With the help of his mechanic buddy, an engineer, and the company's attractive new publicist, an automotive test driver struggles to develop a new carburetor by entering cars in the Indy 500 and speed trials at California's Muroc Dry Lake..
Is it worth your time? Honestly? Only if you have a weird itch to see a young Jimmy Stewart looking slightly uncomfortable in a jumpsuit. It’s for the completionists and the folks who like old-school mechanics talk. If you want a tight, high-stakes thriller, you’re looking at the wrong Speed. This one is more about gre...
Comparing the cinematic DNA and archive impact of two defining moments in cult history.
Edwin L. Marin
Wilfred Lucas
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"Is it worth your time? Honestly? Only if you have a weird itch to see a young Jimmy Stewart looking slightly uncomfortable in a jumpsuit. It’s for the completionists and the folks who like old-school mechanics talk. If you want a tight, high-stakes thriller, you’re looking at the wrong Speed. This one is more about grease and pining over publicists. There’s a weird, loose energy to the whole thing. It’s like the studio wasn't sure if they were making a romance or a documentary about engine part..."
Lawrence P. Bachmann, Milton Krims, Michael Fessier
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