Speed (1994)

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Wikidata Q108006, film, IMDb tt0111257, TMDB 1637: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by episode credits Sandra Bullock as actor (‘A Bronx Tale’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Van Lathan); 3 more episodes agree.

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Came from

What the speakers say it drew on. Each is a speaker's account: “the maker said so” when they report the maker's own words, “the host's read” when the read is theirs.

No line says it drew on another film or person.

Led to

What the speakers say drew on it, marked the same way.

Twister: 1 line the host's read ×1

  1. industry (industry): Speed ⇒ Twister (the host's read). Hollywood shifted after Speed; Twister marketed Paxton and others as future stars.
    “The one that changed it was speed.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Tombstone’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:54:13 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)

Connected to

Alan Ruck: 2 lines career ×1 people ×1

  1. people (typecasting): Alan Ruck → Speed. Spotting Cameron on the bus in Speed was disorienting.
    “I was like, what the hell is camera doing on this bus?”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Ferris Bueller’s Day Off’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:15:03 · Sean Fennessey (0.40 sure it was them)

Twister: 2 lines programming ×1 industry ×1

  1. industry (industry): Twister → Speed. Hollywood shifted after Speed; Twister marketed Paxton and others as future stars.
    “The one that changed it was speed.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Tombstone’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:54:13 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)

A Bronx Tale: 1 line verdict ×1

  1. verdict (Apex Mountain: bus drivers): A Bronx Tale → Speed. Best movie bus drivers: this or Speed.
    “It's just it's this or Annie and Speed.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘A Bronx Tale’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Van Lathan · 1:27:18 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)

Andrzej Bartkowiak: 1 line career ×1

  1. career (career): Andrzej Bartkowiak → Speed. The same cinematographer shot Speed, a moment when great DPs took jobs like Species.
    “He shot speed and it was just like that moment”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Species’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:52:23 · Chris Ryan (0.40 sure it was them)

Jan de Bont: 1 line career ×1

  1. career (career): Jan de Bont → Speed. De Bont went from cinematographer on Die Hard to director of Speed, then Twister.
    “director of speed.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Twister’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:26:19 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)

Joss Whedon: 1 line career ×1

  1. career (career): Joss Whedon → Speed. Whedon did a substantial rewrite on Speed, which explains its fizzy dialogue.
    “By all accounts, he did a pretty substantial rewrite.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Alien: Resurrection · 0:25:54 · David Sims (0.60 sure it was them)

Species: 1 line craft ×1

  1. craft (craft): Species → Speed. The mid-90s BMW convertible in Species reminds them of the car in Speed.
    “What is homie driving in speed?”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Species’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 1:15:50 · Bill Simmons (0.30 sure it was them)

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career (4)

  1. career (career): Andrzej Bartkowiak → Speed. The same cinematographer shot Speed, a moment when great DPs took jobs like Species.
    “He shot speed and it was just like that moment”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Species’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:52:23 · Chris Ryan (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. career (career): Jan de Bont → Speed. De Bont went from cinematographer on Die Hard to director of Speed, then Twister.
    “director of speed.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Twister’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:26:19 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)
  3. career (career): Alan Ruck → Speed. Alan Ruck gives a movie a decade: Ferris, Speed, Twister, Spin City.
    “He's giving us something every decade, man.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Twister’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:57:52 · Chris Ryan (0.30 sure it was them)
  4. career (career): Joss Whedon → Speed. Whedon did a substantial rewrite on Speed, which explains its fizzy dialogue.
    “By all accounts, he did a pretty substantial rewrite.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Alien: Resurrection · 0:25:54 · David Sims (0.60 sure it was them)

craft (1)

  1. craft (craft): Species → Speed. The mid-90s BMW convertible in Species reminds them of the car in Speed.
    “What is homie driving in speed?”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Species’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 1:15:50 · Bill Simmons (0.30 sure it was them)

industry (1)

  1. industry (industry): Twister → Speed. Hollywood shifted after Speed; Twister marketed Paxton and others as future stars.
    “The one that changed it was speed.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Tombstone’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:54:13 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)

people (1)

  1. people (typecasting): Alan Ruck → Speed. Spotting Cameron on the bus in Speed was disorienting.
    “I was like, what the hell is camera doing on this bus?”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Ferris Bueller’s Day Off’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:15:03 · Sean Fennessey (0.40 sure it was them)

programming (1)

  1. programming (programming): Twister → Speed. Best double feature for Twister is the Jan de Bont pair with Speed.
    “It's gotta be speed, right?”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Twister’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 1:46:54 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)

verdict (1)

  1. verdict (Apex Mountain: bus drivers): A Bronx Tale → Speed. Best movie bus drivers: this or Speed.
    “It's just it's this or Annie and Speed.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘A Bronx Tale’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Van Lathan · 1:27:18 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)

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