Lets modify this stunt so that a bus like the one in the movie could jump over a 50 foot 15 m gap in the freeway. Could the bus in speed really have jumped that 50foot gap. The most famous bit is jumping the bus over an unfinished section of freeway. The missing segment lies on an effectively level stretch of elevated freeway, 50 feet 15 m above the ground, yet somehow they manage to jump the gap at 67 mph 30 ms and land safely on the other side.
A controlledaccess highway is a type of highway that has been designed for highspeed vehicular traffic, with all traffic flow ingress and egressregulated. If the bus of the picture goes below 50 mph, then it explodes. He was especially impressed with the scene where walter matthau drove the bus. What upward velocity would a bus need to stay in the air. This script is a transcript that was painstakingly transcribed using the screenplay andor viewings of speed. How long does it take to jump the gap traveling at the speed shown in the movie. Use this information to determine the initial vertical speed of the bus so that it can jump the gap. Part 1 write a matlab program to simulate this movie stunt and compute if the actors and the bus can survive the jump at different bus speeds and freeway incline angles. But i dont think it ruined the movie one bit, but jan just wanted it to dive in more. We started with the plate where it was doing a short jump. I wish movies today would still embrace absurd feats like speed. Tdh5303 used in the hit 1994 movie speed get taken home. Then there was the train going off the tracks too, which didnt really raise an eyebrow for me.
First its a rigged elevator in a very tall building. Well, the other day ted told me that speed was the greatest action movie of all time. The bus in speed wasnt supposed to land like a 747 befores. The spectacular bus jump on the unfinished freeway used the recently completed glenn anderson freeway. The lead characters jack keanu reaves and annie sandra bullock divert. A premise thats deceptively simple, but the movie runs with it. A controlledaccess highway is a type of highway that has been designed for highspeed vehicular traffic, with all traffic flowingress and egressregulated. I was watching tv the other night when the movie speed 1994 came on.
Jun 05, 2019 but it did, and it was still spectacular. And its all done on an original 1977 mercedes benz mtt bus donated by the bus preservation society of wa. Jumping the gap discuss speed the movie database tmdb. Homework statement in the movie speed1, a loaded city bus is rigged with an explosive that will detonate and kill everyone aboard if its speed goes below 50 miles per hour. The movie just keeps throwing obstacles in the way, and some are phenomenal. The bus in speed wasnt supposed to land like a 747. The movie crew can input the speed of the bus in miles per hour mph. Car chases have been part of movies from the moment cars and movies sprang into existence at the turn of the 20th century. Annie sandra bullock successfully jumps the bus over a gap in the freeway. The freeway is 50 feet 15 m above the ground at the jump off point.
If the bus needs half a second to jump up and return to the freeway, it needs a quarter of a second to reach the highest point in its jump. The excellent crew of mythbusters decided to try to recreate this jump. Pretty much the same stretch was used for the spectacular. It traveled 109 feet, and its front wheels reached an altitude of twenty feet off the ground, which was higher than anyone had anticipated. Renny harlin attempted it with deep blue sea, but it isnt as successful as speed. The speed bus jump is probably one of the most infamous stunts in all movie history. If the bus just drives off the end of a freeway which is level, it will immediately begin to plummet to the earth because of gravity. At one point, the bus is traveling on a freeway overpass with a large portion of the road missing.
Inside speed serves up a little treasure trove of treats, again all full framed with movie footage inserted at 2. There is nothing to suggest he wouldnt be able to do this as he is able to increase the speed without any trouble. Annie sandra bullock and jack keanu reeves face a problem with an uncompleted freeway, jack makes the decision to jump the bus across the gap in the freeway. Although the main plot revolves around the bus dilemma, the movie is made up by three catandmouse scenarios with payne. A special ramp was built with the bus accelerating. Jun 10, 2019 i wish movies today would still embrace absurd feats like speed. I know, i know, i still need to get the cast names in there and ill be eternally tweaking it, so if you have any corrections, feel free to drop me a line.
The police discovered the bomb and routed the bus on to a segment of freeway that was still under construction their intention being to keep it out of the notoriously heavy southern california tra. Apr 19, 2015 the movie speed involved a spectacular stunt. I agree to receive information from discovery communications in accordance with the following. On his first try nailing the freeway jump, the bus. Mark kermode of the bbc recalled having named speed his film of the month working at radio 1 at the time of release, and stated in 2017, having rewatched the film for the first time in many years, that it had stood the test of time and was a masterpiece. The bus was started from about one mile back, and accelerated towards the ramp.
