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9 May 2008 (USA) moreTagline:
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The story begins with Speed Racer who is a young man with natural racing instincts whose goal is to win The Crucible... more | full synopsisAwards:
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I Don't Know What Haters Were Expecting But It Did Exactly What It Set Out To Do moreCast
(in credits order) | Emile Hirsch | ... | Speed Racer |
 | Nicholas Elia | ... | Young Speed |
 | Christina Ricci | ... | Trixie |
 | John Goodman | ... | Pops Racer |
 | Melissa Holroyd | ... | Speed's Teacher |
 | Susan Sarandon | ... | Mom Racer |
 | Matthew Fox | ... | Racer X |
 | Ariel Winter | ... | Young Trixie |
 | Scott Porter | ... | Rex Racer |
 | Benno Fürmann | ... | Inspector Detector |
| Gian Ganziano | ... | Everyman Announcer |
 | Peter Fernandez | ... | Local Announcer |
 | Harvey Friedman | ... | Harold Ledermann Announcer |
 | Richard Roundtree | ... | Ben Burns |
| Sadao Ueda | ... | Japanese Announcer |
| Valery Tscheplanowa | ... | Russian Announcer |
| Sami Loris | ... | Italian Announcer |
| Olivier Marlo | ... | French Announcer |
| Sean McDonagh | ... | Celtic Announcer |
 | Kick Gurry | ... | Sparky |
 | Christian Oliver | ... | Snake Oiler |
 | Vinzenz Kiefer | ... | Crew Chief / Sempre Fi-Ber Driver |
| Mark Zak | ... | Blackjack Benelli |
 | Paulie Litt | ... | Spritle Racer |
| Willy | ... | Chim Chim |
| Kenzie | ... | Chim Chim |
| Julia Joyce | ... | Blonde Pack Leader |
 | Clayton Nemrow | ... | Race Announcer |
| Ricky Watson | ... | Race Commentator |
| Brandon Robinson | ... | Big Mouth |
| L. Trey Wilson | ... | Press Man |
 | Nayo Wallace | ... | Minx (as Nayo K. Wallace) |
| Roger Allam | ... | E. P. Arnold Royalton |
| Lauren Blake | ... | Flight Attendant |
 | Cosma Shiva Hagen | ... | Gennie |
| Ralph Herforth | ... | Jack 'Cannonball' Taylor |
 | Rain | ... | Taejo Togokahn |
| Waldemar Kobus | ... | Vinny – Cruncher Thug |
| John Benfield | ... | Cruncher Block |
| Max Hopp | ... | Cruncher Thug |
| Julie T. Wallace | ... | Truck Driver |
| Hiroyuki Sanada | ... | Mr. Musha |
| Matthias Redlhammer | ... | Marvin the Cleaning Man |
| Eckehard Hoffmann | ... | Joel Goldman |
 | Stephen Marcus | ... | Security Goon |
 | Art LaFleur | ... | Fuji Announcer #1 |
| Peter Navy Tuiasosopo | ... | Fuji Announcer #2 |
 | Nan Yu | ... | Horuko Togokahn |
 | Moritz Bleibtreu | ... | Grey Ghost |
| Paul Sirr | ... | Dour Face |
| Ramon Tikaram | ... | Casa Christo Announcer |
 | Melvil Poupaud | ... | Johnny 'Goodboy' Jones |
| Kady Taylor | ... | Queen of Casa Christo |
| Junior Sone Enang | ... | Shark Driver |
 | Jana Pallaske | ... | Delila |
| Bojidara Maximova | ... | Flying Fox (as Dari Maximova) |
 | Werner Daehn | ... | Sempre Fi-Ber Leader |
| Komi Togbonou | ... | Thor-azine Leader |
| Leila Rozario | ... | Hydro-cell Driver |
| Steven Wilson | ... | C.I.B. Security Man |
 | Karl Yune | ... | Taejo Body Guard |
 | Togo Igawa | ... | Mr. Togokahn |
| Jonathan Kinsler | ... | Fuji Reporter #1 |
| Anatole Taubman | ... | Fuji Reporter #2 |
| Ben Miles | ... | Cass Jones |
 | Frank Witter | ... | Security Official |
 | Megan Gay | ... | Senior Race Official |
 | Corinne Orr | ... | Grand Prix Female Announder |
 | Joe Mazza | ... | Nitro |
 | Joon Park | ... | Yakuza Driver |
| Ludmilla Ismailow | ... | Denise |
| Milka Duno | ... | Gearbox |
| Amira Osman | ... | Count Down Tower Woman |
| Ashley Walters | ... | Prince Kabala |
| Jens Neuhaus | ... | German Announcer |
| Sesede Terziyan | ... | Turkish Announcer |
| Ill-Young Kim | ... | Korean Announcer |
| Yuriri Naka | ... | Japanese Announcer |
| Óscar O. Sánchez | ... | Spanish Announcer |
| Yu Fang | ... | Chinese Announcer |
 | Narges Rashidi | ... | Persian Announcer |
