The Fast And The Furious 2001
| The Fast and the Furious | |
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 Theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | Rob Cohen[1] |
| Screenplay past |
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| Story past | Gary Scott Thompson |
| Based on | "Racer X" by Ken Li |
| Produced past | Neal H. Moritz |
| Starring |
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| Cinematography | Ericson Core |
| Edited by | Peter Honess |
| Music by | BT |
| Production | Universal Pictures[2] |
| Distributed by | Universal Pictures[2] |
| Release date |
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| Running time | 106 minutes[3] |
| Countries |
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| Linguistic communication | English |
| Budget | $38 meg[3] |
| Box office | $207.3 meg[3] |
The Fast and the Furious is a 2001 action flick directed by Rob Cohen from a screenplay by Gary Scott Thompson, David Ayer, and Erik Bergquist, from a story by Thompson. It is the showtime installment in the Fast & Furious franchise, and stars Paul Walker as Brian O'Conner and Vin Diesel as Dominic Toretto, with Michelle Rodriguez and Jordana Brewster in supporting roles. In the picture, a recent spate of automobile hijackings causes O'Conner, a constabulary officer, to go hush-hush and befriend Toretto, a local street racer, to investigate the matter.
The Fast and the Furious entered development in late 1998, later on Cohen and producer Neal H. Moritz read a Vibe article most illegal street racing in New York City.[4] Thompson and Bergquist wrote the original screenplay that twelvemonth, with Ayer hired shortly after.[5] Various actors were considered for the roles of O'Conner and Toretto, with Walker bandage in 1998 and so Diesel fuel in early 1999, with the pair attending bodily street races in preparation for the moving-picture show.[vi] Principal photography commenced in July 2000 and finished that October, with filming locations primarily including Los Angeles and the surrounding area in southern California.[vii] The pic's title is borrowed from Roger Corman's 1954 film of the same name.
The Fast and the Furious was originally fix to be released worldwide in March 2001, only was postponed until the summer. It premiered at Mann Village Theatre in Los Angeles on June 18, 2001, and was theatrically released in the U.s.a. by Universal Pictures on June 22. The motion picture received mixed reviews from critics, with criticism for its screenplay and characterization, but praise for the action sequences and Walker and Diesel fuel's performances, with the film considered their breakthrough roles. The Fast and the Furious was a commercial success, grossing $207 one thousand thousand worldwide, making information technology the 19th highest-grossing picture show of 2001. Information technology was followed past the sequel motion picture 2 Fast 2 Furious (2003).
Plot [edit]
On a deserted highway, a heist coiffure driving iii modified Honda Civics attack a truck conveying electronic goods, steal its cargo, and escape into the night. The post-obit day, a articulation Los Angeles Police Section (LAPD) and FBI task forcefulness sends LAPD officer Brian O'Conner undercover to locate the coiffure. He begins his investigation at Toretto's Marketplace and flirts with its owner Mia, sister of the infamous street racer Dominic Toretto, while Dominic sits in the back role reading a newspaper. Dominic'due south crew—Vince, Leon, Jesse, and Dom'southward girlfriend Letty—arrives. Vince, who has a crush on Mia, starts a fight with Brian until Dominic intervenes.
That night, Brian brings a modified 1995 Mitsubishi Eclipse to an illegal street race, hoping to find a lead on the thieves. Dominic arrives in his Mazda RX-7 and initiates a drag race between himself, Brian and two other drivers. Lacking funds, Brian is forced to wager his car. Dominic wins the race later on Brian's auto malfunctions, but the LAPD arrive earlier Dom tin can have the vehicle. Brian helps Dominic escape in the Eclipse, only they accidentally venture into the territory of Dominic'south quondam racing rival, gang leader Johnny Tran and his cousin Lance Nguyen, who destroy the Eclipse. Afterwards returning to safety, Dominic reiterates that Brian even so owes him a "10 second car".
Brian brings a damaged 1994 Toyota Supra to Dominic's garage as a replacement. Dominic and his crew brainstorm the long process of restoring the vehicle, and Brian starts dating Mia. He also begins investigating Tran, convinced that he is the mastermind behind the truck hijackings. While investigating one garage at nighttime, Brian is discovered by Dominic and Vince. Brian convinces them that he is researching his opponents' vehicles for the upcoming desert Race Wars. Together, the trio investigate Tran's garage, discovering a large quantity of electronic goods.
Brian reports the discovery to his superiors and Tran and Lance are arrested. The electronics are proved to have been purchased legally, and Brian is forced to confront his suspicion that Dominic is the true mastermind. Brian is given 36 hours to find the heist crew, as the truckers are now arming themselves to defend against the hijackings. The following solar day, Dominic and Brian nourish Race Wars. There, Jesse wagers his father's MK3 Volkswagen Jetta against Tran in his Honda S2000, but flees with the car after he loses. Tran accuses Dominic of reporting him to the law, causing Dominic to attack him. After security guards break upwardly the fight, Tran demands Dominic recover the vehicle.
