and his little brother Spritle (Kurio) and his pet chimp.
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Photograhers used ultra-high-resolution digital still cameras to capture images in Italy, Morocco, Austria, Turkey and California's Death Valley to create the Speed Racer locations. Trixie is Speeds girlfriend and a recurring character in the Speed Racer franchise. Action Girl: Trixie was fairly tough in the anime, a novel concept at the time, but in the movie is much more an active partner to Speed than in the original. Speed Racer (Go Mifune) is the young driver of the Mach 5, an incredible supercar designed by his father 'Pops' Racer (Daisuke Mifune). Speed Racer (played by Emile Hirsche) squints his way through the Zunubian Desert. In 2008, under its Americanized title, Speed Racer, Mach GoGoGo was republished in its entirety in the United States by Digital Manga Publishing and was released as a box set to commemorate the franchise's 40th anniversary, as well as serving as a tie-in with the 2008 film. RACER LIVING ROOM - NIGHT - PAST Mom, Pops, Sparky, Trixie and Speed are. She now runs her fathers company dubbed as 'the committee', works to take over the world using the Mach 6s gasless engine. A terrible accident in her past left her scarred emotionally and physically.
She is Speed Racer Sr.s ex-wife and the mother of X and Speed Racer. Oscar-winning tech genius John Gaeta ( The Matrix), visual effects co-supervisor Dan Glass ( The Matrix Reloaded) and V for Vendetta director James McTeigue orchestrated the action for Wachowski and Wachowski. SPEED RACER Written by Larry & Andy Wachowski 1st Draft January 4th, 2007 INT. Trixie Treadwell Racer is the main antagonist of Speed Racer: The Next Generation. Sidestepping live-action "realism," the brothers pay homage to Speed Racer's cartoon pedigree by fusing human actors and CGI backgrounds into a candy-colored universe stitched together from exotic locales, retro-kitsch Americana, bee-hive-catapulting Viking cars and anime-inspired cities of the future.Įmile Hirsch, Christina Ricci and Matthew Fox are convincing enough as Speed, girlfriend Trixie and Racer X, but it's the film's four whirly-dizzy race sequences that stake out new turf in the visual effects arena. The movie, which hits theaters May 9, stakes a claim as the most technically accomplished silver-screen spectacle since, well, the Wachowskis' Matrix pictures.
The Wachowski brothers' final cut of Speed Racer popped, rumbled and roared on screen when it was unveiled Wednesday on the Warner Bros.