| Andrés Cantor | ... | Grand Prix Announcer |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Luka Andres | ... | Big Mouth |
 | Alister Mazzotti | ... | Pitter Pat |
| Alexander Yassin | ... | Reporter - Grand Prix |
| Jin Akanishi | ... | Speed Racer (voice) (uncredited) |
| Joel Cross | ... | Prince Fan (uncredited) |
 | Nancy Gassner-Clayton | ... | Choir (uncredited) |
Directed by | |||
| Andy Wachowski | (as The Wachowski Brothers) | ||
| Larry Wachowski | (as The Wachowski Brothers) | ||
Writing credits(WGA) | ||
| Andy Wachowski | (written by) (as The Wachowski Brothers) & | |
| Larry Wachowski | (written by) (as The Wachowski Brothers) | |
| Tatsuo Yoshida | (animated series "Speed Racer") | |
Produced by | |||
| Jessica Alan | .... | co-producer | |
| Bruce Berman | .... | executive producer | |
| Grant Hill | .... | producer | |
| Michael Lambert | .... | executive producer | |
| Roberto Malerba | .... | co-producer | |
| Henning Molfenter | .... | co-producer | |
| David Lane Seltzer | .... | executive producer | |
| Joel Silver | .... | producer | |
| Andy Wachowski | .... | producer | |
| Larry Wachowski | .... | producer | |
| Charlie Woebcken | .... | co-producer | |
Original Music by | |||
| Michael Giacchino | |||
Cinematography by | |||
| David Tattersall | (director of photography) | ||
Film Editing by | |||
| Roger Barton | |||
| Zach Staenberg | |||
Casting by | |||
| Lora Kennedy | |||
| Lucinda Syson | |||
Production Design by | |||
| Owen Paterson | |||
Art Direction by | |||
| Hugh Bateup | (supervising art director) | ||
| Marco Bittner Rosser | |||
| Sebastian T. Krawinkel | (senior art director) (as Sebastian Krawinkel) | ||
Set Decoration by | |||
| Peter Walpole | |||
Costume Design by | |||
| Kym Barrett | |||
Makeup Department | |||
| Stephanie A. Fowler | .... | key makeup artist | |
| Paul Gooch | .... | hair stylist | |
| Paul Gooch | .... | makeup artist | |
| Tanya Lodge | .... | makeup artist | |
| Mareike Maya Mietke | .... | makeup artist | |
| Paul Mooney | .... | hair stylist | |
| Paula Price | .... | hair stylist | |
| Paula Price | .... | makeup artist | |
| Petra Schaumann | .... | makeup artist | |
| Valeska Schitthelm | .... | makeup artist | |
| Jeremy Woodhead | .... | hair designer | |
| Jeremy Woodhead | .... | makeup designer | |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director | |||
| Tobias Asam | .... | assistant director: element unit | |
| William Dodds | .... | co-second assistant director | |
| Katharina Hofmann | .... | crowd assistant director | |
| Emma Horton | .... | key second assistant director | |
| Scott Kirby | .... | first assistant director: second unit | |
| Martin Krauka | .... | first assistant director: element unit | |
| Carly Lewisohn | .... | co-third assistant director | |
| Andrew McEwan | .... | second assistant director: element unit | |
| James McTeigue | .... | second unit director | |
| Terry Needham | .... | first assistant director | |
| Jenny Nolan | .... | second second assistant director: Los Angeles chimp rehearsals | |
| Timothy R. Price | .... | key second assistant director: additional photography | |
| Caroline Veyssière | .... | crowd assistant director | |
| Kim Whittaker | .... | co-second assistant director | |
Art Department | |||
| Toni Aschütz | .... | art assistant coordinator | |
| Greg Bartkus | .... | coordinator/concept researcher (as Gregory Bartkus) | |
| Stefan Pepe Baumgärtner | .... | stand-by props assistant | |
| Friederike Beckert | .... | storeperson | |
| Katharina Birkenfeld | .... | buyer | |
| Joshua Black | .... | supervisor painter | |
| Henning Brehm | .... | senior graphic designer | |
| Beverley Butcher | .... | buyer: UK | |
| J. André Chaintreuil | .... | conceptual set designer (as J. Andre Chaintreuil) | |
| Alice Darrow | .... | conceptual artist | |
| Geofrey Darrow | .... | conceptual artist | |
| Alissa Davis | .... | art assistant | |
