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50 MPH

By: Kris Tapley
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  • 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!
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Episodes
  • 44 MPH / Homestretch Grab Bag

    44 MPH / Homestretch Grab Bag
    Apr 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.
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    48 mins
  • 43 MPH / The Most Disappointing Sequels Ever (with Jacqueline Coley)

    43 MPH / The Most Disappointing Sequels Ever (with Jacqueline Coley)
    Apr 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.
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    1 hr and 13 mins
  • 42 MPH / Speed 2: Lose Control

    42 MPH / Speed 2: Lose Control
    Apr 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.
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    48 mins
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