WPFS: Speed Racer
Schedule
Mon, 01 Sep, 2025 at 06:30 pm
UTC-04:00Location
1433 P St NW, Washington, DC 20005-1907, United States | Washington, DC
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September 1, WPFS presents SPEED RACER (2008) upstairs at Stoney’s on P (1433 P St NW, Washington, DC), trailer:WPFS is a demon on wheels
• 6:30pm: Short Films & Videos
• 7pm: SPEED RACER (2008, USA | Germany, 135m)
Written and directed by
THE WACHOWSKIS (Bound, The Matrix series, V for Vendetta, Cloud Atlas, Jupiter Ascending, Sense8)
The WACHOWSKIS bring the ‘60s Japanese cartoon to life with hyperactive CGI unlike anything seen before! Driven by the legacy of his late brother, and with his family’s business at stake, gifted auto racer Speed sets out to win a deadly cross-country course in his powerful, high-tech Mach 5 automobile. But corrupt racing moguls stop at nothing to see him fail.
Starring
EMILE HIRSCH (Into the Wild, The Girl Next Door, Lords of Dogtown, Killer Joe, Milk, The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys)
CHRISTINA RICCI (The Addams Family, Addams Family Values, Sleepy Hollow, Casper, I Woke Up Early the Day I Died)
JOHN GOODMAN (Roseanne, The Big Lebowski, Barton Fink, The Flintstones, 10 Cloverfield Lane, O Brother, Where Art Thou?, Matinee, Blues Brothers 2000)
and SUSAN SARANDON (Thelma & Louise, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, The Client, Atlantic City, The Hunger, Joe)
poster: https://i.imgur.com/p2igEhR.jpg
large poster: https://i.imgur.com/ML3oTEC.jpg
No Cover. Mature Subject Matter for Immature Adults (Ages 18+).
https://notveryprofoundfilm.medium.com/in-praise-of-2008s-speed-racer-77a9162cd04d
https://filmpurgatory.com/speed-racer-2008-review-and-retrospective/
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https://filmschoolrejects.com/speed-racer-review-the-wachowskis-want-to-make-your-head-hurt/
https://filmschoolrejects.com/what-critics-said-about-speed-racer/
https://mashable.com/article/speed-racer-review-wachowskis-matrix?test_uuid=003aGE6xTMbhuvdzpnH5X4Q&test_variant=b
https://www.moriareviews.com/sciencefiction/speed-racer-film-2008.htm
https://366weirdmovies.com/apocrypha-candidate-speed-racer-2008/
https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Film/SpeedRacer2008
https://www.empireonline.com/movies/reviews/speed-racer-review/
https://www.denofgeek.com/movies/speed-racer-review/
https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/speed-racer-2008
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Where is it happening?
1433 P St NW, Washington, DC 20005-1907, United StatesEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