| Alice Ebling | .... | illustrator | |
| Sabine Engelberg | .... | draughtsperson | |
| Andy Evans | .... | construction manager | |
| Patricia Foreman | .... | design clearance | |
| Patricia Foreman | .... | digital advertising liaison | |
| Kim Frederiksen | .... | digital set designer | |
| Alex Friedrich | .... | model maker | |
| Simone Fust | .... | set decoration coordinator | |
| Stephan O. Gessler | .... | art director: virtual vehicles (as Stephan Gessler) | |
| Gary Gleeson | .... | head painter | |
| Dierk Grahlow | .... | construction manager | |
| Gordon Grant | .... | assistant to set decorator | |
| Kevin Harris | .... | model & propmaker | |
| Leif Hendel | .... | art assistant | |
| George Hull | .... | conceptual artist | |
| Ulli Isfort | .... | buyer (as Uli Isfort) | |
| Patrick Janicke | .... | conceptual artist | |
| Jeff Julian | .... | conceptual artist | |
| Axel Kahnt | .... | property master | |
| Robert M. Kalafut | .... | conceptual artist (as Robert Kalafut) | |
| Roxy Konrad | .... | art department coordinator | |
| Robert Krüger | .... | supervisor painter | |
| Grit Kühnel | .... | set dresser | |
| Tani Kunitake | .... | storyboard artist | |
| Linda Ky | .... | modelmaking coordinator | |
| Alejandro Lecuna | .... | graphic designer: virtual vehicles | |
| Jens Löckmann | .... | assistant art director | |
| Jens Löckmann | .... | construction liaison | |
| Swen Luppino | .... | assistant model maker | |
| Warren Manser | .... | conceptual artist | |
| Angel Pedro Martinez | .... | model maker | |
| Wolfgang Metschan | .... | digital set designer | |
| Johanna Muench | .... | draughtsperson (as Johanna Münch) | |
| Anja Müller | .... | on-set art director | |
| Niels Müller | .... | model maker | |
| Ed Natividad | .... | conceptual artist | |
| Mitch Niclas | .... | chargehand stand-by propman | |
| Mitch Niclas | .... | chargehand stand-by propman: Brothers | |
| Cornelia Ott | .... | assistant art director | |
| Benjamin Palmer | .... | model & propmaker | |
| Manuel Plank-Jorge | .... | storyboard artist | |
| Peter Popken | .... | conceptual artist | |
| Stephanie Rass | .... | draftsperson | |
| Stephanie Rass | .... | modelmaker | |
| Iris Roesch | .... | modelmaker | |
| Judith Rosskoth | .... | assistant set decorator | |
| David Scheunemann | .... | assistant art director | |
| Frank Schlegel | .... | supervising model maker | |
| Alexander Schneider | .... | 3D car modeler | |
| Cindy Schnitter | .... | junior modelmaker | |
| Maria Schöpe | .... | construction buyer | |
| Tobias Schroeter | .... | model maker | |
| Jonathan Schuld | .... | art production assistant | |
| Torsten Schwartz | .... | supervisor plasterer | |
| Kino Scialabba | .... | matte painter | |
| Eric Segol | .... | graphic artist | |
| Mandy Siu | .... | art department/VFX liaison | |
| Steve Skroce | .... | storyboard artist | |
| Vladimir Spasojevic | .... | conceptual artist | |
| Stefan Speth | .... | assistant art director | |
| Alexander Stolle | .... | car component buyer | |
| Karl Strahlendorf | .... | 3D car modeler | |
| Jason Torbett | .... | stand-by prop man | |
| Jacob von Dohnanyi | .... | model maker | |
| Simon Weisse | .... | senior model maker | |
| Dean Wolcott | .... | conceptual designer | |
| Oliver Wolter | .... | art production assistant | |
| Melanie Reichert | .... | construction secretary (uncredited) | |
Special Effects by | |||
| Vinicio Alvarez | .... | special effects technician | |
| Aaron Becker | .... | main title sequence: animator: prologue | |
| Nicola Di Chio | .... | special effects senior technician | |
| Brice Dumont-Bance | .... | digital special effects | |
| Norman Ernst | .... | special effects foreman | |
| Thomas Friedrich | .... | special effects buyer/assistant | |
| Rolf Hanke | .... | special effects project manager | |
| Till Hertrich | .... | special effects senior technician | |
