Speed Page #2

Synopsis: Bomber terrorist's elevator plan backfires, so he rigs a bomb to a LA city bus. The stipulation is: once armed, the bus must stay above 50 mph to keep from exploding. Also if LAPD Officer tries to unload any passengers off, Payne will detonate it. Joe Morton co-stars as Jack's superior, and Jeff Daniels supports Jack helping him try to defuse the bomb.
Director(s): Jan de Bont
Production: 20th Century Fox
  Won 2 Oscars. Another 16 wins & 19 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.2
Metacritic:
78
Rotten Tomatoes:
93%
R
Year:
1994
116 min
Website
1,516 Views


we evacuated anyway. Come on.

He'd want to be here,

but he'd want to stay mobile.

Right?

The elevators.

Passenger cars were stopped.

They checked them out.

What about the freight elevators?

Will the mystery guest please sign in?

What?

Jack!

Damn it.

Get to the side!

Sh*t! Sh*t! Sh*t!

Up! Get your ass up!

I don't suppose anybody

will give me 3 million

just for you.

Hold it!

Pop quiz, hotshot.

Terrorist holding a police hostage.

Got enough dynamite

strapped to his chest

to blow a building in half.

Now, what do you do?

There's gonna be 50 cops

waiting for you in the basement.

Standard flanking deployment, right?

Maybe we'll get off on the third floor, huh?

At least that's what they'll think.

I want a location on those goddamn shots!

Briggs! Where's Jack and Harry?

Lieutenant, we've got movement

on the freight elevator.

It's on three. Let's move!

End of the line.

This day has been real disappointing,

I don't mind saying.

Why?

Because you didn't get to kill everyone?

There'll come a time, boy,

when you'll wish you never met me.

Mister, I'm already there.

You can see I'm in charge here.

I drop this stick

and they pick your friend up

with a sponge.

Are you ready to die, friend?

F*** you.

In 200 years, we've come from

"I regret but I have one life

to give for my country"

to "f*** you"?

Go ahead. Drop the stick. Do it.

Shut up, Harry.

We've got all the balls

in the world here, man.

Give it up. You got nowhere to go!

Shoot the hostage.

Say goodbye, Harry.

You f***!

Freeze!

Freeze!

Give it up! You're out of options!

Through dedication and bravery,

these next two officers

effected the rescue

of 13 citizens of this city.

And thanks to them

the only life taken

by the terrorist's bomb, was his own.

You shot me. I can't believe it.

They're giving you a medal

for shooting me, you little prick.

Harry, you told me to.

The highest honor bestowed

upon a member

of the Los Angeles Police Department.

Officer Harry Temple.

Congratulations.

Thank you.

Officer Jack Traven.

Way to go, Jack. Way to go.

Here we go.

There you are, my man.

Beautiful. A toast to me.

Make me feel good about myself.

Hey, Sandy! Here we go!

OK, so how we do... oh! Whoa, whoa.

Sh*t.

I need a bib!

Here we go. All right!

Can't take me anywhere.

Thank you. That's mine.

And here is to Harry

for his quick thinking,

for his grace under pressure

and for his brave and selfless act.

Hear! Hear!

Hear! Hear!

And to Jack, for shooting Harry.

Oh, no!

Something we've all wanted to do

for a very long time.

Hey, hey!

OK, no, no. Here it is.

Here's to you guys for doing yourjob

and for not getting dead.

Mazel tov.

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Graham Yost

Graham John Yost (born September 5, 1959) is a Canadian film and television screenwriter. His best-known works are the films Speed, Broken Arrow, and Hard Rain and the TV series Justified. In 2002, he created the widely acclaimed, yet short-lived drama series Boomtown. He has also written for the television series Herman's Head and Band of Brothers. He also created the short-lived NBC drama Raines. Yost teamed up with Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg, along with two of his fellow Boomtown writers Michelle Ashford and Larry Andries, to write and direct episodes of the HBO miniseries The Pacific. Yost is the creator and executive producer of the FX series Justified, and an executive producer on the FX show The Americans. more…

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