Speed racer 2008 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. His parents pops and mom run the independent racer motors, in which his brother spritle and his pet monkey chim chim, his mechanic sparky and his girlfriend trixie are also involved. Speed racer is an 18yearold boy who dreams of driving his car, the incredible mach 5, in professional races around the world. Peta upset with monkey treatment on speed racer set. For comic relief, theres none better than speeds younger brother spritle and his pet chimpanzee, chim chim. He will also discover that he has a brother, the new racer x. In the 2008 speed racer movie, pops racer and sparky put a singleforge bernoulli convergenator into the mach 6. Photofest with ghost in the shell in theaters, its time to rethink the maligned 2008 anime adaptation. Speed racer is an 18yearold whose life and love has always been automobile racing.
The movie, assassination classroom 2, and more announced at otakon 2015. While it is not designated in the movie, the car goes by the name augury in the speed racer video game. Matthew fox racer x, emile hirsch speed, nicholas elia young speed racer, christina ricci trixie, movie description. Get the best deals on speed racer ub funkeys when you shop the largest online selection at. Download speed racer 2008 yify torrent for 1080p mp4. Spritle has a pet chimpanzee, who responded to the name of chimchim in the american version sanpei in the japanese original and chito in the latin american version. Oct 25, 2012 speed racer is, in the end, a heartfelt family film, complete with kids providing cootiewarning disclaimers on speed and trixies big kiss. Blood blockade battlefront, dragon ball z, fairy tail, fruits basket, kamisama kiss 2, monkey, poll of the week, speed racer speed racer, psychopass. Speed racer is a movie for kids with plot elements for adults. Iron man and speed racer are tributes to practical ingenuity and manual dexterity, to real american innovators like edison and ford, steve wozniak and dale earnhardt to the grease monkey as genius. The title is an arcade racing game featuring crazy monkey characters struggling for victory riding ludicrous vehicles.
May 02, 2008 he will also discover that he has a brother, the new racer x. Im the quickest one around yeah to the mach 5 im the best heman in town the fastest one alive i. The characters were spot on, it had ridiculous racing scenarios, and the mach 5 was perfect. Speed racer has a younger brother named spritle kurio mifune in the japanese original and chispita in the latin american version. Adapted into anime by tatsunoko productions, its 52 episodes aired. At the time i was too young to identify it as anime, but young me could tell the style and direction was very different from the other saturday morning flare. It is claimed to be superior to royaltons transponder. The speed racer movie is a compilation of two episodes from the speed racer tv series with a couple of late1950s short films and a new speed racer music video added for good measure. Apr 24, 2003 speed racer is one of the earliest animated series to be brought over from japan to the us.
Speed racer the complete series contains episodes 152 of the anime directed by hiroshi sasagawa. Speeds monkey pal, chimchim, has been replaced by a robot, and the drivers younger brother, spritle, shows up as head of the. His only real competition is the memory of the brother he idolizedthe legendary rex racer, whose death in a race has left behind a legacy hurtling down. Most of the villans that speed came up against will come to life and make for a suspenseful movie. Speed racer the movie about twenty years ago there was a movie called the matrix, an awesome, smart, original scifi film that felt like it fell out of the future.
Speed racer 2008 official trailer emile hirsch, susan sarandon. Speed racer is a 2008 sports action comedy film written, coproduced and directed by the. Speed racer is a 2008 sports action comedy film written, coproduced and directed by the wachowskis and based on the 1960s anime and manga series of the same name. With emile hirsch, matthew fox, christina ricci, nicholas elia. Jan 29, 2020 speed racer is also available on 123 movies. The main draw, though, is the pair of classic episodes, featuring the voices of peter fernandez speed, corrine orr trixie, jack curtis pops, and jack grimes. Speed racer 2008 official trailer emile hirsch, susan. Mar 12, 2014 speed racer 2008 official trailer emile hirsch, susan sarandon movie hd a young driver, speed racer, aspires to be champion of the racing world with the help of his family and his hightech. A teenage race car driver named speed goes on adventures with his girlfriend, his candycrazed brother whose best friend is a monkey. A young driver, speed racer, aspires to be champion of the racing world with the help of his family and his hightech mach 5 automobile.
Speed racer emile hirsch is the kind of driver that every wheelman wishes he could be. Speed racer 2008 official trailer emile hirsch, susan sarandon movie hd a young driver, speed racer, aspires to be champion of the racing world with the help of his family and his hightech. Here are the best bits of speed racer featuring the entertaining and surreal monkey mr chim chim category. A young driver, speed racer, aspires to be champion of the racing world with the. Richard roundtree joins the cast of speed racer jul 2, 2007. With katsuji mori, peter fernandez, corinne orr, jack grimes. Speed racer is the familiar fable of the little man fighting the big corporation, the inventor vs the exploiter, the young athlete whose talents. If you were expecting to see some realistic interpretation of speed racer with a lessthanridiculous story you. When i was growing up, one of my favorite shows was speed racer. They do this with the disconcerting habit of sneaking inside the mach 5s trunk.
