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Special Features
- Disc 1: anamorphic widescreen and full-screen versions in DTS, Dolby 5.1, or Dolby 2.0
- Disc 2: the complete feature in Microsoft Windows Media Video High Definition, playable on your PC (widescreen version only). WMV HD delivers up to 1080p resolution (6 times the resolution of standard definition DVD video) and 5.1 or 7.1 surround sound
Editorial Reviews
Amazon.com
For anyone who craves the adrenaline rush of maximum velocity, Speed is a thrill ride custom-made for superior home-theater systems. Like any IMAX film, this popular 30-minute program suffers from home-theater reduction, but its crisp images and flawless audio (especially in DTS mode) provide adequate compensation as James Burke (lively host of the classic science/invention series Connections) narrates a brisk survey of speed, from the earliest push-pedal bicycle, to the Stanley Steamer, internal combustion engines (including a nod to pioneering hot-rodder Bill Vukovich), jets, rockets, and beyond. From Chuck Yeager's breaking of the sound barrier in 1947's Bell X-1, to the supersonic SR-71 "Blackbird" spy-plane, the Apollo missions, rocket-powered dragsters, and the Blue Angels precision-flight team, this MacGillivray-Freeman production delivers a breathtaking blaze of color, sound, and historical perspective, finally suggesting--with a "stargate" sequence reminiscent of 2001: A Space Odyssey--that "the final frontier" of speed lies within the realm of imagination. --Jeff Shannon
Product Description
From the dawn of man to the distant future, see how the need to go faster has shaped our lives and motivated our progress in this dynamic visual and emotional IMAX experience. Fueled by imagination, mankind has forged on to break through new frontiers and expand human potential beyond what anyone ever thought possible. Daredevils, test pilots, racers, astronauts - all of these people have launched towards the infinite and brought us ever closer to realizing our dreams. Disc 2 includes the complete feature in Microsoft Windows Media High Definition, playable on your PC.
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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
Okay, let's face it. This film came out before my time. I wasn't around in 1982 to see this when it premiered in big screen theatres. I only managed to catch wind of it thanks to an old DOS Educational program from Knowledge Adventure that featured the film itself. But ever since I was little, this film has never failed to capture my imagination.
It is definitely a great experience for those who can manage to catch it on an IMAX big screen as I had the chance to in May, (In fact, I think the Ontario Place Cinesphere in Toronto is the only theatre in the world still showing this film!) but this film DEFINITELY lives up to its title.
It is a rather short lived film (as most IMAX films are, due to the limitations of the format, around 40 minutes) with this particular title weighing in at around 30 minutes. For the time that it does last, the movie takes you through a whirlwind of information about the history of speed, some of its various uses, and how the technology has progressed today. Tie it off with a nice 2001: A Space Odyssey like sequence about travelling faster than light, and you have yourself a not so detailed, but fun introduction to various forms of speed. The film bases its success widely on the variety of shots that it uses from aerial cameras with the Blue Angel Precision Flying Squadron, to the front of a rollercoaster.
An overall good film, but more suited to children around ages 8 and up.
It is definitely a great experience for those who can manage to catch it on an IMAX big screen as I had the chance to in May, (In fact, I think the Ontario Place Cinesphere in Toronto is the only theatre in the world still showing this film!) but this film DEFINITELY lives up to its title.
It is a rather short lived film (as most IMAX films are, due to the limitations of the format, around 40 minutes) with this particular title weighing in at around 30 minutes. For the time that it does last, the movie takes you through a whirlwind of information about the history of speed, some of its various uses, and how the technology has progressed today. Tie it off with a nice 2001: A Space Odyssey like sequence about travelling faster than light, and you have yourself a not so detailed, but fun introduction to various forms of speed. The film bases its success widely on the variety of shots that it uses from aerial cameras with the Blue Angel Precision Flying Squadron, to the front of a rollercoaster.
