Speed (1994) | The Blockbuster Nobody Believed In

Speed (1994) | The Blockbuster Nobody Believed In. Speed is one of my favorite action movies of all time. Let's take a look at why nobody believed in this blockbuster while it was getting made. Sit back, relax, take a pop quiz hot shot, and let's find out how Speed was made.
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[@jowarrener527]

Absolute masterpiece. My favourite Action movie ever

[@MrCarpen7er]

Speed a masterpiece ? Lol, no.

[@mahmudmurad4655]

@@MrCarpen7er Yes, it is.

[@santos8468]

It took him 28 years, but Michael Bay did eventually make his Speed movie. It was called Ambulance.

[@CraigMcfly1985]

His first action film was Bad Boys.

[@santos8468]

@@CraigMcfly1985 Of course, but Ambulance has a very Speed vibe.

[@ricardodiaz6187]

I’m watching this as I’m wearing my freshly acquired, completely restored, Casio G-Shock DW5600C 901 module while in the alarm mode set to 8:05am 😁…..

[@ScottyDunn]

Niccccceeeee ⌚️🚌

[@justlaura7177]

Wow I had no idea he did his own stunts!! This movie was an absolute classic and I'm going to have to start watching all the amazing movies you cover on your channel!

[@ScottyDunn]

Oh yeah, this is the movie that started all of that with Keanu. You should definitely re-watch Speed. It holds up remarkably well.

[@SuhaimiMohamedShariff]

​@@ScottyDunnKeanu was a big star before this movie,Bill and Ted,Point Break, Rivers Edge, My own private Idaho and many more my friend

[@mikeedward9595]

1. The first R movie I saw in the theater was "RoboCop." 2. I saw "Speed" in the theater back in 1994. I still remember having a lot of fun with it. It's still a movie I break out once every summer.

[@jamesroberts5450]

dude you gotta keep your full intro jingle with the popcorn popping etc. that jingle is boss. its all about catchy phrases and jingles that we all love to hear and see when we crack open one of your new segments each release. much love scotty.

[@ScottyDunn]

I guess I thought people would get tired of it. It’s good to know you like the full intro experience! I’ll go back to putting the entire jingle with the popcorn and everything 😎 back in. Thanks for sharing your love for it. It paid off!

[@DecadesApartProductions]

@@ScottyDunn Please do! I like it too.

[@ScottyDunn]

@@DecadesApartProductions it’s officially going back in 😀. I’m glad too, I kinda missed it.

[@pdennis93]

Not sure if it was the first R rated movie I saw, but Speed was the first R rated movie I saw alone in the theatre. It was on ny 15th birthday in July of 1994.

[@ScottyDunn]

Nice! What a great one to start with! I can imagine the cold air conditioning after a hot July day watching a seriously great film like Speed.

[@retroentertainment1340]

Fun Fact: After Jan De Bont did Speed but before he signed on to direct Twister, he was originally going to direct Tristar Pictures' Godzilla in July 1994. But he left the project later that year due to budget disputes and the studio to Americanize Godzilla.

[@bigtechisbigbrother8690]

Cool video. Should have more views. Gotta figure out how to work the algorithm.

[@ScottyDunn]

Thank you 🙏

[@moonmc1047]

Masterpiece blockbuster movie

[@ScottyDunn]

It really is. It’s held up incredibly well!

[@---7027]

Speed for me is the best movie ever made ❤

[@jdm89s13]

I think my first R-rated movie was Lethal Weapon 2. I was seven 😂. I was a little older when Speed came out and got to watch it as soon as it came out on VHS. It was amazing. Keanu Reeves was such a badass and I fell in love with Sandra Bullock. Watched it at least a couple hundred times in the 90s, but sadly I haven't watched it since. Time to snatch it up and get some popcorn.

[@ScottyDunn]

I love the Lethal Weapon series. You got your feet wet with a good one! Heck yeah, get you some Speed in present day. It holds up really well.

[@DecadesApartProductions]

First R-Rated movie I saw: T2 I also love practical effects. In one of my movies, we wanted to blow up a car but we didn't have that kind of budget, so we used a miniature.

[@ScottyDunn]

Yes! T2. That was one of my next r rated movies after Speed. Practical effects are just so much cooler compared to strictly digital. Love that you used a miniature to blow up! Sounds like fun. Makes me want to go to hobby lobby and get one to blow up for a short film.

[@CraigMcfly1985]

My first rated R film to see was Matrix Reloaded, and it was great.