Lest we forget, speed has that infamous scene in which the bus jumps a fiftyfoot gap in the underconstruction freeway. If you cant watch speed with a willing suspension of disbelief then its not the movie for you. Enjoying fantasy action with its flaws does not validate mistakes in other movies and claiming it is lazy writing etc just makes a mistake picker seem uptight. If jack can speed the train up, why does he not try to slow it down. By the time it hit the ramp, it had reached a speed of 61 miles per hour. In speed, jack sees the exit on the 105 for lax and tells annie to get off the freeway and drive into the airport where the bus can circle its runways and news helicopters cannot film the bus. The bus jump the junction of the 105 freeway westbound. When youre ready to jump, open the door completely so it doesnt hit you. The movie featured a jump scene in which a gm new look transit bus jumps across a section of the unfinished highway bridge. Could the bus in speed really have jumped that 50foot. Highlights include the jump of the bus over a huge gap in an unfinished elevated. Speed also ranks 451 on empire magazines 2008 list of the 500 greatest movies of all time. The movie speed, featuring sandra bullock and keanu reeves, is about a city transit bus that has been wired to explode if the bus slows down under 50 mph. Tags action and adventure annie porter bomb bus construction site cops fbi freeway jump keanu.
With keanu reeves, dennis hopper, sandra bullock, joe morton. Lets think about how the bus is going to travel vertically first. Just to mention, speed is one of my favourite movies. Even if it cant be stopped completely, using the speed lever to reduce it to the minimum possible would be a sensible course of action. The bus is blown up on main street, just south of rose avenue, and this is where traven receives the sinister phone call from payne spunky annie porter sandra bullock boards the bus at ocean park boulevard and main street. Speed 25 movie clip jumping the gap 1994 hd youtube. A young police officer must prevent a bomb exploding aboard a city bus by keeping its speed above 50 mph. In an attempt to save the lives of all of the passengers, the brave bus driver sandra bullock decides to speed the bus up in hopes that it will be able to jump the. Speed bus freeway jump scene movie scenes, movie clips. Its a great movie, with excellent pacing and many climactic scenes, but the one that caught my attention was one involving a jump over a 50 ft gap. Aug 26, 2008 this is a vid of how the bus jump in speed was done. Speed is one of the great 90s action movies, a clean postdie hard action flick that elevated a preposterous but compelling premise with.
A rather delightful behindthescenes featurette on the dvd goes into great detail about how the bus jump is completely impossible in real life. As the bus is moving, the people on board are informed that a bridge ahead in the. Finally, the speed script is here for all you quotes spouting fans of the keanu reeves and sandra bullock movie. Common english terms are freeway in australia, south africa, united states and canada, motorway in the united kingdom, pakistan, ireland, new zealand and parts of australia and. The whole movie was way over the top, so the ramp jump was no big deal lol.
Since the bomb would explode killing everyone on board if they slowed down, they decide to jump the gap. Actual locations where the 1991 movie speed was filmed. The bus is on the freeway, but its rush hour, it leaves the freeway, but cant make its way through traffic. In an attempt to save the lives of all of the passengers, the brave bus driver sandra bullock decides to speed the bus up in hopes that it will be able to jump the 50 foot hole and land safely on the other side. Dec 21, 2015 how to jump a car over a 4lane freeway need for speeds stunt coordinator, lance gilbert, tells you how to do a very cool thing that you should never, ever do. See more ideas about keanu reeves, movies and keanu reeves speed. There was actual bus jumping, just not onto californias 105 freeway with passengers on board.
Nov 01, 2015 the bus jump was added by the director. Speed 25 movie clip jumping the gap 1994 hd duration. To jump from a moving car, first try to slow the car down to 2530 mph by distracting the driver with loud noises, or wait for a turn when the car naturally slows. Highlights include the jump of the bus over a huge gap in an unfinished elevated freeway. Common english terms are freeway in australia, south africa, united states and canada, motorway in the united kingdom, pakistan, ireland, new zealand and parts of australia and expressway parts of canada, parts of the united. No initial incline at one point in the film, the camera zooms in on the freeway, revealing that the freeway has no incline. Need for speeds stunt coordinator, lance gilbert, tells you how to do a very cool thing that you should never, ever do. I love the movie, but come on, that was just ridiculous.
Ice high speed i watch in super slow motion as adam and jamie test whether, after a certain speed, the ride in a car with square wheels is just as smooth as with round ones. And its all done on an original 1977 mercedes benz mtt bus donated by. Somehow, speed stars keanu reeves and sandra bullock have only gotten hotter in. In the movie speed a bus is forced to jump an unfinished portion of highway to avoid setting off a bomb on the bus rigged to explode should it. All the times keanu reeves made us swoon in speed june 10th. You could not get a bus going fast enough to make a jump like that, especially since it appeared that the bus made the jump without a ramp. Then, look for a soft place to land, like a patch of grass without road signs or other obstructions.