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Teddy Altman
Grey's Anatomy character
Kim Raver as Dr. Teddy Altman in 2010.
First appearance
"New History" (6.09)
November 12, 2009
(as recurring cast)
"Sympathy for the Parents" (6.19)
April 1, 2010
(as series regular)
Created by
Shonda Rhimes
Portrayed by
Kim Raver
Information
Occupation
Attending cardiothoracic surgeon at Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital
Title
Chief of Cardiothoracic Surgery
M.D.
F.A.C.S.
Interim Chief of Surgery
Spouse(s)
Henry Burton (deceased)
Significant other(s)
Andrew Perkins
Mark Sloan
Owen Hunt
Theodora "Teddy" Altman, M.D. is a fictional character from the ABC medical drama Grey's Anatomy, portrayed by actress Kim Raver. She was an attending cardiothoracic surgeon at Seattle Grace Mercy West Hospital, the fictional institution where the show is set. She leaves the show in the 8th-season finale after it is revealed that she has been offered a chief position with Army Medical Command, but has turned it down out of loyalty to Dr. Owen Hunt. In order to liberate her from the hospital where her husband died, Hunt fires her from Seattle Grace. Teddy returns for a few episodes in season 14 where she reveals to a patient in the finale she is pregnant. In season 15 she is promoted once more to a series regular.
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1 Storylines
2 Development
2.1 Casting and creation
2.2 Characterization
3 Reception
4 References
5 External links
Storylines[edit]
Teddy attended the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center. She completed her surgical residency at George Washington University Medical School and her fellowship at the Mayo Clinic in Florida. As an attending physician, Teddy worked at Columbia, but after her best friend was killed during the collapse of the second tower on September 11, 2001, she left and joined the army, meeting trauma surgeon Owen Hunt (Kevin McKidd) during her tour in Baghdad.
Owen brings Teddy to Seattle Grace Mercy West hospital to mentor his girlfriend, Cristina Yang (Sandra Oh). Teddy admits that she is in love with Owen, but he tells her that he loves Cristina. When Teddy assigns Cristina a difficult surgery for her first solo cardiothoracic case and refuses to assist, Owen questions Teddy's motives. Teddy decides to leave Seattle Grace; Cristina pleads with her to stay, even offering to break up with Owen if Teddy will continue to teach her. Although Teddy agrees to stay, Owen convinces Cristina to stay with him, and Teddy briefly removes her from her service.
Teddy develops a friendship with pediatric surgeon Arizona Robbins (Jessica Capshaw), who sets her up with plastic surgeon Mark Sloan (Eric Dane). They have a brief relationship, which they both enjoy despite knowing that neither wants the other—Teddy still wants Owen, and Mark is in love with Lexie Grey (Chyler Leigh). The two separate amicably when Teddy walks in on Mark sleeping with resident Reed Adamson (Nora Zehetner).
Towards the end of season six, Teddy has to fight for her job as Chief of Cardiothoracic Surgery. Cristina asks Owen to put in a good word for Teddy; he does the opposite by telling Chief of Surgery Derek Shepherd (Patrick Dempsey) that she would land on her feet. Ultimately another candidate refuses to take the post and Teddy receives a full-time contract. Teddy later learns of, and is hurt by Owen's betrayal.
Teddy has a brief relationship with Dr. Andrew Perkins, whose service at the hospital is temporary. Before his departure, he suggests that Teddy has a tendency to fall for people who are either otherwise engaged or only in town for a month. She later meets Henry Burton, a patient with the rare genetic condition Von Hippel-Lindau disease, who can no longer afford to pay for his medical care. Teddy marries him so that he can use her health insurance, and only comes to appreciate the gravity of this decision when Henry suffers a near fatal complication of his illness. Teddy discovers that he has listed her as his emergency contact and is forced to make a life-or-death decision regarding his care, not as his doctor but as his wife. Though the newly-weds both maintain that theirs is a simple marriage of convenience, and Teddy continues to date other men, Henry later confesses that he has feelings for Teddy. She tells him she does not feel the same way.
Teddy again removes Cristina from her service when she performs a surgery despite Teddy's opposition. She tells Owen that Cristina's over-abundance of confidence makes her dangerous, and that she will keep Cristina off her service until she feels she is ready to return. When Andrew returns and asks Teddy to move to Germany with him, she accepts, and agrees to divorce Henry. However, in the seventh season finale, Teddy changes her mind and tells Henry that she is falling in love with him. The two begin their married life properly, but in season eight, Henry dies, leaving Teddy distraught. She blames Owen because she wasn't told that Henry had died until after her surgery on another patient. Feeling that he put the hospital before her, she breaks off her friendship with him, causing problems with them being able to work together that are later made worse by Cristina's own relationship troubles with Owen (During this time, Cristina tells Owen that he has to grant Teddy her anger, to which an enraged Owen lashes out the hypocrisy in the situation, given that when Cristina discovered she was pregnant with Owen's child, she told him that keeping the pregnancy was non negotiable and wanted to pursue an abortion, despite Owen's desire to have a child, and his pleas to keep the pregnancy, points out that Cristina never "granted him any anger" over what he thought was her selfish decision). After a particularly bad case, Dr. Bailey sternly tells Teddy that what happened with Henry was not Owen's fault and that Teddy knows this and needs to get over it, which pushes Teddy to behave more civilly towards Owen, but she finally lets go of her anger after she desperately begs Owen to convince Cristina (who by this point has broken up with him) to not transfer away from Seattle and is left shocked and silent when Owen furiously tells her he will not do that because he and Teddy are only co-workers and, as she made very clear, not friends and therefore she has no right to ask him for any help or favors. She and Owen eventually make up in the season finale. Owen finds out she was offered a job at the United States Army Medical Command, but turned it down because she wanted to be there for Owen, if he and Cristina were to separate. He ultimately fires her and she does take the military job, and tells her that he'll be okay as they part having restored their friendship.Teddy and Owen make up and hug each other goodbye as he wants her to take the job offer, which would be good for her.