[@Dazzleship]

The bus that couldn't slow down

[@symphoniez]

Golden era Simpsons ❤️

[@santos8468]

Keanu did not play a cop in Point Break. He was "an F.B.I. agent".

[@CraigMcfly1985]

And parachute with Swayze in the film, 100% pure adrenaline.

[@MrRichtermo]

I AM AN FBI AGENT! I know, isn't it wild! 😆😁

[@indygeo4267]

Hard to believe this movie is turning 30 this year.

[@ScottyDunn]

I know!

[@corrbenbernsten4902]

RIP 🙏 Dennis Hopper

[@lvalledor3440]

When Keanu Reeves appeared on The Ellen DeGeneres Show, she said that the part of Annie was originally written for her.

[@ScottyDunn]

She would’ve been a different vibe in the movie for sure. She could bring the funny but I’m not sure what kind of chemistry she and Keanu would’ve had on screen.

[@lvalledor3440]

@@ScottyDunn chemistry probably would've never worked with Keanu. Probably not even with some of the other proposed actors before Keanu.

[@MezterpieceTheater]

Thank everything that she was not in this movie…

[@TballAllStar]

Had no idea the same guy directed Twister. Easily two of my favorite movies

[@Mac-USA]

Speed was a great movie. Also enjoyed your retrospective.

[@ScottyDunn]

@@Mac-USA Thank you telling me that. Thanks for watching!

[@JHorton]

these are so good.

[@ScottyDunn]

Thank you so much!

[@Educatingben]

Man. Scotty! you love all my favorite movies? I saw speed in the movie theater with my grandmother, whom I was living with while in college. What I remember about being in the theater with her was throughout the movie, her foot never stopped tapping the floor. We were on the edge of our seats. To this day Speed remains in my collection and I watch it at least once a year. By the way, you should watch Jeff Daniels performance in “terms of endearment”. That was the first movie I ever saw him in.

[@ScottyDunn]

You've got good taste in movies 😄 I saw Terms of Endearment recently and really enjoyed it! Great performances all around. I really love your story about you and your grandma watching Speed at the theater. Thank you.

[@raymondhartmeijer9300]

I must add that Joe Morton was also brilliant as the police Lieutenant

[@ScottyDunn]

Absolutely. If you look at the difference between his role in Speed and his role in Terminator 2, it demonstrates what a versatile actor he is.

[@santos8468]

"You're fired! Everyone's f___ing fired!"

[@dunndiddeli2067]

Great video!

[@ScottyDunn]

Thank you 🙏

[@dyce211]

Dennis Hopper was a super villian.

[@ScottyDunn]

Classic performance. So unhinged and memorable.

[@faeryqueenrs]

My first R movie was The Last of the Mohicans. That is, the first one on purpose, in a theater. There was a bit of an incident where I was accidentally allowed to watch the end of Predator at someone else's house, but after I wasn't traumatized, my parents pretty much stopped caring what they let me see.

[@ScottyDunn]

Nice. Yeah there's always a point where parents pretty much open the flood gates.

[@thefearofg0ds758]

0:01 Total Recall

[@ScottyDunn]

Good one to start with!

[@weston407]

OMG Speed was my first R-rated movie too!!! We must be around the same age (I was born in 1985)

[@ScottyDunn]

What a great first R rated film wouldn’t you say? I was born 87.

[@weston407]

@@ScottyDunn oh absolutely! Great movie that still holds up!

[@FootkerSnooball]

​@@ScottyDunnDid you actually watch it in a cinema at age 7 (or as you guy's say "movie theater"). I thought you were asking what our first R-Rated film we saw in cinema was. Going to be tough to remember what mine was just at home. Maybe TimBurton's Batman. Which was rated 15 in UK same as Speed. I of course watched both way before I turned the age they were rated but I wouldn't have been able to see them in the cinema even with an adult.

[@beck645]

Scotty I just discovered your channel today. I can’t stop watching your fantastic reporting about my favorite movies. You are simply fantastic at this. You should work in Hollywood. You are just that good. You are classy. Information is super interesting. I can’t thank you enough for what you do. You should have millions of views and I will spread the word about you. Would love you to do this with the first 2 Die Hard movies. Highest remarks on your work and I know what I’m talking about. Thumbs way up!

[@ScottyDunn]

Thank you so much! Weirdly enough I did work in Hollywood for a bit as an actor. Also made some indie films (still do) so I definitely have a love for this. However lately KZbin has been more of a welcoming place to work. Really appreciate your kind words. Die Hard 1 and 2 will make great videos! I’ll do that in the not too distant future. Hopefully before Christmas 😎.

