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Speed Racer : The Focused Edit

Project Summary
An effort to take the Wachowski's Speed Racer and make it a more focused thrill ride.
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In Progress
Release Date
January 1, 2008
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In Short: Get rid of the excess and focus on the racing.

The goal of this project is to take the original cut of the film and remove all the excessive and unnecessary audience shots, spectator shots, and the flashbacks in the middle of the final race. Also the plan is to cut down on the build up to Speed turning down the deal. We know what's going to happen, it did not need to be drawn out for 40 minutes.

Edits [WIP]:

- Removed Mom's talk with his teacher.
- Cut the highway battle between Rex and the semi, nothing is said here that is not explained elsewhere. It's cool, but not needed.
- Removed the "It's funny, people thought we were enemies" speech after the race. It confirms the race was fixed, this way it's a lingering doubt in Speed's mind and does not make it seem like Pops is ignorant later in the film.
- Removed much of the factory tour.
- Remove all visual flashbacks in the final race, keep the audio only.
- Removed as much crowd reaction and announcer commentary as possible. It lengthens the film and adds nothing to impact. Especially the annoying announcer yell as Speed crosses the finish line of the final race.
- Removed the Cooties warning that interrupts the kiss at the end.

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