That night, Brian witnesses Dominic and his crew leaving and realizes they are the hijackers. He reveals his truthful identity to Mia and convinces her to help him find the crew. Dominic, Letty, Vince, and Leon attack a semi-trailer truck, intending information technology to be their final heist. The armed driver shoots Vince and runs Letty off the road. Brian arrives with Mia and rescues Vince. He is forced to reveal his identity to telephone call in emergency medical care to save Vince. Dominic, Mia and the rest of the crew leave before the authorities can go far.
Some time later, Brian arrives at Dominic'southward business firm to auscultate him equally Dominic is getting his begetter'due south 1970 Dodge Charger R/T out of the garage. He demands Brian leave, since he is not running, just rather going to rescue Jesse who has no ane else to await after him. Jesse all of a sudden arrives at the firm and pleads for protection. Tran and Lance perform a bulldoze-by shooting on motorcycle, killing Jesse. Brian and Dominic give chase in their separate vehicles, finding and killing Tran and injuring Lance. Brian so pursues Dominic, with them both eventually acquiescing to a quarter-mile elevate race. The pair barely cantankerous a railroad before a train passes, which ends the race in a describe, only Dominic crashes his car into a truck. Instead of arresting him, Brian gives Dominic the keys to his own car, asserting that he nevertheless owes him a 10-second car from their first race. Dominic leaves in the Supra equally Brian walks away.
In the mail service-credits scene, Dominic is seen driving through Baja California, Mexico, in a 1970 Chevrolet Chevelle SS.
Cast [edit]
- Paul Walker as Brian O'Conner:
An LAPD officeholder sent to infiltrate a crew of hijackers. Mia's love interest. - Vin Diesel as Dominic Toretto:
Leader of the heist coiffure and a professional person street racer. He was banned from professional person racing after a violent retaliatory attack on the human being who accidentally killed Dominic's male parent. - Michelle Rodriguez as Letty Ortiz:
A member of Dominic'southward crew and his girlfriend. - Jordana Brewster as Mia Toretto:
Dominic'south sister and possessor of the Toretto general store. Brian'due south honey interest. - Rick Yune as Johnny Tran:
A Vietnamese gang leader and rival of Dominic. - Chad Lindberg as Jesse:
A fellow member of Dominic's crew. Highly intelligent with math, algebra, and in computing, only he suffers from attention deficit disorder. - Johnny Stiff as Leon:
A member of Dominic's crew. - Matt Schulze as Vince:
A member of Dominic's coiffure and his babyhood friend. He harbors an unrequited love for Mia.
The central cast is rounded out by Ted Levine and Thom Barry every bit Tanner and Bilkins respectively, members of the team that organized the investigation to place Brian undercover. Noel Gugliemi appears as Hector, the organizer of the drag race. Musician and rapper Ja Rule and car tuner R.J. de Vera also act as Edwin and Danny, fellow drivers at the drag race who race against Dominic and Brian. Vyto Ruginis plays Harry, an informant and owner of The Racer's Edge. Reggie Lee portrays Lance Nguyen, Tran'south cousin, and correct-hand homo. Neal H. Moritz and Rob Cohen both announced in cameos; Moritz plays an unnamed driver of a black Ferrari F355 convertible who is given a challenge by Brian, while Cohen plays a Pizza Hut delivery human being.
Product [edit]
Development [edit]
Director Rob Cohen was inspired to make the motion picture later reading a 1998 Vibe mag commodity called "Racer X" nigh street racing in New York City[4] and watching an actual illegal street race at night in Los Angeles, with the screenplay originally developed by Gary Scott Thompson and Erik Bergquist. The film'south original title was Redline before it was changed to The Fast and the Furious.[8] Roger Corman licensed the championship rights of his 1954 film The Fast and the Furious to Universal so that the championship could be used on this projection; both films were most racing.[9] David Ayer was brought into the project to assist rework the script. Ayer changed it from the "mostly white and suburban story" prepare in New York to a diverse 1 set in Los Angeles.[10]
Producer Neal H. Moritz, who had previously worked with Paul Walker on the film The Skulls (2000), gave the actor a script and offered him the role of Brian O'Conner. Eminem was offered the role, but turned it down to piece of work in his own motion picture 8 Mile and Mark Wahlberg and Christian Bale were also considered for the office.[xi] Originally, the studio told the producers they would green-light the film if they could get Timothy Olyphant to play the function of Dominic Toretto. Olyphant, however, who had starred in the previous twelvemonth's car-themed blockbuster Gone in 60 Seconds, declined the role. Moritz instead suggested Vin Diesel, who had to be convinced to take the office even though he had but played supporting roles up to that indicate.[6] The function of Mia Toretto was originally written for Eliza Dushku, who turned downward the role and Sarah Michelle Gellar, Jessica Biel, Kirsten Dunst and Natalie Portman auditioned for the part.[11]
Filming [edit]
The film was shot in various locations within Los Angeles and parts of southern California, from July to Oct 2000. Central locations included Dodger Stadium (on the opening scene where Brian tests his Eclipse on the parking lot), Angelino Heights, Silver Lake and Echo Park (the neighborhoods around Toretto's habitation), as well as Little Saigon (where Tran destroys the Eclipse) and the San Bernardino International Aerodrome (the venue for Race Wars, which attracted over 1,500 import auto owners and enthusiasts).[12] The unabridged last rig heist scene was filmed along Domenigoni Parkway on the southern side of San Jacinto/Hemet in the San Jacinto Valley nearly Diamond Valley Lake.