Teddy was later mentioned in season thirteen episode "True Colors." Army officers knocked at Owen's door stating that his sister Megan is believed to have been found alive ten years after her disappearance. At first, Owen is not sure what to believe, but his wife Amelia Shepherd mentioned to Owen that Teddy saw Megan and recognized her. This seemed to be the first time Teddy was mentioned after her departure. It was revealed in the season 14 finale that she is pregnant.
Development[edit]
Raver initially signed for a recurring role, but was promoted to a series regular.
Casting and creation[edit]
In October 2009, it was reported that actress Kim Raver would play the character and have a recurring role on the show's sixth season.[1] In January 2010, Raver was promoted to a series regular.[2]
On May 18, 2012, the day after the season eight finale, Grey's Anatomy creator, Shonda Rhimes, announced that it was Raver's decision to leave the show, "I know this season’s finale had some surprises for viewers and the exit of Kim Raver was one of the big ones. But Kim’s series option was up and she was ready to give Teddy Altman a much-needed vacation. It’s been a pleasure working with someone as talented and funny and kind as Kim; everyone is going to miss her terribly. I like to imagine that Teddy is still out there in the Grey’s Anatomy universe, running Army Medical Command and building a new life."[3] When the news of the character's departure was released, Raver wrote on her Twitter, "I've had one of the best times of my creative career working on Grey's with Shonda, Betsy and the best cast on Television," she wrote, adding: "I feel fortunate and grateful to have worked with such an amazing team at GA [Grey's Anatomy]. [I] am going to miss everyone!! And to the GA [Grey's Anatomy] fans, you guys rock! I am sure S9 [season nine] will be great!"[4] On June 20, 2017, it was announced that Raver would be reprising her role as Teddy Altman for a guest arc during the show's 14th season.[5] After recurring in Season 14, it was announced that Raver would once again be a series regular in Season 15. [6]
Characterization[edit]
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We see Teddy as a person who is willing to do whatever possible to make herself a much appreciated doctor and friend at Grey Sloan. Teddy is referred to as the "Desert Barbie." In Season 14's premiere, "Break Down the House", Teddy and Owen Reunite after long times away from each other. Teddy comforts Owen after he is on the verge of having a meltdown. Is this just the beginning of a newly discovered friendship between the two after so much time away from each other?
Reception[edit]
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Entertainment Weekly writer Tanner Stransky found Altman had not been given a good storyline until the arrival of Henry: "I think Kim Raver has always been rather under-used on this show, until more recently."[7]
References[edit]
Specific
Jump up ^ 'Grey's Anatomy' scoop: Kim Raver to play spoiler in Owen-Cristina romance
Jump up ^ Kim Raver becomes series regular on 'Grey's Anatomy'
Jump up ^ 'Grey's Anatomy' season finale: Boss explains two shocking exits
Jump up ^ Eggenberger, Nicole. "Chyler Leigh, Kim Raver Leave Grey's Anatomy". US Weekly. Celebrity News. Retrieved May 18, 2012.
Jump up ^ Andreeva, Nellie. "'Grey's Anatomy': Kim Raver To Make A Return In Season 14". Deadline. Retrieved June 20, 2017.
Jump up ^ Andreeva, Nellie. "'Grey's Anatomy: Kim Raver Upped To Series Regular For ABC Drama's Season 15". Deadline. Retrieved May, 21 2018. Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
Jump up ^ Stransky, Tanner (November 10, 2011). "'Grey's Anatomy' recap: Death and Devastation". Entertainment Weekly. Time Inc. p. 2. Retrieved July 29, 2012.
General
"Grey's Anatomy: Episode Recap Guide". ABC. Retrieved June 19, 2012.
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Thad Luckinbill
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Thad Luckinbill
Thad Luckinbill (right) and Trent Luckinbill in 2015
Born
Thaddeus Rowe Luckinbill
(1975-04-24) April 24, 1975 (age 43)
Enid, Oklahoma, U.S.
Occupation
Actor, producer
Years active
1999–present
Spouse(s)
Amelia Heinle
(m. 2007; div. 2017)
Children
2
Thaddeus Rowe Luckinbill (born April 24, 1975) is an American actor and producer best known for playing J.T. Hellstrom on the CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless, from August 1999 to November 2010. He revived the role of J.T. in December 2017.
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1 Personal life
2 Acting career
2.1 Television
3 Producer
4 Filmography
5 References
6 External links
Personal life[edit]
Thad Luckinbill has an identical twin brother, Trent, who is twelve minutes younger. Trent Luckinbill is a lawyer who lives in Los Angeles.[1] In the final episode of the television series Law & Order: Criminal Intent, "To the Boy in the Blue Knit Cap", Trent briefly appeared as the identical twin murder victim/corpse lying beside the murder victim/corpse of the character played by Thad.
