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Initech

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Thu Apr 24, 2014, 06:44 PM Apr 2014

Washington Man Trying To Collect Every VHS Copy Of Speed Ever Made

Ryan Beitz, of Pullman, Wash., is trying to collect every single copy of the movie "Speed" ever made on VHS.

He's calling his efforts "The World Speed Project," and already owns more than 550 copies of the 1994 movie starring Keanu Reeves and Sandra Bullock trying to save a bus from exploding.

Beitz bought the first few copies in a pawn shop as prank Christmas gifts, and now, just like the bus in the movie, can't stop.

"I realized it was really fascinating to have that many, like, same copies of a thing," Beitz told Vice.com of his unusual endeavor. "What really cemented it was when I went to another pawn shop, and they had, like, 30 copies. I said, 'I'll take them all.' They sold them to me for 11 cents a copy."

http://gma.yahoo.com/blogs/abc-blogs/man-serious-speed-161431656--abc-news-movies.html


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Washington Man Trying To Collect Every VHS Copy Of Speed Ever Made (Original Post) Initech Apr 2014 OP
This message was self-deleted by its author Warren DeMontague Apr 2014 #1
Mr Beitz, if you fall below buying one VHS copy of Speed a day... Bosonic Apr 2014 #2

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