An overall good film, but more suited to children around ages 8 and up.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
As with all the other HD IMAX titles, "Speed" is a fun ride. The WMV High Definition quality is excellent, the story is engaging, and the production quality is top notch.
Format:DVD|Amazon Verified Purchase
I wanted to watch this as I first saw it at Imax in Flint back in 1984. Subtitled movies weren't around back then and I had to depend on my relative to explain to me what was going on with the movie.
Fast forward 26.5 years later, Autoworld where this Imax theater used to be was demolished, one of my relative that came with me has long passed away, and my cousin that was with me went from wearing diaper to wearing bridal veil and getting married soon.
Also I find this movie has been released in DVD already and the feature included closed captioning so I decided to buy it. However when I got it and played it, there is NO CLOSED CAPTIONING ANYwHERE!! I have checked with Windows Media and it doesn't show caption or English subtitle on the DVD, nor with 720 and 1080 video on second disc. The DVD case makes no mention of closed captioning or subtitling. I checked it on my other computer and used variety of free DVD players. They either don't show Closed Captioning option or it shows as grayed out and not available on this DVD. No subtitle either.
Maybe there's more than 1 version of this video with the same UPC and same ISBN and I happened to get one without Closed Captioning. Since I have DVD with no Closed Captioning, the information Amazon provided stating this DVD has Closed Captioning is inaccurate and made me waste my money.
Fast forward 26.5 years later, Autoworld where this Imax theater used to be was demolished, one of my relative that came with me has long passed away, and my cousin that was with me went from wearing diaper to wearing bridal veil and getting married soon.
Also I find this movie has been released in DVD already and the feature included closed captioning so I decided to buy it. However when I got it and played it, there is NO CLOSED CAPTIONING ANYwHERE!! I have checked with Windows Media and it doesn't show caption or English subtitle on the DVD, nor with 720 and 1080 video on second disc. The DVD case makes no mention of closed captioning or subtitling. I checked it on my other computer and used variety of free DVD players. They either don't show Closed Captioning option or it shows as grayed out and not available on this DVD. No subtitle either.
Maybe there's more than 1 version of this video with the same UPC and same ISBN and I happened to get one without Closed Captioning. Since I have DVD with no Closed Captioning, the information Amazon provided stating this DVD has Closed Captioning is inaccurate and made me waste my money.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
It plays in 720P and 1080P
The 2nd disc containing the Window HD content is the only way to go on an HDTV. I played it from my laptop with HDMI out directly to my big screen TV (1080P) and the picture was... Read more
Published 14 months ago by Happy Dog
Brings back a lot of memories
Not quite as nice as seeing it in the original IMAX, but still an andrenaline rush. The larger the screen, the better it will look. Read more
Published on December 26, 2009 by Christian G. Nielsen
Great DVD
This may be my favorite IMAX film. I saw it at a theatre and bought the DVD. It's basically about man's desire to go faster and faster. Read more
Published on October 27, 2009 by Shatzi Crabtree
Its great to show off an HD TV
This is an old movie. I certaintly wouldnt buy it as a standard watch film. It is cool though to show off an HD tv with the WMVHD format.
Published on August 4, 2007 by John Huthmaker
EXCELENTE
IN FACT THIS DVD SHOWS IN A BRILLIANT WAY THE EVOLUTION OF THE TECHNOLOGY THAT SURROUNDS THE WILL OF THE MAN IN SEARCH OF BETTER MARKS OF SPEED IN ALL THE POSSIBLE AND IMAGINABLE... Read more
Published on March 22, 2007 by R. FACHIN
Up to Speed with Windows Hi-Def and Imax
This short film is superb as an introduction to the joys of High Definition Video. With a big plasma screen and a good "home-cinema"
set-up comprising multiple... Read more
set-up comprising multiple... Read more
Published on February 4, 2007 by Mr. Maurice E. Taggart
For those outside the STATES
Superb product. Can be viewed on a PC outside Region 1. A good sampler if wanting to know more about HD TV. Read more
Published on February 27, 2006 by Mr. G. Cooper
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