| Uli Nefzer | .... | special effects supervisor | |
| Clay Pinney | .... | special effects supervisor: additional photography, USA | |
| Joshua Pinney | .... | special effects unit supervisor: additional photography, USA | |
| Thomas Rasada | .... | special effects technician: additional photography, USA | |
| Thomas Thiele | .... | special effects senior technician | |
| Arnold J. Verbiesen | .... | special effects technician | |
| Carsten Woithe | .... | previsualization artist | |
Visual Effects by | ||
| Chadi Abo | .... | visual effects supervisor |
| Nasser Abo | .... | digital effect artist: BUF |
| Gary Abrahamian | .... | animation lead: CIS Hollywood |
| Laide Agunbiade | .... | senior lighting technical director |
| Fahed Alhabib | .... | visual effects assistant |
| Xavier Allard | .... | CG supervisor: BUF |
| Casey Allen | .... | senior flame artist |
| Tom Allen | .... | digital effects artist |
| Alp Altiner | .... | matte painter: DIGITAL DOMAIN |
| Herve Anceau | .... | digital effect artist: BUF |
| Christophe Andreii | .... | digital effect artist: BUF |
| Xavier André | .... | digital effect artist: BUF |
| Alina Anon | .... | lead matte painter |
| Austen Armus | .... | digital production administrator |
| Brandon Ashworth | .... | technical director |
| François-Xavier Aubague | .... | visual effects producer |
| Caroline Audebert | .... | visual effect coordinator: BUF |
| Nacho Barahona | .... | render wrangler: Rising Sun Pictures |
| Herve Barbereau | .... | digital effect artist: BUF |
| Jeff Barnes | .... | production executive: CafeFX |
| Nicholas Barnes | .... | lead environment surfacing |
| Nicholas Barnes | .... | lead texture artist |
| Lloyd Lee Barnett | .... | digital compositor |
| Cyril Barret | .... | digital effect artist: BUF |
| Lyndon Barrois | .... | previz animator |
| Bron Barry | .... | assistant visual effects coordinator |
| Kelly Barschig | .... | recruiter: SPI |
| Jenny Basen | .... | visual effects coordinator: Rising Sun Pictures |
| Geoffrey E. Baumann | .... | on-set survey and data integration: Digital Domain |
| Romain Bavent | .... | digital artist: BUF |
| Scott E. Baxter | .... | digital effects artist |
| Xavier Bec | .... | head of software: BUF |
| Melissa Beery | .... | 2D coordinator |
| Brian Begun | .... | Credited as: digital compositor: Digital Domain |
| Djelloul Bekri | .... | digital effect artist: BUF |
| Kevin Bell | .... | digital compositor |
| Matthew E. Bell | .... | digital artist |
| Paul Belot | .... | digital effect artist: BUF |
| Chad Belteau | .... | lighting and compositing technical director: uncredited |
| Colin Benoit | .... | previs artist: ILM |
| Jeffrey Benoit | .... | compositor |
| Jordan Benwick | .... | compositor |
| Patrick Bergeron | .... | digital compositor: Digital Domain |
| Niki Bern | .... | digital compositor |
| Theodore Bialek | .... | CG supervisor: SPI |
| Jonathan Bird | .... | technical support |
| Stacy Bissell | .... | visual effects production assistant: ILM |
| David Bleich | .... | matte painter |
| Jayni Borgaro | .... | compositor: CIS Hollywood |
| Dan Bornstein | .... | visual effects technical director: Evil Eye Pictures |
| Dominique Bossu | .... | digital effect artist: BUF |
| Christian Boudman | .... | digital compositor |
| Frédéric Boulin | .... | CG supervisor: BUF |
| Franck Boutry | .... | digital effect artist: BUF |
| Brent M. Bowen | .... | visual effects |
| John Bozzalla | .... | manager of production services |
| Jeremy Bradley | .... | assistant visual effects editor |
| Jessica Braun | .... | lighting technical director |
| David M. Breaux Jr. | .... | animator: Digital Domain |
| Margaret Bright-Ryan | .... | digital artist |
| Jill Brooks | .... | visual effects producer: ILM |
| Dan Browne | .... | systems administrator: Evil Eye Pictures |
