Speed

Speed is a 1994 American action-thriller film directed by Jan de Bont, and set in Los Angeles. LAPD officer Jack Traven becomes the focus of a bomber and extortionist, retired Atlanta bomb squad sergeant Howard Payne. After Payne escapes his first entanglement with Traven, he sets up a bomb on a city bus that Traven boards and must keep moving above 50 miles per hour or the bomb will explode. The film stars Keanu Reeves, Dennis Hopper, Sandra Bul... More

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  • Jun 10, 1994

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R (USA)

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  • 1 h 56 min

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Jan de Bont

Jan de Bont (born 22 October 1943) is a Dutch cinematographer, producer, and film director. De Bont was born, one of 17 children, to a Roman Catholic family in Eindhoven, Netherlands. His earliest work after studying at the Amsterdam Film Academy was with the Dutch avant garde director Adriaan...

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  • Get ready for rush hour.

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Film release region Release Date Film release distribution medium
  • 1994
  • Nov 3, 1998
  • Jun 10, 1994
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  • 1 h 56 min
  • 1 h 55 min
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  • 28,000,000

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Awards

MTV Movie Award for Best Villain Winners

Appears in ranked lists:

List Rank Year Note
  • 99
  • 2001
  • 1,146
  • Apr 25, 2010
  • 6.5
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AFI's 100 Years... 100 Thrills of 2001

MTV Movie Award for Most Desirable Male Nominees

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