Luckinbill married Young and the Restless co-star Amelia Heinle in March 2007 while their characters were also married on the show. He is stepfather to Amelia's son from a previous marriage. They have two children, a son and a daughter.[2][3][4] On March 1, 2017, Luckinbill filed for divorce from Heinle, citing "irreconcilable differences".[5]
Luckinbill enjoys playing volleyball, surfing, boxing and going to the gym.[1] He occasionally plays for the Hollywood Knights basketball team.[6] He majored in business finance at the University of Oklahoma.[1]
Acting career[edit]
Television[edit]
In addition to his role as J.T. Hellstrom on The Young and the Restless, Thad Luckinbill has guest-starred on several primetime television shows, including Undressed, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Providence, Sabrina, the Teenage Witch, Nash Bridges, 8 Simple Rules, Without a Trace, CSI: NY, Nip/Tuck, Ghost Whisperer, CSI: Miami, and CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. He was a recurring character on The CW show Nikita completing six episodes as Nathan, the neighbor and love interest of Alexandra Udinov Lyndsy Fonseca, before the show was cancelled after its fourth season. Fonseca was also Luckinbill's former Young and the Restless co-star.
In 2001, Luckinbill was also featured in an episode of the MTV documentary series True Life and appeared in Madonna's "Don't Tell Me" video as the cowboy who was thrown from his horse at the end of the song.[7] On November 3, 2017, it was announced that Luckinbill would reprise his portrayal of J.T. on The Young and the Restless, beginning December 12, 2017. Thad's run on " The Young and the Restless " ended on April 13, 2018 when Nikki Newman hit him on the back of his head with a fireplace poker.[8]
Producer[edit]
In 2013, Thad, with his twin brother Trent, and well-known producer Molly Smith (producer of P.S. I Love You and The Blind Side) started a production company called Black Label Media. The production company has worked with A-listers such as Reese Witherspoon, Emily Blunt, and Jake Gyllenhaal, producing films including Sicario starring Blunt, Josh Brolin, and Benicio Del Toro, The Good Lie starring Witherspoon, and Demolition starring Gyllenhaal, Naomi Watts, and Chris Cooper.
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2000 Task Force 2001 Gary Direct-to-video
2001 Boyz II Men Faux boy band model Segment "Crush"
2003 Just Married Willie McNerney
2004 Sleepover Todd
2005 5 Stages of Grief Manuel Short film
2006 Shadow Effect, TheThe Shadow Effect Steve Sexly Short film
2006 Home of the Brave Soldier #1
2007 Grampa's Cabin Older Jake (voice) Short film
2008 Essence of Depp, TheThe Essence of Depp JB
2014 The Good Lie Matt Producer
2015 Breaking a Monster Documentary; producer
2015 Sicario Producer
2015 Demolition Producer
2016 La La Land Executive Producer
2017 Rebel in the Rye Producer
2017 Only the Brave Scott Norris Producer
2018 12 Strong Vern Michaels Producer
2018 Sicario: Day of the Soldado Producer
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1999 Undressed Kyle 9 episodes
1999–2010; 2017-2018 Young and the Restless, TheThe Young and the Restless J.T. Hellstrom Role held: August 27, 1999 – November 5, 2010; December 12, 2017 - April 13, 2018
2001 Sabrina, the Teenage Witch Sean Hexton Episode: "Witchright Hall"
2001 Nash Bridges Young Bobby Bridges Episode: "Quack Fever"
2002 Generation Gap N/A Unsold WB pilot
2002 Division, TheThe Division Josh Costa Episode: "A Priori"
2002 Providence Jack Finch Episode: "The Whole Truth"
2002 JAG PO1 Moritz Episode: "In Thin Air"
2002 Buffy the Vampire Slayer R.J. Brooks Episode: "Him"
2003 8 Simple Rules Donny Doyle 5 episodes
2005 Bobby Cannon Dallas Unsold ABC pilot
2006 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Timothy Johnson Episode: "Bang-Bang"
2006 Nip/Tuck Mitchell Skinner Episode: "Blu Mondae"
2007 Protect & Serve Tim Cook Unsold CBS pilot
2008 Without a Trace Tim Collier Episode: "Article 32"
2009 CSI: NY Connor Dunbrook 2 episodes
2009 Ghost Whisperer Grant Harper/Dr. Troy Holdon Episode: "Stage Fright"
2010 CSI: Miami Dominic Cross Episode: "Miami, We Have a Problem"
2010 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Michael Wilson Episode: "Blood Moon"
2011 Nikita Nathan Colville 6 episodes
2011 Law & Order: Criminal Intent Parker Gaffney/Thomas Gaffney Episode: "To the Boy in the Blue Knit Cap"
2011 Keeping Up with the Randalls Will Randall Television film
2012 Matchmaker Santa Justin Greene Television film
2012 Grey's Anatomy Kevin Banks Episode: "Moment of Truth"
2013 Rizzoli & Isles Tucker Franklin Episode: "Killer in High Heels"
2013 Major Crimes Hunt Massey Episode: "Curve Ball"
2015 Criminal Minds Larry Merrin Episode: "Mr. Scratch"
2015 Ballers Stoops Episode: "Everything Is Everything"
References[edit]
^ Jump up to: a b c The Young and the Restless Cast: Jessica Collins Archived 2010-02-10 at the Wayback Machine.
