Coming up on Saturday at the Described Movies: Speed
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From this Saturday at 2am Eastern, that’s 6pm Saturday in NZ, 4pm in Sydney and 7am in the UK, and repeated every four hours throughout the day , it’s
the described movie Speed from 1994.
Speed is a 1994 American action thriller film directed by Jan de Bont in his feature film directorial debut.
The film tells the story of an LAPD police officer who tries to rescue civilians on a city bus rigged with a bomb programmed to explode if the bus slows down below 50 mph.
It became a sleeper hit, critically and commercially successful, grossing $350.4 million on a $30 million budget and winning two Academy Awards, for Best Sound Editing and Best Sound Mixing, at the 67th Academy Awards in 1995.
A critically panned sequel, Speed 2: Cruise Control, was released on June 13, 1997.
Directed by: Jan de Bont.
Produced by: Mark Gordon.
Written by: Graham Yost.
Starring: Keanu Reeves, Dennis Hopper, Sandra Bullock, Joe Morton, Alan Ruck and Jeff Daniels.
Music by: Mark Mancina.
Cinematography: Andrzej Bartkowiak.
Edited by: John Wright.
Production company: Mark Gordon Productions .
Distributed by: 20th Century Fox.
Release date: 10 June, 1994.
Running time: 116 minutes.
Country: United States.
Language: English.
Budget: $30 million.
Box office: $350.4 million.
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Enjoy the movie,