[@jimmyyem7699]

Great stuff Scotty..... ...l can not wait for technology that is so so good.... that they computer generate a scene (storyboarded but not made because it was too expensive). It involves a helicopter lowering a cop on a rope, to the roof of the bus, but then has to immediately pull up rapidly, because of a nearing overhead crossbridge. The cop on the narrowly avoids death from the cross bridge, but spectacularly crashes thru a 'Windscreens O'Brien' Truck!!!!!!! Wow!!! What a scene that would be!!!!!

[@dondevice8182]

I can speak to the highway scenes, as I was an extra and I borrowed my friend’s truck to get paid an extra $50 a day… Nope, it’s not much, but that’s how they made it for that budget!

[@ScottyDunn]

That’s freakin awesome!

[@dondevice8182]

@@ScottyDunn is it though? ;-)

[@ScottyDunn]

@@dondevice8182 😆well yeah the pay was crap but the memory is priceless.

[@dondevice8182]

@@ScottyDunn certainly hard to forget!

[@diamonddoggspuppy7755]

$50 back in 1994 was nothing to sneeze at.

[@timbechtel1695]

My first R movie was childs play but I didn't actually watch it... My older cousin locked me in the basement when I was about 5 while it was playing on the TV down there. My real first R movie was Wes Cravens New Nightmare which gave me episodes of night terrors!

[@leashesoff2288]

The first R-rated movie I ever saw: National Lampoon's Vacation. My dad basically was Clark Griswold in a lot of ways, so the movie was allowed for us. :)

[@ScottyDunn]

Nice! You’re dad sounds like a cool dude 😎. Gotta love Clark Griswold.

[@leashesoff2288]

@@ScottyDunn We also saw Speed together in the theater. Come to think of it, Speed might have been the first R-rated film I saw in a theater. (Vacation was on VHS).

[@ScottyDunn]

@@leashesoff2288 you’re lucky! I would’ve loved to see Speed in theaters. I saw it on Laserdisc with my parents.

[@RedSplinter36]

You forgot one thing... Speed was supposed to be the secondary film of Jeff Speakman after his Perfect Weapon debut... which definitely would have been interesting and probably would have launched Speakmans film career.

[@ScottyDunn]

Man what a role to have slip away. I wonder how he feels about this today.

[@Briguy1027]

You forgot about the music -- the music in the movie really helps the action.

[@ScottyDunn]

The music was amazing!

[@josephsarto689]

The first r rated movie I saw as a kid was the last of the Mohicansx I saw it in theaters when I was 8

[@razfilms1]

If I remember correctly the first r rated movie I saw in theaters was Limitless

[@Ham549]

There is a movie about a train with a bomb that has to stay above 50mph. It is called Bullett Train and was a Japanese film. Maybe he got Runaway Train and that movie mixed up.

[@SpaceRider15]

Found this video while looking for Pat Benatar’s cover of “Rescue Me” It’s not on Spotify anymore💔💔

[@stavroshadjiyiannis6283]

Think about all the awesome films that came out in 1994. Three decades later, I think we only have one truly great film so far this year.

[@mikeedward9595]

1994 and 1999 were two of the best years of all time.

[@brendagautier500]

mi primera película R fue Predator , a los 7 años, ese alíen me causo una gran impresión jajajajaja

[@kb4903]

I thought the original name was - the bus that couldn’t slow down?

[@CraigMcfly1985]

30 years this year Speed 1994-2024 Hbd.

[@thetalentof]

Jan de Bont honestly delivered the goods for Speed 2 if you can bring yourself to look at the movie objectively, the epic setting isolated on the high seas with thousands of potential victims certainly helps to raise the stakes, they got a method actor instead of a movie star as the lead which is always interesting to watch for a commercial movie, Dafoe is easily a more entertaining psychopathic villain than Hopper was, the scene where they must avoid colliding with the tanker is white-knuckle, the visual effects of the final harbour collision look incredible and the reason they don't age is due to De Bont's decision to go largely practical, Mancina's score adds a lot to the tension and emotional moments. Bullock is the weakest link for me with many of her one-liners being eye-gougingly annoying and clashing with the rest of the film's tone but apart from that, it's a solid 7.5 popcorn movie that's great at putting you in the summer mood.

[@dutchschaefer4983]

Robocop. And damn it messed me up But still an awesome movie

[@ScottyDunn]

Oh yeah that’s a brutal first R rated movie. Fantastic film agreed!

