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== Main cast ==
==Random profanity in the "Plot" section==
Please, the Plot section of the article is horribly littered with profanity.Could someone change it back?


By what standard is Sandra Bullocks' character "Annie" not main cast? [[User:Arcsoda|Arcsoda]] ([[User talk:Arcsoda|talk]]) 07:16, 26 April 2021 (UTC)
==Inspiration for Speed==
In a 1970's Batman Story, Captain Stingaree (had shared a cell with Captain Cold) rigged Gordan's car to explode if he dropped below a certain speed or took off his seat belt.
:According to the DVD commentary, Yost was inspired by [[Runaway Train]] and nothing else. He just decided to set it on a bus. It could be just a coincidence all these other stories (yeah, I don't believe it either, but give him the benefit of the doubt). [[Scott197827]] 18/2/2006
I moved both of these entries to underneath the table of contents. --[[User:123.243.236.11|123.243.236.11]] 05:03, 27 October 2007 (UTC)


Note that Bullock holds above/before-title-billing on posters and in production credits. [[User:Arcsoda|Arcsoda]] ([[User talk:Arcsoda|talk]]) 07:18, 26 April 2021 (UTC)
==horrible edits, strung together==
One of the most famous scenes in the film shows the bus jumping across a gap in an elevated freeway-to-freeway ramp while still under construction. Both sides of the gap are at identical heights, making it impossible that the jump would work in real life. According to the "Making of..." feature that accompanied the DVD release, the stunt used a ramp and really did traverse fifty feet in the air. To handle the sudden jolt on landing, the stunt bus had no passengers aboard and the driver was wearing a shock-absorbing harness.


: Someone thought that without any discussion and with no regard for what other film articles do, that it was a good idea to split the cast section into [[WP:OVERSECTION|unnecessary subsections]] "Main" and "Non Main" .[https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Speed_(1994_film)&diff=1016274456&oldid=1014072843] You could have reverted it and asked the editor in question to explain it better before making such an odd change. Other editors soon reverted it anyway. -- [[Special:Contributions/109.78.193.127|109.78.193.127]] ([[User talk:109.78.193.127|talk]]) 02:20, 1 October 2021 (UTC)
The gap in the highway was added through CGI; note the flock of digital seagulls added by the special effects company to enhance the realism of the scene. While the flyover ramp is shown to be essentially all complete and paved, except for the gap, in actual construction that gap in the road deck would have been fixed before the guardrail and asphalt is added. You may also note if you look closely, when the bus is flying over the bridge that is under construction the gap between the two bridges was edited in.


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== Unlikely trivia ==

"In [[Indonesia]], ''Speed'' is played every year on local television stations" <-- I removed this line from the trivia section, as it sounds unlikely to be true. If anyone wants to re-add it, please include a source. [[User:TheCoffee|Coffee]] 15:13, 18 June 2006 (UTC)

So? It plays every year on Australian TV stations as well! It's a classic film! --[[User:123.243.236.11|123.243.236.11]] 05:01, 27 October 2007 (UTC)

==Balance==

Almost a third of the article is taken up with a list of parodies. Another paragraph on similar stories to Speed. Less than half the article on the movie itself. Where's the trivia, the production history, box office and critical reaction? This was a hugely successful, acclaimed movie, but anyone from Saturn visiting Earth and seeing this page would think that all Speed was fodder for hack comedy writers.[[User:Johann Schlinker|Johann Schlinker]] 22:55, 28 August 2006 (UTC)
:The parody section was also entirely [[WP:NOR|original research]], so it's gone. [[User:Dan100|Dan100]] ([[User talk:Dan100|Talk]]) 23:55, 19 January 2007 (UTC)

:: Couldn't there be a pop culture reference section though? Or is that not valid since it IS basically pop culture? [[User:Secunda1|Secunda1]] 02:45, 20 February 2007 (UTC)

== What? ==

When did the movie say no one was allowed ON the bus? I recall it as being that no one could get off, and that is why he didn't detonate it when Jack (Keanu Reeves) got on the bus. Or am I wrong? [[User:Secunda1|Secunda1]] 02:39, 20 February 2007 (UTC)
:He let Keanu on because the point of the bus bomb was to blow Jack up to get his revenge.
~~[[User:Lazyguy|Lazyguy]]~~I r needing userboxes plz! 23:51, 23 June 2007 (UTC)

== Levels of disambiguation ==

This page has been moved back and forth between [[Speed (film)]] and [[Speed (1994 film)]] a couple of times. imdb knows of several films called Speed [http://www.imdb.com/find?s=all&q=Speed] of which two currently has articles on English Wikipedia, this one, and a Bollywood movie from 2007, [[Speed (2007 film)]]. As we all know, India is the country that produces the biggest number of films per year in the world. Assuming that the American film is "much more famous" and thus entitled to a shorter disambiguation is, to me, pure cultural bias; it is not like "Speed" with Sandra Bullock will be remembered forever like Hitchcock's ''[[The Birds (film)|The Birds]]''. I leave the issue here, and trust future wikipedians to do as they see fit. // [[User:Habj|habj]] 22:02, 21 June 2007 (UTC)

== 50mph? ==

I could have sworn it was 40mph, not 50. I don't have the video/DVD, so could someone please clarify?
~~[[User:Lazyguy|Lazyguy]]~~I r needing userboxes plz! 23:52, 23 June 2007 (UTC)

: No, its 50. I'm watching it right now on Fx. [[User:Sullynyflhi|Sullynyflhi]] 01:34, 12 August 2007 (UTC)

== Shadow ==

"If you look below the bridge closely you can still see the shadow of the completed bridge." This is untrue, widely known myth. Look again. The shadow you see in the film is of the bridge visible in the picture, it is because of the suns position that we see this shadow beneath the part of the bridge which is broken. The gap in the shadow would not be needed anyway as that part of the shadow is ut of shot.

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By what standard is Sandra Bullocks' character "Annie" not main cast? Arcsoda (talk) 07:16, 26 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note that Bullock holds above/before-title-billing on posters and in production credits. Arcsoda (talk) 07:18, 26 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Someone thought that without any discussion and with no regard for what other film articles do, that it was a good idea to split the cast section into unnecessary subsections "Main" and "Non Main" .[1] You could have reverted it and asked the editor in question to explain it better before making such an odd change. Other editors soon reverted it anyway. -- 109.78.193.127 (talk) 02:20, 1 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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