Speed (IMAX)
Encyclopedia
Written and directed by Greg MacGillivray
of MacGillivray Freeman Films
in 1984, Speed is a documentary
which chronicles the development of human technology as part of our desire to go faster than before.
It was originally produced for Six Flags
Autoworld in Flint
, Michigan
.
In 1994 Knowledge Adventure
worked with Imax to make an MS-DOS game of the film.
Greg MacGillivray
Greg MacGillivray is an American film director and cinematographer. MacGillivray was first nominated for an Academy Award in 1995 for directing The Living Sea , and was nominated in the same category again for Dolphins in 2000.He has initiated the development of three cameras for the IMAX format...
of MacGillivray Freeman Films
MacGillivray Freeman Films
MacGillivray Freeman Films is an American film studio based in Laguna Beach, California and founded in the mid 1960s by Greg MacGillivray and Jim Freeman. Most well known for its IMAX films, the studio has produced and distributed 35 IMAX films since 1974...
in 1984, Speed is a documentary
Documentary film
Documentary films constitute a broad category of nonfictional motion pictures intended to document some aspect of reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction or maintaining a historical record...
which chronicles the development of human technology as part of our desire to go faster than before.
It was originally produced for Six Flags
Six Flags
Six Flags Entertainment Corp. is the world's largest amusement park corporation based on quantity of properties and the fifth most popular in terms of attendance. The company maintains 14 properties located throughout North America, including theme parks, thrill parks, water parks and family...
Autoworld in Flint
Flint, Michigan
Flint is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan and is located along the Flint River, northwest of Detroit. The U.S. Census Bureau reports the 2010 population to be placed at 102,434, making Flint the seventh largest city in Michigan. It is the county seat of Genesee County which lies in the...
, Michigan
Michigan
Michigan is a U.S. state located in the Great Lakes Region of the United States of America. The name Michigan is the French form of the Ojibwa word mishigamaa, meaning "large water" or "large lake"....
.
In 1994 Knowledge Adventure
Knowledge Adventure
Knowledge Adventure, Inc. is a maker of educational software including the Adiboo and JumpStart series of grade-based and subject-based titles, such as My First Encyclopedia. It was established in the late 1980s in Los Angeles, then later merged with another large education software firm, Davidson...
worked with Imax to make an MS-DOS game of the film.