The moment the wb logo pops up veiled in bands of kaleidoscopic color, you know youre watching a movie whose chromatic palette will be a character, the way it was in warren beattys equally underappreciated dick tracy. It was released in tankobon book form by sun wide comics, and later rereleased in japan by fusosha. However, speed later refuses, opting to keep the family feel of his team. Teenager go mifune aspires to be the worlds best racecar champion with the help of his friends, family and his fathers hightech racecar, the mach 5. Monkey racing is a new game from the creators of monkey boxing.
New speed racer goes on nicktoons animation magazine. Theres more than speed racing going on on the set of emile hirsch and christina riccis upcoming film. Speed racer is one of the earliest animated series to be brought over from japan to the us. Paulie litt in speed racer 2008 christina ricci and emile hirsch at an event for. I dont have complete praise for this movie however, in that towards the end of. His only real competition is the memory of the brother he idolizedthe legendary rex racer, whose death in a race has left behind a legacy hurtling down the track, careening around.
Apr 14, 2017 speed racer emile hirsch is the kind of driver that every wheelman wishes he could be. In the worlds fastest race, nothing can slow you down. Speed racer the expressionless emile hirsch, looking even more 2d than usual is a fearless driver on the track, partly because theres racing in his blood. Speed racer 2008 official trailer emile hirsch, susan sarandon movie hd a young driver, speed racer, aspires to be champion of the.
Speeds monkey pal, chimchim, has been replaced by a robot, and the drivers younger brother, spritle, shows up. What is the name of the monkey in speed racer,and the name. The visually stunning speed racer was way ahead of its time. Speed racer manages to stay true to the spirit and of the original speed racer cartoon show, and the visual possibilities of comic booksmanga and cartoons, while using uptodate big budget filmmaking technology and special effects to bring it into the 21st century.
Go speed racer go japanese s hes off and flyin as he guns the car around the track hes jamming down the pedal like hes never coming back adventure. It hit us airwaves in the late 60s and went on to become engraved in american pop culture. Hurtling down the track, careening around, over, and through the competition, speed racer is a natural behind the wheel. Ali dee and the deekompressors go speed racer go lyrics. Racer x was also seen driving a t180 in the fuji helexicon. It was fast, cool and had a monkey who liked to eat. They have a way of popping up at just the right time to pull speed out of a jam, so that he can go on to save the day. Speed racer on a loop might have effectively substituted for all three. The speed racer movieinexplicably brought to you by the sibling duo who created the matrix, of all thingscaught a lot of flack when it was released back in 2008. Jul 02, 2007 theres more than speed racing going on on the set of emile hirsch and christina riccis upcoming film. He was hidden from the public by both his father and trixie, to protect him. Born to race cars, speed is aggressive, instinctive, and, most of all, fearless.
A chimp bit an actor on the set of speed racer and there are allegations that. Yes, theyre talking about that speed racer starring emile hirsch and inspired by the racing cartoon. Speed racer is, in the end, a heartfelt family film, complete with kids providing cootiewarning disclaimers on speed and trixies big. Interestingly enough, while everyone knows racer xs car is called the shooting star, it is never actually named in either the cartoon or the movie. When the going gets tough and meddling crooks keep him from the finish line, he always finds a way to make it through. Racer x, speeds disguised brother rex, was a regular rival.
Being of a younger generation, i did not find the movie to be sensory overload like some other viewers but can definitely see that as. Supposedly, the movie of speed racer will be in theatres this coming may of 2008. Spritle played by paulie litt, and his monkey friend is always. His parents pops and mom run the independent racer motors, in which his brother spritle and his pet monkey chim chim, his. Jan 08, 2016 when i was growing up, one of my favorite shows was speed racer. A teenage race car driver named speed goes on adventures with his girlfriend, his candycrazed brother whose best friend is a monkey, and his mysterious brother racer x real name. Mach gogogo was originally serialized in print in shueishas 1966 shonen book. So if you really wanted to see speed racer as a movie, it was great. Starring emile hirsch, christina ricci, john goodman, susan sarandon, matthew fox, roger allam, benno furmann, hiroyuki sanada, rain and richard roundtree, it is an americangerman venture produced by village roadshow pictures. Arnold royalton is the main antagonist of the film speed racer 2008.