Jump up ^ Amelia Heinle and Thad Luckinbill welcome Thaddeus Rowe via Celebrity Baby Blog; Retrieved 13 November 2007
Jump up ^ It's a Boy for Y&R Stars Archived 2007-11-21 at the Wayback Machine. via SOAPnet; Retrieved 13 November 2007
Jump up ^ Leon, Anya (December 23, 2009) "Thad Luckinbill and Amelia Heinle Welcome Daughter Georgia March". . People.com. Retrieved July 7, 2016.
Jump up ^ SOD (March 2, 2017). "Real-Life Y&R Couple Splits". Soap Opera Digest. United States: American Media, Inc. Archived from the original on March 2, 2017. Retrieved March 2, 2017.
Jump up ^ HollywoodKnights.com > The Knights Gazette
Jump up ^ Soapoperadigest.com
Jump up ^ SOD (November 3, 2017). "Thad Luckinbill Back To Y&R!". Soap Opera Digest. United States: American Media, Inc. Odyssey Magazine Publishing Group Inc. Archived from the original on November 3, 2017. Retrieved November 3, 2017.
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Speed Racer (film)
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Speed Racer
Theatrical release poster
Directed by
The Wachowski Brothers[a]
Produced by
Joel Silver
Grant Hill
Lilly Wachowski[a]
Lanna Wachowski[a]
Written by
The Wachowskis[a]
Based on
Speed Racer
by Tatsuo Yoshida
Starring
Emile Hirsch
Christina Ricci
Matthew Fox
John Goodman
Susan Sarandon
Roger Allam
Benno Fürmann
Hiroyuki Sanada
Rain
Richard Roundtree
Music by
Michael Giacchino
Cinematography
David Tattersall
Edited by
Zach Staenberg
Roger Barton
Production
companies
Village Roadshow Pictures
Silver Pictures
Anarchos Productions
Babelsberg Studio
Distributed by
Warner Bros. Pictures
Release date
April 26, 2008 (2008-04-26) (Nokia Theater)
May 9, 2008 (2008-05-09) (United States)
Running time
135 minutes[1]
Country
United States[2]
Germany[2]
Language
English
Budget
$120 million[3]
Box office
$93.9 million[3]
Speed Racer is a 2008 sports action-comedy film written and directed by The Wachowski Brothers[a] and based on the 1960s Japanese anime and manga series of the same name. It stars Emile Hirsch, Christina Ricci, Matthew Fox, John Goodman, Susan Sarandon, Roger Allam, Benno Fürmann, Hiroyuki Sanada, Rain, and Richard Roundtree. The film is a joint American-German venture produced by Village Roadshow Pictures, Silver Pictures, Anarchos Productions and Babelsberg Studio, and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures. The plot revolves around Speed Racer, an 18-year-old automobile racer who follows his apparently deceased brother's career. His choice to remain loyal to his family and their company Racer Motors causes difficulties after he refuses a contract offered by E.P. Arnold Royalton, the owner of Royalton Industries.
The film had been in development since 1992, changing actors, writers, and directors until 2006, when producer Joel Silver and the Wachowskis collaborated to begin production on Speed Racer as a family film. Speed Racer was shot between early June and late August 2007 in and around Potsdam and Berlin, with an estimated budget of $120 million. Its score was composed by Michael Giacchino, and the film's soundtrack, which contains the sound effects and theme song from the original series, was released on May 6, 2008.
Speed Racer premiered on April 26, 2008 at the Nokia Theater, and was released in regular theaters in North America on May 9, 2008. The film was considered a box office bomb due to only grossing $93 million worldwide on its $120 million budget plus marketing. It was subsequently nominated in multiple categories at the Teen Choice Awards, and was nominated for the Golden Raspberry Awards. The film received generally negative reviews by the time of its release; it was criticized for its storyline, characters, dialogue, and critics were mixed with the use of special effects, but received praise for its capacity to entertain the target audience and the performance of its cast. Years later, however, the film received more praise, with some commentators calling it an "underrated" film.
Contents
1 Plot
2 Cast
3 Production
3.1 Development
3.2 Pre-production
3.3 Casting
3.4 Filming
3.5 Music
3.6 Animal cruelty
4 Release and reception
4.1 Marketing
4.2 Box office
4.3 Critical reception
4.4 Awards and nominations
4.5 Home media
5 Proposed sequel
6 Notes
7 References
8 External links
Plot[edit]
Speed Racer is an 18-year-old whose life and love has always been automobile racing. 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. As a child, Speed idolized his record-setting older brother, Rex Racer. When Rex and Pops had a falling out, Rex ran away to race for other companies and gained a reputation for being a dirty racer and disgraced his family. Rex was apparently killed while racing in the Casa Cristo 5000 (AKA The Crucible) a deadly cross-country racing rally. Now embarking on his own career, Speed is quickly sweeping the racing world with his skill behind the wheel of his brother's Mach 5 and his own T-180 car, the Mach 6, although he is primarily interested in the art of the race and the well-being of his family.
