Mar 10, 20 jake speed is a hero from a series of novels, who battles for justice with his gun the kid. Arrow videos release offers a capable av experience, but lacks a bit in the. Jake speed entertainment film distributors release date. With wayne crawford, dennis christopher, karen kopins, john hurt. A chiseled, heroic action figure, speed saves lives on paper, but when a young girl is kidnapped. Similar searches tt boy byron long steed jake steed gangbang jake steed teen jack steed jake steed ebony jake dirty debutantes jake steed jake steed creampie jack napier little white chicks mr marcus jake steed anal heather lee ed powers jake steed. Jake speed is a really fun and cute adventure movie, and with a great actor like john hurt playing the bad guy, and a really cute karen kopins as the lead actress, it is a lot of fun, a cute and fun adventure with some good humor, and i recomend this to anyone who like a fun and funny actionadventure movie, or to those who like movies such as. He worked on stage for the first decade of his career. This is especially frustrating as the film has a lot ultimately but not surprisingly jake speed was not a success at the box office. In this one, if the ocean liner doesnt stop, everyone will get killed. Staring wayne crawford, john hurt, dennis christopher and karen kopins.
Jake speed was intended to be one of the big breakout films for the late lamented new world pictures who released the film theatrically and on video in the states, but sadly poor promotion and perhaps a lack of star power saw the film underperforming at the box office, although its become a cult favourite for many on vhs, laserdisc and more. Jake speed the 1986 action adventure movie featuring wayne crawford and dennis christopher at the award winning 80s movies rewind. The 1080p transfer is in fine shape, showing no signs of damage and minimal grain. Jake speed makes its debut on bluray disc, having only previously been available on a budget label dvd in the uk. It is a sequel to speed 1994 and stars jason patric, willem dafoe, and sandra bullock who reprises her role from the original. Tuesday, march 31st, 2020 will be a day long remembered, as it marks the arrival of disney and lucasfilms complete star wars saga on the new 4k ultra hd formatall 9 skywalker films and the two star wars story anthology films as well. The film attempts to tap into the spirit of the adventure serial but poor narrative choices as well as poor pacing sabotage what could have been a fun movie. In a world where, unbeknownst to the public, all famous pulp fiction heroes are real, one of them, jake speed, agrees to help desperate margaret winston save her sister from sadistic white slaver sid, whos operating in africa. If theres an easy way to solve a problem, jake will look for a more exciting alternative. An adventure tale for movie buffs, jake speed deftly lifts scenes from detective films of the 40s through the 70s to bring an added dimension to its spoof of the detective and adventure genres. A chiseled, heroic action figure, speed saves lives on paper, but when a young girl is kidnapped and her sister karen kopins begs the reallife speed for help, he must find a way to be as gallant as the book hero whose creation hes inspired. Obviously, a film with a comedic tone shouldnt have sex slavers as an element of the film, but this was the 80s and so many of the successful and unsuccessful comedies during the decade were based on poor taste.
It gives fans a chance to hear the composer score an actioncomedy film while experimenting with the new instruments capabilities. However, in reallife, unlike remo williams, mack bolan, and doc savage, jake speed is not an actual pulp fiction character, and was entirely made up for this movie, as satire on pulp archetypes and cliches. He then made his screen bow in the manhattanfilmed the brotherhood 1968. The film jake speed 1986 poses an interesting question.
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Complicating matters is the old mans granddaughter, a blonde cyclone of a gal, who is suspicious of gene and frog and hires them to supply the music for her grand masquerade dance so she can keep an eye on them. This was his major contribution to the industry besides his porn movies that he starred in. Mar 04, 2016 when margarets sister is kidnapped and sold into white slavery while vacationing in europe, margaret feels responsible since it was she who convinced her sister to take the trip. Jake speed wayne crawford is the lead character in some of the biggest pageturners of the 1940s. Facebook gives people the power to share and makes the world more open and connected. Jake speed is a 1986 actioncomedy film directed by andrew lane, produced by lane, wayne crawford, and william fay, written by. When a family gets word that their daughter has been kidnapped in paris, her father comments that they should get jake speed to find her. In this case, i think jake speed s the man for the job. Jake speed soundtrack songs and instrumental score music. Picture grading and restoration was completed at pinewood. Jake speed is the lead character in some of the biggest pageturners of the 1940s. Wie ublich wurde dieser film in video hd hohe auflosung fur kinoprojektion oder blurays mit dolbydigitalaudio gefilmt. When a young girl is kidnapped and her sister begs the reallife speed for help, he must find a way to be as gallant as the book hero whose creation hes inspired.