Prior to filming, both Jordana Brewster and Michelle Rodriguez did not have driver's licenses, and then they took driving lessons during production. For the climactic race scene between Brian and Toretto, separate shots of both cars crossing the railroad and the train crossing the street were filmed, then composited together to give the illusion of the train narrowly missing the cars. A long steel rod was used as a ramp for Toretto'southward car to crash through the semi-truck and wing in mid-air.
An alternate catastrophe titled "More than Furious" was filmed, in which Tanner drops Brian off at the Toretto home, where he encounters Mia packing, intending to move abroad. Brian reveals that he resigned from the LAPD, who allow him become quietly, and that he wants some other chance with her. When Mia tells him that it's not going to be that elementary, Brian tells her that he'southward got time. This ending was released in the collection bundle DVD version.
During the filming of the movie, seventy-viii cars were wrecked both on and off-screen. Out of the seventy-eight cars, three cars were shown being destroyed in the picture's trailer solitary. [13]
Music [edit]
The film'due south score was composed by music producer BT, mixing electronica with hip-hop and industrial influences. Two soundtracks were released for the film. The beginning one features mostly hip-hop and rap music. The second one, titled More than Fast and Furious, features alternative metal, post-grunge and nu metal songs, as well as select tracks from BT's score.
Release [edit]
Box office [edit]
The Fast and the Furious was released on June 22, 2001, in Due north America and ranked #1 at the box function, earning $forty,089,015 during its opening weekend. Its widest release was 2,889 theaters. During its run, the film has fabricated a domestic total of $144,533,925 along with an international total of $62,750,000 bringing its worldwide total of $207,283,925 on a budget of $38 million.[14]
Home media [edit]
The Fast and the Furious was released on DVD on January 2, 2002.[fifteen] More than 5.5 million units were sold by April 2002.[xvi] A second DVD, dubbed the "Tricked Out Edition", was released on June three, 2003, and features The Turbo Charged Prelude for 2 Fast ii Furious, a short moving-picture show that set the tone of the picture's sequel. An abridged version of the short film is likewise on the sequel's DVD release.
Reception [edit]
Disquisitional response [edit]
On Rotten Tomatoes, The Fast and the Furious has an approving rating of 54% based on 154 reviews, and an average rating of 5.xl/10. The website's critical consensus reads: "Sleek and shiny on the surface, The Fast and the Furious recalls those cheesy teenage exploitation flicks of the 1950s."[17] On Metacritic, the moving picture has a weighted average score of 58 out of 100 based on 29 critics, indicating "mixed or boilerplate reviews".[18] Audiences surveyed by CinemaScore gave the moving-picture show an boilerplate grade of "B+" on an A+ to F calibration.[19]
Todd McCarthy of Variety called the film "a gritty and gratifying cheap thrill, Rob Cohen'southward loftier-octane hot-car meller is a true rarity these days, a actually good exploitationer, the sort of thing that would rule at drive-ins if they still existed."[twenty] Kevin Thomas of the Los Angeles Times chosen it "an activeness picture that'due south surprising in the complexity of its fundamental characters and portents of tragedy."[21] Vin Diesel's portrayal of Dominic Torretto won praise, with Reece Pendleton of the Chicago Reader writing that "Diesel fuel carries the movie with his unsettling mix of Zen-similar serenity and barely controlled rage."[22]
Other reviews were more mixed. Susan Wloszczyna of USA Today gave the film 2 i⁄2 out of iv stars, maxim that Cohen "at least knows how to keep matters moving and the activity sequences exciting."[23] Owen Gleiberman of Entertainment Weekly gave the motion picture a C, maxim it "works difficult to be exciting, merely the movie scarcely lives up to its championship."[24] Rita Kempley of The Washington Post gave the film a scathing review, calling it "Rebel Without a Cause without a cause. The Immature and the Restless with gas fumes. The Quick and the Dead with skid marks."[25] Paul Clinton of CNN wrote that Cohen "created a high-octane, prophylactic-burning extravaganza" but he criticized the flick for "plot holes yous could drive the proverbial truck through" and an "idiotic" ending.[26]