E.P. Arnold Royalton, owner of conglomerate Royalton Industries, offers Speed an astoundingly luxurious lifestyle in exchange for signing to race with him. Though tempted, Speed declines due to his father's distrust of power-hungry corporations. Angered, Royalton reveals that for many years, key races have been fixed by corporate interests, including himself, to gain profits. Royalton takes out his anger on Speed by having his drivers force Speed into a crash that destroys the Mach 6 and suing Racer Motors for intellectual property infringement. Speed gets an opportunity to retaliate through Inspector Detector, head of an intelligence agency's corporate crimes division. Racer Taejo Togokahn supposedly has evidence that could indict Royalton but will only offer it up if Speed and the mysterious masked Racer X agree to race on his team in the Casa Cristo 5000, which could also substantially raise the stock price of his family's racing business, blocking a Royalton-arranged buyout. Speed agrees but keeps his decision secret from his family, and Detector's team makes several defensive modifications to the Mach 5 to assist Speed in the rally.
After they drive together and work naturally as a team, Speed begins to suspect that Racer X is actually his brother Rex in disguise. His family discovers that he has entered the race and agree to support him. With the help of his family and Trixie, Speed defeats many brutal racers, who were bribed by fixer Cruncher Block to stop him, and overcomes seemingly insurmountable obstacles to win the race, while Detector's team arrests Block. However, Taejo's arrangement is revealed to be a sham, as he was only interested in increasing the value of his family's company to profit from Royalton's buyout. Enraged, Speed hits the track that he used to drive with his brother, and confronts Racer X with his suspicion that he is Rex. Racer X removes his mask, revealing an unfamiliar face, and tells Speed that Rex is indeed dead, but encourages Speed not to let what had transpired change his idea of racing. Speed plans to leave to clear his mind but returns home where he is confronted by Pops. Pops does not prevent Speed from leaving as he is proud of Speed for his cause despite it being in vain, and acknowledges that it was his own stubbornness that drove his son Rex away. Taejo's sister Horuko arrives and gives him Taejo's rejected automatic invitation to the Grand Prix. The Racer family bands together and builds a new Mach 6 in 32 hours.
Speed enters the Grand Prix against great odds; Royalton has placed a $1,000,000 bounty on his head that the other drivers are eager to collect, and he is pitted against future Hall of Fame driver Jack "Cannonball" Taylor. Speed overcomes a slow start to catch up with Taylor, who uses a cheating device called a spearhook to latch the Mach 6 to his own car. Speed uses his jump jacks to expose the device to video cameras, causing Taylor to crash. Speed wins the race, having successfully exposed Royalton's crimes. While Racer X watches it is revealed in a flashback montage that he is indeed Rex, who had faked his death by detonating a bomb in his car in the caves and underwent plastic surgery to change his appearance as part of his plan to protect Speed and the sport of racing. He chooses not to reveal his identity to his family, declaring that he must live with his decision. The Racer family celebrates Speed's victory as Speed and Trixie kiss, and Royalton is sent to jail.
Cast[edit]
Emile Hirsch and Christina Ricci at the Tribeca Film Festival premiere
Emile Hirsch as Speed Racer
Nicholas Elia as young Speed Racer
Christina Ricci as Trixie, Speed's girlfriend.
Ariel Winter as young Trixie
Matthew Fox as Racer X, a mysterious racer who is about 10 years older than Speed and hides his face.
Rain as Taejo Togokahn, a rookie racer
John Goodman as Pops Racer, Speed's father
Susan Sarandon as Mom Racer, Speed's mother
Scott Porter as Rex Racer
Paulie Litt as Spritle Racer, Speed's younger brother
Kick Gurry as Sparky, Speed's mechanic and best friend
Chim Chim, Spritle's pet chimpanzee and best friend is portrayed by two chimpanzees: "Kenzie" and "Willy".[4]
Nayo Wallace as Minx, a scientist and Racer X's girlfriend
Benno Fürmann as Inspector Detector, head of the Corporate Crimes Division, Central Intelligence Bureau
Togo Igawa as Tetsua Togokahn, Taejo and Horuko's father, and a corporate rival to both Royalton and Musha
Yu Nan as Horuko Togokahn, Taejo Togokhan's sister
Roger Allam as E.P. Arnold Royalton, the corrupt owner and CEO of Royalton Industries
Christian Oliver as Snake Oiler, a shady racer who wears snakeskin racing clothes
Hiroyuki Sanada as Mr. Musha, president and CEO of Musha Motors
Richard Roundtree as Ben Burns, a race commentator and former racing champion
John Benfield as Cruncher Block, a professional race fixer and gang leader
Ralph Herforth as Jack "Cannonball" Taylor, a superstar racer sponsored by Royalton Industries
Series originals Peter Fernandez and Corinne Orr appear as race announcers.
