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Speed Racer (2008)   Movie Main Page Movie Overview Movie Details   Showtimes & Tickets   DVD/Video Info   Trailers & Clips   Cast and Credits   Awards & Nominations Reviews and Previews   Critics Reviews   User Reviews Photos   Premiere Photos   Movie Stills Community   Message Board Shopping   Buy the DVD/Video Other Resources   Web Sites   Movie Lists An all-time favorite? A movie not to miss? Add to My Movies!    Watch the Trailer Born to race cars, Speed Racer is aggressive, instinctive and, most of all, fearless. His only real competition is the memory of the brother he idolized - the legendary Rex Racer, whose death in a race has left behind a legacy that Speed is driven to fulfill. Speed is loyal to the family racing business, led by his father, Pops Racer, the designer of Speed's thundering Mach 5. When Speed turns down a lucrative and tempting offer from Royalton Industries, he not only infuriates the company's maniacal owner but uncovers a terrible secret - some of the biggest races are being fixed by a handful of ruthless moguls who manipulate the top drivers to boost profits. If Speed won't drive for Royalton, Royalton will see to it that the Mach 5 never crosses another finish line. The only way for Speed to save his family's business and the sport he loves is to beat Royalton at his own game. With the support of his family and his loyal girlfriend, Trixie, Speed teams with his one-time rival - the mysterious Racer X - to win the race that had taken his brother's life: the death-defying, cross-country rally known as The Crucible. Production Status: Released Logline: Story of Speed Racer, who's Mach 5 vehicle can jump, go under water and clear trees. When he's not racing, he's battling villians with his girlfriend Trixie, kid brother Spritle and pet monkey Chim-Chim. Genres: Action/Adventure, Science Fiction/Fantasy, Thriller and Adaptation Running Time: 2 hr. 15 min. Release Date: May 9th, 2008 (wide) MPAA Rating: PG for sequences of action, some violence, language and brief smoking. Distributors: Warner Bros. Pictures Distribution Production Co.: Donners Company, Silver Pictures, Velocity Productions, Sechste Babelsberg Film Studios: Warner Bros. Pictures Financiers: Funding: Berlin-Brandenburg Film Fund FFA Filmfoerderungsanstalt, Anarchos Productions, Inc., Deutscher Filmfoerderfonds (DFFF) Co-Financier: Village Roadshow Pictures Entertainment U.S. Box Office: $43,929,341 Filming Locations: Europe Babelsberg Studio, Berlin, Germany Produced in: United States