Accolades [edit]
| Award | Category | Nominee | Consequence |
|---|---|---|---|
| AFI Accolade | Cinematographer of the Year | Ericson Cadre | Nominated |
| ALMA Award | Outstanding Song in a Movement Picture Soundtrack | The Fast and the Furious for the song "Put It On Me" | Nominated |
| ASCAP Laurels | Most Performed Songs from Movement Pictures | Caddillac Tah for the song "Put Information technology On Me" | Won |
| Black Reel | Theatrical – All-time Actor | Vin Diesel | Nominated |
| BMI Motion picture Music Accolade | BT | Won | |
| Aureate Trailer | All-time Action | The Fast and the Furious | Nominated |
| Hollywood Quantum Award | Breakthrough Male Performance | Paul Walker | Won |
| Gilded Reel Award (Move Motion-picture show Sound Editors) | All-time Sound Editing – Effects & Foley, Domestic Characteristic Film | Bruce Stambler (supervising sound editor) Jay Nierenberg (supervising sound editor) Michael Dressel (supervising foley editor) Steve Mann (sound editor) Kim Secrist (sound editor) Steve Nelson (sound editor) Howard Neiman (sound editor) Glenn Hoskinson (sound editor) Tim Walston (audio furnishings designer) Charles Deenen (sound effects designer) Scott Curtis (foley editor) Dan Yale (foley editor) | Nominated |
| Golden Reel Award (Movement Picture Sound Editors) | Best Sound Editing – Dialogue & ADR, Domestic Feature Moving picture | Bruce Stambler (supervising sound editor) Jay Nierenberg (supervising audio editor) Becky Sullivan (supervising dialogue editor/supervising adr editor) Mildred Iatrou (dialogue editor) Donald L. Warner Jr. (dialogue editor) Robert Troy (dialogue editor) Paul Curtis (dialogue editor) William Dotson (dialogue editor) Cathie Speakman (dialogue editor) Nicholas Vincent Korda (adr editor) Lee Lemont (adr editor) | Nominated |
| MTV Movie Award | All-time On-Screen Team | Vin Diesel Paul Walker | Won |
| Best Movie | The Fast and the Furious | Nominated | |
| Best Male Performance | Vin Diesel | Nominated | |
| Breakthrough Male Performance | Paul Walker | Nominated | |
| Best Action Sequence | The Fast and the Furious | Nominated | |
| Stinkers Award | Most Intrusive Musical Score | Won | |
| Taurus Honour | Best Driving | Matt Johnston Mike Justus Debbie Evans Tim Trella Christopher J. Tuck Kevin Scott (semi driver) | Won |
| Best Work With a Vehicle | Christopher J. Constrict Mike Justus | Won | |
| Best Stunt by a Stunt Adult female | Debbie Evans | Won | |
| Best Stunt past a Stunt Man | Christopher J. Constrict Tim Trella | Won | |
| Best Stunt Coordinator and/or 2nd Unit of measurement Director: Feature Film | Mic Rodgers | Won | |
| Best Work With a Vehicle | Jimmy N. Roberts | Nominated | |
| Hardest Hitting | Mike Justus | Nominated | |
| Teen Choice Awards | Choice Motion picture: Sleazebag | Rick Yune | Nominated |
| Pick Moving picture: Hissy Fit | Vin Diesel | Nominated | |
| Choice Moving-picture show: Fight Scene | Paul Walker vs. Rick Yune | Nominated | |
| Choice Summer Picture | The Fast and the Furious | Nominated |
Merchandising [edit]
Racing Champions released diecast metal replicas of the film's cars in unlike scales from one/xviii to 1/64.[27] RadioShack sold ZipZaps micro RC versions of the cars in 2002.[28] 1/24 calibration plastic model kits of the hero cars were manufactured past AMT Ertl.[29]
References [edit]
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- ^ Elvis Mitchell (June 22, 2001). "Getaway Drivers, Take Note: This One's Fabricated for You". The New York Times.
- ^ Interview found on the original DVD release
- ^ "Roger Corman: How I Made 400 Films, Mentored Coppola and Ended Upwards Fighting in Court for My Fortune". hollywoodreporter.com . Retrieved May 4, 2017.
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- ^ The Washington Post – Fast Leaving Logic in the Grit
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External links [edit]
- The Fast and the Furious at IMDb
- The Fast and the Furious at the American Film Institute Catalog
- The Fast and the Furious at Netflix
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