Production[edit]
Development[edit]
In September 1992, Joe Pytka announced that Warner Bros. held the option to create a live action film adaptation of the 1960s Japanese anime and manga series Speed Racer, in development at Silver Pictures.[5] In October 1994, singer Henry Rollins was offered the role of Racer X.[6] In June 1995, Johnny Depp was cast into the lead role for Speed Racer, with production slated to begin the coming October,[7] with filming to take place in California and Arizona.[8] The following August, Depp requested time off to the studio for personal business, delaying production.[9] However, due to an overly high budget,[10] the same August, director Julien Temple left the project. Depp, without a director, also departed from the project. The studio considered director Gus Van Sant as a replacement for Temple,[11] though it would not grant writing privileges to Van Sant.[12] In December 1997, the studio briefly hired Alfonso Cuarón as director.[13] In the various incarnations of the project, screenwriters Marc Levin, Jennifer Flackett, J. J. Abrams, and Patrick Read Johnson had been hired to write scripts.[14]
In September 2000, Warner Bros. and producer Lauren Shuler Donner hired writer-director Hype Williams to take the helm of the project.[15] In October 2001, the studio hired screenwriters Christian Gudegast and Paul Scheuring for $1.2 million split between them to write a script for the film.[14] Eventually, without production getting under way, the director and the writers left the project. In June 2004, Vince Vaughn spearheaded a revival of the project by presenting a take for the film that would develop the characters more strongly. Vaughn was cast as Racer X and was also attached to the project as an executive producer.[10] With production never becoming active, Vaughn was eventually detached from the project.[16]
Pre-production[edit]
The Mach 5 (shown on display at the 2007 Comic-Con International), is designed to be driven, but was hung from a crane for the film's sequences and had its motoring effects computer-generated.[17]
In October 2006, The Wachowskis were brought on board by the studio to write and direct the film. Producer Joel Silver, who had collaborated with the Wachowskis for V for Vendetta and The Matrix Trilogy, explained that they were hoping to reach a broader audience with a film that would not be rated R by the Motion Picture Association of America. Visual effects designer John Gaeta, who won an Academy Award for Best Visual Effects for the Wachowskis' The Matrix, was brought in to help conceive making Speed Racer into a live-action adaptation. Production was set to begin in summer 2007 in European locations for a summer 2008 release.[18] In November 2006, the release date for it was set for May 23, 2008.[19] Producer Joel Silver described Speed Racer as a family film in line with the Wachowskis' goal to reach a wider audience.[20]
Casting[edit]
Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Shia LaBeouf and Zac Efron were originally considered for the role of Speed Racer, Hirsch eventually won the role.[21][22] Before Hirsch got prepared for the role, Hirsch watched every Speed Racer episode and visited Charlotte Motor Speedway (known as Lowe's Motor Speedway at the time), where he met with driver Jimmie Johnson.[23] Elisha Cuthbert, Kate Mara and Rose McGowan were originally considered for the role of Trixie, the role was eventually given to Christina Ricci.[21][24] Before Matthew Fox was cast as Racer X, Henry Rollins was originally considered for the role.[25]
Filming[edit]
In February 2007, the Wachowskis selected Babelsberg Studios in Potsdam, Germany to film.[26] In the following March, Warner Bros. moved the release date two weeks earlier to May 9, 2008.[27] The studio received a grant of $12.3 million from Germany's new Federal Film Fund, the largest yet from the organization, for its production in the Berlin-Brandenburg region.[28] The amount was later increased to $13 million.[29] Principal photography commenced on June 5, 2007 in Berlin,[20] and was shot entirely against greenscreen,[30] lasting 60 days.[4] The Wachowskis filmed in high-definition video for the first time.[31] With the camera, the Wachowskis used a layering approach that would put both the foreground and the background in focus to give it the appearance of real-life anime.[32] The film has a "retro future" look, according to Silver.[17] Filming concluded on August 25, 2007.[33]
Music[edit]
Main article: Speed Racer (soundtrack)
In 2007, the Wachowskis purchased the rights to the sound effects and theme song of the television series for use in the film.[32] The film's soundtrack was composed by Michael Giacchino, performed by Hollywood Studio Symphony and released by Varèse Sarabande.[34][35] It was used along with orchestral score; Warner Bros. added an updated version of the "Go, Speed Racer, Go" theme song, which plays during the end credits, and was produced by Ali Dee Theodore and Jason Gleed, and performed by Ali Dee and the Deekompressors.[35] Razor & Tie released this version was as a extended play on January 1, 2008 to promote the film's release, and as a single released along with film's soundtrack on May 6, 2008.[35][36][37]
Animal cruelty[edit]
During its production, animal rights group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) made allegations of animal cruelty against the film, reporting that one of the two chimpanzees used in the production was allegedly beaten after biting an actor.[38] The incident was confirmed by the American Humane Association (AHA) Animal Safety Representative on the set, who reported that the stand-in for the Spritle character portrayed by Litt had been bitten without provocation. The AHA representative also reported that "toward the end of filming, during a training session in the presence of the American Humane Representative, the trainer, in an uncontrolled impulse, hit the chimpanzee." The AHA Film Unit referred to this abuse as "completely inexcusable and unacceptable behavior in the use of any animal." The AHA has rated Speed Racer "Unacceptable" chiefly because of this incident, with AHA noting "the aforementioned training incident tarnishes the excellent work of the rest of production" and that it "has no method of separating the actions of one individual in the employ of a production from the production as a whole."[39]