| Randy Brown | .... | compositor: CIS Hollywood |
| Jérémie Brudieux | .... | pre-production manager: BUF |
| Tom Bruno Jr. | .... | character animator: Digital Domain |
| Wendell Bruno | .... | assistant DMR editor (IMAX version) |
| Chad Buehler | .... | digital compositor |
| Sirius Buisson | .... | digital effects artist: BUF |
| Cyntia Büll | .... | digital compositor |
| Thibault Bunoust | .... | digital effect artist: BUF |
| John Bunt | .... | compositor |
| Lersak Bunupuradah | .... | modeler: Digital Domain |
| Brian H. Burks | .... | character setup |
| Elika Burns | .... | roto/paint artist: CIS Hollywood |
| Jeremy Burns | .... | digital compositor |
| Howard Cabalfin | .... | digital artist: Digital Domain |
| Florent Cadel | .... | digital effects artist: BUF |
| A.J. Calomay | .... | assistant digital assets manager |
| D. Walt Cameron | .... | digital compositor |
| Christian Cardona | .... | digital artist |
| Andrea Caretta | .... | 3D lighting artist/compositing |
| Chris Casadei | .... | digital effect artist: BUF |
| Michael Cashore | .... | compositing supervisor |
| Sarah Cave | .... | digital coordinator |
| Paola Chavez | .... | DMR digital artist: IMAX |
| Ganael Chevallier | .... | digital effect artist: BUF |
| Jesse James Chisholm | .... | on-set survey and data integration: Digital Domain |
| Jeremy Cho | .... | roto/paint artist |
| Amy Christensen | .... | lighting and compositing |
| Jeff Chung | .... | senior color and lighting technical director: SPI |
| Scott Seungpil Chung | .... | effects artist: CIS Hollywood |
| Sun Chung | .... | texture artist |
| Wes Cilldhaire | .... | render wrangler: Rising Sun Pictures |
| Trent Claus | .... | flame artist |
| Michael Clive | .... | digital effects artist |
| Dan Cobbett | .... | sequence lead compositor: Digital Domain |
| Jonathan Cohen | .... | digital artist: BUF |
| Chad E. Collier | .... | scanning and recording operator: Digital Domain |
| Shaun Comly | .... | lighting artist: Digital Domain |
| Vincent Coni | .... | digital effect artist: BUF |
| Michael Conte | .... | digital artist: ILM |
| Cameron Coombs | .... | digital roto/paint artist: CafeFX |
| Bertrand Cordier | .... | senior lighting technical director: SPI |
| Danielle Costa | .... | visual effects coordinator |
| Brenton Cottman | .... | lead matte painter: Digital Domain |
| Ron Crabb | .... | matte painter |
| Christine Cram | .... | digital paint artist |
| Craig Crawford | .... | compositor: CIS Hollywood |
| Chris Crowell | .... | digital compositor |
| Sean C. Cunningham | .... | visual effects animator |
| Rocky Curby | .... | animator: Digital Domain |
| Sean Cushing | .... | visual effects producer: Pixel Liberation Front |
| Melanie Cussac | .... | on-set visual effects coordinator: BUF |
| Rif Dagher | .... | research & development |
| Mike Dalzell | .... | lighting technical director |
| Brandon Davis | .... | effects lead |
| Brian C. Davis | .... | senior effects technical director: SPI |
| Denise Davis | .... | visual effects producer |
| Thibault Debeurme | .... | digital effect artist: BUF |
| Yann De Cadoudal | .... | on-set visual effect supervisor: BUF |
| Damien Delaunay | .... | digital effect artist: BUF |
| Damien Dell'omodarme | .... | digital effect artist: BUF |
| Nicolas Delval | .... | visual effects coordinator |
| Laura Denicke | .... | visual effects production manager: ILM |
| Jesus De Santiago | .... | visual effects coordinator |
| Guillaume Desbois | .... | digital effect artist: BUF |
| Antoine Deschamps | .... | CG supervisor: BUF |
| Sean Devereaux | .... | visual effects compositor: Digital Domain |
| Edgar Díaz | .... | roto/paint artist: Digital Domain |
| Danielle DiMarco Barto | .... | walkthrough coordinator (as Danielle DiMarco) |
| Gareth Dinneen | .... | digital compositor |
| Lionel Discala | .... | digital effect artist: BUF |
| Ben Dishart | .... | |