50 MPH

Media & Entertainment Podcasts

Get ready for rush hour! 50 MPH is a podcast dedicated to the making and legacy of Jan de Bont’s 1994 summer movie blockbuster SPEED. Across 50 episodes, this one-of-a-kind oral history takes you on a breakneck journey from conception to execution, distribution and beyond. Join entertainment journalist Kris Tapley as he talks to the people who made it happen and discusses their memories of an electrifying thrill ride that defied expectations and became a global, star-making phenomenon. Through conversations with actors, executives, filmmakers, film scholars and film fans, 50 MPH will attempt to secure SPEED’s rightful place in the canon of action cinema on the way to celebrating its fast-approaching 30th anniversary in style. Don’t forget to fasten your seatbelts!

Location:

United States

Genres:

Media & Entertainment Podcasts

Description:

Get ready for rush hour! 50 MPH is a podcast dedicated to the making and legacy of Jan de Bont’s 1994 summer movie blockbuster SPEED. Across 50 episodes, this one-of-a-kind oral history takes you on a breakneck journey from conception to execution, distribution and beyond. Join entertainment journalist Kris Tapley as he talks to the people who made it happen and discusses their memories of an electrifying thrill ride that defied expectations and became a global, star-making phenomenon. Through conversations with actors, executives, filmmakers, film scholars and film fans, 50 MPH will attempt to secure SPEED’s rightful place in the canon of action cinema on the way to celebrating its fast-approaching 30th anniversary in style. Don’t forget to fasten your seatbelts!

Twitter:

@50MPHPod

Language:

English

Website:

https://50mphpodcast.com

Email:

kris@50mphpodcast.com

Episodes

44 MPH / Homestretch Grab Bag

4/29/2024

As 50 MPH nears the finish, we pause for one more grab bag of fun anecdotes, listener emails and our own version of a sequel: a 7-year-old's take on SPEED 2: CRUISE CONTROL! Hear, among other things, SPEED-adjacent tales from TWISTER and TOP GUN, plus a very special announcement.

Duration:00:47:39

43 MPH / The Most Disappointing Sequels Ever (with Jacqueline Coley)

4/22/2024

From Indiana Jones to the Blair Witch, Rotten Tomatoes Awards Editor Jacqueline Coley joins the cause to discuss the sequels that let us down the most.

Duration:01:12:46

42 MPH / Speed 2: Lose Control

4/15/2024

Director Jan de Bont and others unfortunate enough to be involved in SPEED 2: CRUISE CONTROL (plus a few who dodged the bullet) discuss SPEED's disastrous 1997 sequel starring Jason Patric, Willem Dafoe and a returning Sandra Bullock.

Duration:00:48:01

41 MPH / The Fallout of a Phenomenon

4/8/2024

Surveying the aftereffects of SPEED and how its various players parlayed the film's star-making success into their next ventures.

Duration:00:22:45

40 MPH / Directors on Speed

4/1/2024

Filmmakers Paul Verhoeven, John McTiernan, Guillermo del Toro, Barry Jenkins and Joe Carnahan chime in on SPEED and fellow director Jan de Bont.

Duration:01:16:18

39 MPH / Fans Feel the Need for Speed

3/25/2024

From scrappy theater productions Down Under to epic collector quests to, ahem, podcasts dedicated to a legacy, the fandom surrounding SPEED is a global affair.

Duration:00:58:39

38 MPH / The Cinema of 1994 (with Jonathan Foster)

3/18/2024

Where does SPEED fit in the overall cinema landscape of 1994? Podcast host Jonathan Foster helps dissect a movie year celebrating its ongoing 30th anniversary.

Duration:01:36:03

37 MPH / Relitigating the 67th Academy Awards (with Anne Thompson)

3/11/2024

SPEED deserved its awards but did the Oscars get everything else right 29 years ago? IndieWire's Anne Thompson joins in to check the Academy's work three decades on.

Duration:00:55:20

36 MPH / The Glitz! The Glamour! The Oscars!

3/4/2024

At the 67th annual Academy Awards, held on March 27, 1995, SPEED would walk away with multiple Oscars. Those in the mix recall their Cinderella evening.

Duration:00:34:08

35 MPH / The Movie of the Year

2/26/2024

SPEED hits theaters and it's an instant popular and critical success. Filmmakers and studio brass relive the glory days that came in the wake of June 10, 1994.

Duration:00:29:20

34 MPH / Selling Speed

2/19/2024

SPEED is ready for its close-up, but first, Fox has to figure out its marketing strategy. How can execs drive interest and turn this potential hit into an actual one?

Duration:00:36:49

33 MPH / The '90s Movie Soundtrack Boom (with Todd Gilchrist)

2/12/2024

In the wake of Billy Idol, Variety's Todd Gilchrist joins the cause for a deep-dive discussion of a bygone era: the 1990s movie soundtrack heyday!

Duration:01:24:53

32 MPH / Give Me What I Need!

2/5/2024

Duration:00:40:42

31 MPH / Now Hear This

1/29/2024

A seasoned team races against the clock to craft SPEED's Oscar-winning sound design, with a fast-approaching release date on the horizon!

Duration:00:47:26

30 MPH / A New Action Score

1/22/2024

With the picture locked, SPEED needs a score! Enter newcomer Mark Mancina with a groundbreaking work of action film music composition. DUN DUN DUN DUN DUN DUN!

Duration:00:45:39

29 MPH / A VFX Hybrid

1/15/2024

Settle in for a deep dive into the visual effects elements of SPEED, including old-school practices and cutting-edge post-production applications.

Duration:01:19:07

28 MPH / Order Out of Chaos

1/8/2024

As SPEED moves into post-production, 50 MPH brings you the final interview ever with the late Oscar-nominated film editor John Wright!

Duration:00:28:41

27 MPH / Underground Technique

12/18/2023

Finally, we reach SPEED's gripping subway finale! Deep beneath the surface, Jack Traven faces his foe in a brilliant collision of filmmaking technique.

Duration:00:36:09

26 MPH / Going Down?

12/11/2023

With the bus material shot and in the editing room, it's time to knock out SPEED's opening act: a riveting sequence set in an elevator shaft that, by some accounts, was even more dangerous.

Duration:00:42:05

25 MPH / Midpoint Grab Bag

12/4/2023

At the halfway mark of 50 MPH we pause for a grab bag of SPEED material, including stories that haven't found a home, a 7-year-old's take on the film and a quick dive into director Jan de Bont's temperament on set.

Duration:00:58:58