Release and reception[edit]
Marketing[edit]
See also: Speed Racer: The Videogame
The Los Angeles Times estimated that nearly 5,000 Speed Racer film-related products were licensed by Warner Bros.[40] The film was backed by multiple promotional partners with over $80 million in marketing support. The partners include General Mills, McDonald's, Target, Topps, Esurance, Mattel, Lego, and Petrobras. The film also received support from companies outside of America in an attempt to attract international audiences. With early support before the film's release, the studio provided 3D computer models of the Speed Racer vehicle Mach 5 to the companies so they could accurately render the vehicle in their merchandise.[41]
Mattel produced toys based on the film through several divisions. Hot Wheels produced die-cast vehicles, race sets and track sets. Tyco produced remote-controlled Mach 5s and racing sets. Radica Games produced video games in which players can use a car wheel. The products became available in March 2008.[42] Also, the Lego Company produced four Lego sets based on the movie.[43] As part of the General Mills promotional tie-in, during the 2008 Crown Royal Presents the Dan Lowry 400, part of the 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup season, the famous #43 Dodge Charger of Petty Enterprises was transformed into a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series version of the Mach 5, driven by Bobby Labonte.[44]
Warner Bros., through its Interactive Entertainment division, self-published a video game based on Speed Racer, which was released on May 6, 2008 on the Nintendo DS and Nintendo Wii, and was released on September 16, 2008 for the PlayStation 2.[45] The original music for the Speed Racer video game was written by Winifred Phillips and produced by Winnie Waldron.[46] The game was released on the Nintendo DS and Wii in May with the film's theatrical release and was released on the PS2 in the fall to accompany the film's DVD and Blu-ray release. Due to a short development schedule, the studio chose not to develop games for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.[47]
Box office[edit]
Speed Racer premiered on April 26, 2008 during a $500,000-estimated event at the Nokia Theater in Los Angeles, where 4,000 people attended.[48][49] It was released in regular theaters on May 9, 2008, grossing $18,561,337 in its opening weekend from around 6,700 screens at 3,606 theaters in the United States and Canada, ranking third at the box office behind Iron Man and What Happens in Vegas.[50] In its second weekend it grossed $8,117,459 and ranked fourth at the box office. The film closed its run on August 1, 2008 with $43,945,766 domestically and $93,945,766 worldwide.[3] Based on its total gross, it was considered a box office bomb.[51][52][53] The results were well below studio expectations,[54] given that the production costs of Speed Racer were estimated to be over $120 million.[3] Despite the low box office numbers, Warner Bros. remained optimistic about sales of associated products ranging from toys to tennis shoes. Brad Globe, president of Warner Bros. Consumer Products, expressed hope that "We're still going to do very well with Speed Racer", acknowledging that "a giant movie would have made it all a lot bigger".[55]
Critical reception[edit]
Roger Allam's portrayal of Arnold Royalton was praised; Variety said he made "a delicious love-to-hate-him villain".[56] Time magazine critic Richard Corliss claimed that Allam was "channeling Brit pundit Christopher Hitchens as his most pompestuous";[57] similar comparisons were made by several other reviewers.[58][59][60]
The review aggregate website Rotten Tomatoes ranked Speed Racer as "rotten", with 40% of its selected critics giving the film positive reviews, based on 210 reviews with an average rating of 5.1/10. The website's consensus reads, "[The Wachowskis] have overloaded Speed Racer with headache-inducing special effects, and neglected to develop a coherent storyline."[61] At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the film has received an average score of 37 out of 100, which indicates "generally unfavorable reviews", based on 37 reviews.[62]
Writing for The Hollywood Reporter, Kirk Honeycutt called Speed Racer's visual effects "stellar", but stated it "proudly denies entry into its ultra-bright world to all but gamers, fanboys and anime enthusiasts". He criticized that story and character were "tossed aside" towards the "wearying" races.[63] Todd McCarthy of Variety noted the target audience should be amused, but others might think the film "a cinematic pile-up", citing its implausibility and the lack of identifiable peril in the driving sequences. While noted viewers interested in CGI would appreciate it, McCarthy said the frame sometimes resembled "a kindergartner's art class collage". He had praise for the cinematography, the musical score, and the cast.[56] Anime News Network's Zac Bertschy also praised the cast, while saying the story is "as anyone would expect", adding "the characters are all cardboard archetypes with Saturday Morning dialogue."[64] Speed Racer "sets out to honor and refresh a youthful enthusiasm from the past and winds up smothering the fun in self-conscious grandiosity", declared The New York Times's A. O. Scott.[65]
Glenn Kenny of Premiere criticized the film's time-shifting narrative and multiple storylines, saying it "yields heretofore undreamed of levels of narrative incoherence". Kenny praised the film's look, saying the "cheez-whizziness" that others had criticised was "precisely the point". He remarked the movie inspires even more thinking than The Matrix because of its "blatantly anti-capitalist storylines".[60] Similarly, The New Yorker's Anthony Lane said the film could still end up "bleached of fun" due to the theme mooted in The Matrix that all of us are being controlled. In Speed Racer, Lane argues, this comes in the form of villain Royalton, who "vows to crush [Speed] with 'the unassailable might of money.'" He concluded some people may call it entertaining, but he "felt [it] like Pop fascism".[66] Jim Emerson, editor at the Chicago Sun-Times, wrote that Speed Racer "is a manufactured widget, a packaged commodity that capitalizes on an anthropomorphized cartoon of Capitalist Evil in order to sell itself and its ancillary products".[67] It was said to be "the most tiresome piece of CGI (Computer Generated Idiocy [sic])" of the "past couple of years" at the time of film's release by Philip French, a The Guardian critic.[68]