[@kingdae2022]

as a 4 year old in the early 2000s my big 3 of movies was speed top gun and fast and the furious 1 . SPEED is one of those movies that is irreplaceable and should not have had a sequel. as a kid I looked up to jack Traven so much and for some reason I loved that bus alot idk why and I used to have a little crush on Annie if I'm being honest

[@ScottyDunn]

The bus is iconic! Would be cool to get a miniature version for the office or something. Your top 3 movies as a kid takes me back 🍿good stuff.

[@reptongeek]

First R Rated film was A Bridge Too Far which in my home country was a 15 and I wasn't 15 yet - I saw it on TV. Two more interesting facts about Speed 2 Cruise Control. The final sequence where the ship crashes into the town cost more than the entire first film and second before Gravity came out, Sandra's highest rated film on Rotten Tomatoes was Speed. The lowest rated was the sequel

[@ScottyDunn]

It’s amazing how far apart the rotten tomatoes ratings are between Speed 1 and 2.

[@reptongeek]

@@ScottyDunn It is. I mean you expect a sequel to have a lower rating, but not THAT low. Even more proof that Speed was a one off and didn't need or warrant a sequel

[@jonathanfeldheim6554]

Well, that's weird, Runaway Train was my first R-rated movie. I was 6

[@ScottyDunn]

Nice!

[@SuperCosmicMutantSquid]

The first Speed is an entertaining energy fest. I iust live watching it for how everything gels together to perfectly. You only watch Speed 2 for Willem Dafoe and it's riffing potential.

[@ScottyDunn]

Oh yeah, 100%, Speed 2 is a whole different type of entertainment. Willem Dafoe is next level goofy. Kind of makes it worth it.

[@SuperCosmicMutantSquid]

@@ScottyDunn It was first time seeing him in a movie and I legit asked my mom "WHY IS HE MAKING HIS EYES LIKE THAT?!?" We watched it when it was first airing on cable and we laughed the whole time. Every other second was a 'Wait, wha-?!' and 'That's not what it was like in the first movie!' moment.

[@ScottyDunn]

Lol!

[@direktive4]

studio number crunchers trying to minimize costs would be the only ones complaining about practical fx

[@ScottyDunn]

Yep!

[@michiganjack1337]

Now the script doctor is more like Jack Kevorkian these days.

[@ScottyDunn]

Yeah I miss the simpler times when we didn't know all the dirt on everyone.

[@michiganjack1337]

@@ScottyDunn Yeah I don’t know of any Joss dirt, just simply making a poor joke that he went from _healing_ scripts to _killing_ them these days. 🤷‍♂️

[@ScottyDunn]

@@michiganjack1337 I just figured that's what you were talking about. But now it makes more sense 😆

[@NebLleb]

[ahem] *THOSE WOMEN WERE IN THE NIP!*

[@FootkerSnooball]

I'm not sure what age region R-rated is compared to the one's we have in UK. Speed was rated a 15 in uk, there's U (all kids films) PG which can be a mixture of both and anyone can watch it with an adult then 12, 15 & 18 all of which you can't watch if you're younger than those ages unless you manage to pass as that but I don’t think I ever tried to see a film at the cinema that I wasn't old enough to watch so my first 15 was Ali (2001) which funnily enough JoeMorton from Speed was in.

[@ScottyDunn]

Nice. I never saw Ali. Gonna have to check it out. Very interesting the differences between the UK and US rating systems.

[@chrisheimva4857]

I believe my first R-rated film was Die Hard, which given the video is a funny coincidence. Here is the thing. This might sound heretical, but I actually enjoy Speed MORE than Die Hard.

[@ScottyDunn]

I agree with you! It’s so satisfying and I feel like it moves faster than Die Hard. Don’t get me wrong, I love Die Hard too.

[@chrisheimva4857]

Blows my mind how Jan De Bont went from making Speed, one of my favorite movies of all time, to Speed 2, one of THE worst movies I've ever seen.

[@romeosbrother2386]

Wait what? I thought Ellen degeneres was also a cast choice for annie

[@leonrochester6118]

Can you please do Die Hard?

[@ScottyDunn]

Yes 👍 😁

[@liljeff39]

I like movies 🍿 but less as I get older. I realize the older I get the more I care about my relationship with Jesus.

[@jimsheppard3166]

Oh shit, Speed was the first R-rated movie that I saw (in theaters), as well! 💪🚍