The music for jake speed is very 80s in its semipop moments with a predominant pan pipe sound being favored for melodic delivery giving the score an overall lighter texture. The movie is great and fun, but this restoration process that was done is good on the. While a viewer shouldnt expect gold it does offer charm among its rusted edges. This story travels to africa where the fun keeps coming. Apr 02, 2009 buysoundtrax records presents jake speed, featuring music composed and performed by mark snow for the 1986 action comedy directed by andrew lane, written by lane and wayne crawford, starring crawford as jake speed himself, along with dennis christopher, karen kopins and john hurt. Weve seen this done before, but seldom so well, or at such a high pitch of energy. Jake speed 1986 paperback hero jake wayne crawford and his author dennis christopher help a girl karen kopins save her sister from white slavers in africa. Jake speed 1986 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
Many may find jake speed to be a bit of a boring affair, and rightly so, but others will appreciate it for what its attempting to do, even if it isnt entirely successful at it. It stars john belushi and dan aykroyd as joliet jake and elwood blues, characters developed from the blues brothers recurring musical sketch on the nbc variety series saturday night live. A ripe slice of 80s action cheese in the tradition of raiders of the lost ark and romancing the stone, jake speed has it all. In the movie, jake speed is just one of these reallife pulp heroes, and even talks about his famous colleagues once or twice. Can margret find jake speed in time to save her sister. Crawford comes to life in order to rescue a woman from. May 30, 1986 in jake speed, which opens today at embassy 1 and other theaters, a fictional hero from a pulp novel comes to life to help a woman who is in desperate, not to say ridiculous, straits. Yet if jake speed meant to be true to its sources, it could sure have done with more cliffhanging and lots less gore and piling up of corpses. Variety movie guide said his portrayal was well played, and that he delivered his lines as an old.
Sarafian, starring barry newman, cleavon little, and dean jagger. Jake speed is a fun character, and the beauty of the movie is that its done in a very tongue in cheek style, while still retaining some nice. With speedfilm i can run a full season and the cars always look great, without it after one race weekend the cars look terrible and need costly paint work. The wild frontier 1993, ubejani 1997 and snake island 2002. Jake speed was restored for this release by arrow films. In the first movie, if the bus stopped, everyone would get killed. Join facebook to connect with jake speed and others you may know. However, jake speed does exist, as margaret finds out, when he leaves a note for her to meet him and his sidekick, desmond floyd dennis christopher, in a tough paris bar. Wayne crawford was born in 1947 in geneva, new york, usa as wayne david crawford.
Films about kidnapping, the unlawful carrying away asportation and confinement of a person against their will subcategories. But other filmmakers use cgi to fill in the worlds of their films, to make it plausible, while the wachowskis lean into both digital and cgi for its. Theres a certain perversity in jake speed s title, because swiftness is the one ingredient most lacking in this lighthearted adventure. The blues brothers is a 1980 american musical comedy film directed by john landis. It was based on a 1929 stage musical of the same name by harry ruby, guy bolton and bert kalmar. Crawford comes to life in order to rescue a woman from a white slavery ring. Jake speed variety jake speed is fun a deliberately mindless adventure that keeps tongue firmly in cheek. Rent jake speed 1986 on dvd and bluray dvd netflix. When supposedly fictional pulp novel daredevil jake speed wayne crawford, who also cowrote turns out to be very real, its good news for beautiful damsel in distress margaret winston karen kopins, who needs jake s help to rescue her sister from sinister white slaverand speed s number one. The remarkable thing is that here is a movie that wants to be bad and still fails. My first reaction after watching jake speed was that ive never seen a movie that felt more. The film is presented in its original aspect ratio of 1. Return of the king, shortland street, living the dream, outrageous fortune, street legal and many more. Top speed is a 1930 american precode musical comedy film released by first national pictures, a subsidiary of warner brothers.