Conversely, IGN's Todd Gilchrist gave a positive review, stating that Speed Racer "is not merely the best film that it could be, it's pretty much exactly what it should be: full of exciting, brilliantly-conceived races, primary-color characterizations and an irresistible sense of fun". He called Speed Racer "a masterpiece of its kind", praising "the special effects extravaganza" and "the moment when the Wachowskis went from wunderkind directors to true auteurs".[69] Michael Phillips of the Chicago Tribune described Speed Racer as "buoyant pop entertainment and noted the Wachowskis respected "the themes of honor, dishonor, family loyalty and Visigoth-inspired barbarism behind the wheel" of the original work. The cast is praised as being "earnest" and "gently playful". However, he stated that "it sags in its midsection" with unnecessary dialogue.[70] Although it was said to be among the worst films of the year by Rebecca Murray of About.com, she included Speed Racer on her list of "Top 10 Action Movies of 2008", stating "the action sequences are definitely eye-catching."[71] Time magazine included Speed Racer on its list of "The All-Time 25 Best Sports Movies" and "Top 10 Movies of 2008". It said "Not every avant-garde FX masterpiece receives instant audience validation", described the film as "a rich, cartoonish dream: non-stop Op art, and a triumph of virtual virtuosity."[72][73]
However, in later years, the film has appeared periodically on lists of underrated films. Speed Racer was elected the third most underrated film of the 2000s by Den of Geek's N.P. Horton, which called it "a game-changing film which redefined and reconceptualised the film form as we know it."[74] Nick Hyman, writing for Metacritic, included the film on its list of "movies that critics got wrong" calling it "a cult classic in the making".[75] It was described as "nearly unmatched [...] insofar as action/adventure/family films go" by Alejandro Stepenberg from JoBlo.com,[76] while Slate's Chris Wade named it "an underrated masterpiece," stating "they [the Wachowskis] made a brilliant visual cartoon that dares to ask that you take it seriously."[77] Annalee Newitz of io9 analyzed the ten reasons why she believes the film to be an "unsung masterpiece"; among them, the visuals, the humor, and even its political themes.[78] Tor.com's Dexter Palmer considered the possibility that the film is a "misunderstood art film", highlighting its color scheme that is a "pleasure" and the fact it does not try to seem real. Palmer lauded it because he does not think films must imitate reality, and ultimately said it is "an extreme reminder of what films, and especially fantasy and science fiction films, can place on screen" and that it is "a refreshing change of pace" in film industry.[79] Collider's Kayti Burt ranked it at #30 of Best Hollywood Blockbusters of the 21st Century stating, "While other blockbusters of the year (and the decade) worked to ground their fantastical premises in a gritty, realistic setting, Speed Racer leaned hard in the other direction."[80]
Awards and nominations[edit]
Speed Racer was nominated at the Golden Trailer Awards for "Summer 2008 Blockbuster",[81] at the MTV Movie Award for "Best Summer Movie So Far",[82] at the Motion Picture Sound Editors Golden Reel Award for "Best Sound Editing: Sound Effects and Foley in a Feature Film",[83] at the Visual Effects Society Awards for "Outstanding Matte Paintings in a Feature Motion Picture".[84] At the 2008 Teen Choice Awards, Speed Racer was a nominee in the category of "Movie: Action Adventure", "Movie Actor: Action Adventure" and "Movie Actress: Action Adventure".[85] On other hand, the film has also nominated for the 29th Golden Raspberry Awards in the category of Worst Prequel, Remake, Rip-off or Sequel.[86]
Home media[edit]
Warner Home Video released Speed Racer on DVD and Blu-ray on September 16, 2008. The three-disc set features the main feature and supplemental features on the first disc, the DVD game "Speed Racer Crucible Challenge" on the second disc, and a digital copy of the film on the third disc—the last two being exclusive to the Blu-ray release.[87][88] The U.S. DVD sales reached $6,268,301 and 390,191 copies in the first week, with consumer spending of $14,277,546 and 900,361 copies sold by 2013,[89] and $23 million grossed as of 2018.[90] The Blu-ray version was re-released on May 18, 2010.[91]
Proposed sequel[edit]
Variety discussed a possible sequel, saying it could happen if Speed Racer had a good box office performance.[41] In 2008, a possible sequel was contemplated by the Wachowskis when Rain asked them why his character is so happy for Speed winning, and they replied it could be explained in the next film. Rain said he was hired for three years, while noting that does not guarantee that a sequel will be released.[92] Christina Ricci also considered it a possibility; she stated "When we [the cast] were all leaving, we were like 'write the sequel!' 'We want to come back'. And they [the Wachowskis] were like, 'I know. I know. We're going to. Don't worry'.", adding she would like more action scenes to her character.[93] The producer Joel Silver said that the Wachowskis "have a great story idea for a sequel" but that it is "a great idea for a sequel if it makes sense to make it."[94]
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^ Jump up to: a b c d e According to Wikipedia convention, credits "should not be retrospectively altered to accommodate name changes at a later date. A person should be credited by the name they were using professionally at the time the film was made". Because of this, "The Wachowski Brothers", "Larry Wachowski" and "Andy Wachowski" should be kept despite the fact they have both since come out as transgender women.
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