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Tag: Boyd Shermis

Speed Title
Articles, Retro

Shooting ‘Speed’s’ opening titles almost destroyed the miniature elevator

Posted onJune 6, 2019May 19, 2020

‘We shoved so much light into the miniature that it was literally melting and coming apart.’

Jumping bus on Speed
Articles, Retro

The bus in ‘Speed’ wasn’t supposed to land like a 747

Posted onJune 5, 2019May 19, 2020

But it did, and it was still spectacular.

Train in Speed
Articles, Retro

‘He lost his head’

Posted onJune 4, 2019May 19, 2020

How they made Keanu Reeves and Dennis Hopper fight atop that train in ‘Speed’.

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