50 MPH
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!
Episodes
4 days ago
44 MPH / Homestretch Grab Bag
4 days ago
4 days ago
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.
Monday Apr 22, 2024
43 MPH / The Most Disappointing Sequels Ever (with Jacqueline Coley)
Monday Apr 22, 2024
Monday 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.
Monday Apr 15, 2024
42 MPH / Speed 2: Lose Control
Monday Apr 15, 2024
Monday 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.
Monday Apr 08, 2024
41 MPH / The Fallout of a Phenomenon
Monday Apr 08, 2024
Monday Apr 08, 2024
Surveying the aftereffects of SPEED and how its various players parlayed the film's star-making success into their next ventures.
Monday Apr 01, 2024
40 MPH / Directors on Speed
Monday Apr 01, 2024
Monday Apr 01, 2024
Filmmakers Paul Verhoeven, John McTiernan, Guillermo del Toro, Barry Jenkins and Joe Carnahan chime in on SPEED and fellow director Jan de Bont.
Monday Mar 25, 2024
39 MPH / Fans Feel the Need for Speed
Monday Mar 25, 2024
Monday Mar 25, 2024
From scrappy theater productions Down Under to epic collector quests to, ahem, podcasts dedicated to a legacy, the fandom surrounding SPEED is a global affair.
Monday Mar 18, 2024
38 MPH / The Cinema of 1994 (with Jonathan Foster)
Monday Mar 18, 2024
Monday Mar 18, 2024
Where does SPEED fit in the overall cinema landscape of 1994? Podcast host Jonathan Foster helps dissect a movie year celebrating its ongoing 30th anniversary.
Monday Mar 11, 2024
37 MPH / Relitigating the 67th Academy Awards (with Anne Thompson)
Monday Mar 11, 2024
Monday Mar 11, 2024
SPEED deserved its awards but did the Oscars get everything else right 29 years ago? IndieWire's Anne Thompson joins in to check the Academy's work three decades on.
Monday Mar 04, 2024
36 MPH / The Glitz! The Glamour! The Oscars!
Monday Mar 04, 2024
Monday Mar 04, 2024
At the 67th annual Academy Awards, held on March 27, 1995, SPEED would walk away with multiple Oscars. Those in the mix recall their Cinderella evening.
Monday Feb 26, 2024
35 MPH / The Movie of the Year
Monday Feb 26, 2024
Monday Feb 26, 2024
SPEED hits theaters and it's an instant popular and critical success. Filmmakers and studio brass relive the glory days that came in the wake of June 10, 1994.