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SPEED: POP QUIZ, HOTSHOT!
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Rewind or Die – Cult Movies, Trash Cinema, and Deep Dives by Adam Chase

S01 E15
02:50:59
Episode notes

This week, we’re cranking it up to 50 miles per hour and not looking back as we dive headfirst into 1994’s adrenaline-soaked, bus-jumping masterpiece – SPEED. Keanu Reeves whispers at bombs, Sandra Bullock becomes the world’s most stressed-out bus driver, and Dennis Hopper chews so much scenery we’re still finding pieces of it in the upholstery.

But that’s just the beginning. In this episode, we cover:

  • The wild making-of stories behind SPEED, including how a last-second jump over a freeway gap nearly became a crash landing for the entire production.
  • The casting chaos that almost gave us Tom Cruise, Wesley Snipes, or… Tom Hanks on a bus?
  • The iconic bus jump that defied physics, logic, and common se ... 
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