Amazon.com: Speed (IMAX): Bill Aronson, Lee Brock, Kelly Brown, James Burke: Amazon Instant Video

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Synopsis: 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.

Starring: Bill Aronson, Lee Brock

Supporting actors: Kelly Brown, James Burke, Bill Carter

Directed by: Greg MacGillivray

Runtime: 30 minutes

Release year: 1984

Studio: Egami Media

ASIN: B000PUQVFI (Rental) and B000PUQVGW (Purchase)

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Rental rights: 7 day viewing period Details

Purchase rights: Stream instantly and download to 2 locations. Details

Compatible with: Mac and Windows PC online viewing, compatible instant streaming devices, TiVo DVRs. System requirements

Format: Amazon Instant Video (streaming online video and digital download)

Theatrical Release Information

US Theatrical Release Date: May 23, 1984

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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Definitive IMAX Experience, July 21, 2004

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Anthony Lavado "Movies, Music, Computers, and... (Burlington, ON, Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Speed (IMAX) (2-Disc WMVHD Edition) (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.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Well produced, fun experience, December 15, 2004

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Sandra Starr (Parsippany, NJ) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Speed (IMAX) (2-Disc WMVHD Edition) (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.

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2.0 out of 5 stars No Closed Captioning???, April 21, 2011

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This review is from: Speed (IMAX) (2-Disc WMVHD Edition) (DVD)

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.

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