Jun 16, 2016 this feature is not available right now. Jake speed wayne crawford is a man of action, an adventurer with no equal. Millie perkins born may 12, 1938 is an american film and television actress probably best known for her debut film role as anne frank in the diary of anne frank 1959, and for her supporting actress roles in two 1966 westerns, the shooting and ride in the whirlwind, both directed by monte hellman. Speed racer is scarcely the first, and certainly not the last, blockbuster to be the product of massive greenscreen use, to be a liveaction film that has more animation than concrete objects. Its a smart, inventive thriller that starts with hostages trapped on an elevator and continues with two chases one on a bus, one on a subway so that its walltowall with action, stunts, special effects and excitement. Crawford received his bachelor of arts degree from florida atlantic university and served at the university of north carolina school of the arts teaching directing for their school of filmmaking he portrayed the title character in the film jake speed, which he also cowrote and coproduced. Its a small twist, i grant you, but a decisive one. The novels, as margaret finds out, are based on jake and dess reallife. But when a movie is this bad, it sometimes offers some laughs and fun, which is the case with jake speed.
Jake speed is an early feature film score for mark snow. The storyline is interesting, but unfolds in very bad form within the film, the acting is downright terrible, and there is little to praise about jake speed, as it pretty much sucks the eggs in all respects. In jake speed, which opens today at embassy 1 and other theaters, a fictional hero from a pulp novel comes to life to help a woman who is in desperate, not to say ridiculous, straits. Jake speed directed by andrew lane available on vhs, blu. The original 35mm interpositive was scanned in 2k resolution on a lasergraphics director scanner at efilm, burbank. Jake speed is a 1986 american action adventure comedy directed and produced by andrew. She is amazed to find that he actually exists, and that as flesh and blood, is much less formidable than his reputation. He gained some experience on tv in shows like the defenders, east sidewest side and the virginian. Jake speed is an often forgotten movie but while it has imperfections it does prove to be a treasure worth digging up.
Cruise control, which is a sequel to speed in name onlysince even the basic premise is different. Watch jake speed full movie online here film jake speed 71141. Enter jake speed wayne crawford, barracuda, leaping from the pages of pulp. It was bobs film, says irwin winkler, the producer of raging bull. As such, it is a movie that takes a little too long to get going, before the real nittygritty of the action arrives in an admittedly pacey. Wayne crawford cowrites and stars in this us action adventure directed by andrew lane. Its no surprise arrow video have decided to release it.
Part of 8 pages of info for the 1986 movie from the award winning 80s movies rewind. Wayne crawford is jake speed, the hero in a series of action novels. Barry primus is primarily an actor, but he has also doubled and tripled as writer and director. Essentially the story of a disaffected excop and race driver who is delivering a soupedup car cross country to california while high on speed uppers, being chased by police and meeting various characters along the way, the film has become a cult movie. Jake speed 1986 andrew lane synopsis, characteristics. High adventure and unmatched thrills abound in this rollercoaster of cliffhanger excitement. When maureen winston rebecca ashley is kidnapped, her grandfather leon ames recruits jake speed crawford, a fictional character from a series of pulp fiction novels, to help bring her back. Jake speed certainly has its adventurous heart in the right place and, given the talent of spielberg or zemeckis, would have been a real treat if the script had been written a lot tighter than it is here.
One of the best things about jake speed would have to be the casting of john hurt as the film. Comments are turned off autoplay when autoplay is enabled, a suggested video will automatically play next. When the season is over i replace the speedfilm only if necessary and keep running. Accompanied by the victims sibling, speed flies to. When her sister is taken by a gang of white slavers, margaret karen kopins, troop beverly hills knows. Nightcrawler is a 2014 american thriller film written and directed by dan gilroy. Jake speed wayne crawford est le personnage principal dans certains des plus grands tournepages des annees 1940. Surprisingly, he was never inducted into the avn hall of fame, though he did win an avn award and an xrco award. When her sister is kidnapped by white slavers, only grandpa knows what to do. Jake speed is a character in a series of 1940sstyle pulp fiction novels. Unlike remo williams and mack bolan, jake speed s books are based on his real adventures. Unlike remo williams and mack bolan, jake speeds books are based on his real adventures.