The Smashing Machine (2002)

Director:

John Hyams

Genre:

Documentary | Sport

Plot Keywords:

Black Eye | Extreme Sports | Extreme Championship Wrestling | Hit In The Face | Drug Abuse

Cast

Mark Kerr	...	Himself
Mark Coleman	...	Himself
Dawn Staples	...	Herself
Bas Rutten	...	Himself
Eddie Goldman	...	Himself
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Royce Gracie	...	Himself
Ken Shamrock	...	Himself
Igor Vovchanchyn	...	Himself

Directed by
John Hyams

Produced by
Neil Fazzari	....	co-producer
Kevin Goodman	....	executive producer
Jon Greenhalgh	....	producer
John Hyams	....	co-producer
Frederico Lapenda	....	associate producer
Jerry McFadden	....	executive producer
Gavin O'Connor	....	executive producer
Greg O'Connor	....	executive producer
Michael A. Robinson	....	executive producer
Stephen Schlueter	....	co-producer

Original Music by
Boxhead Ensemble

Cinematography by
Stephen Schlueter

Film Editing by
John Hyams
Jordan Mokriski

Sound Department
Leslie Bloom	....	foley artist
Tom Efinger	....	sound re-recording mixer
Neil Fazzari	....	sound recordist
Nicholas Montgomery	....	sound designer
John Moros	....	assistant sound editor
Jay Peck	....	foley artist

Camera and Electrical Department
Greg Magnuson	....	camera operator

Thanks
Steven Bochco	....	special thanks
Peter Hyams	....	special thanks
John Sloss	....	special thanks

Production Companies

• Solaris

Distributors

• Madman Entertainment (2005) (Australia) (DVD)
• New Video Group

Also Known As:

"The Smashing Machine: The Life and Times of Mark Kerr" - USA (cable TV title)

MPAA:

Rated R for violence, some language and drug content

Runtime:

Australia:93 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

USA:R | Australia:MA | South Korea:18

Company:

Solaris

Trivia:

The original title of this movie was "The Specimen". That was Mark Kerr's original nickname and it was the title with which the movie was presented at the 2002 Tribeca Film Festival. It was change to "The Smashing Machine" once it was picked-up by HBO.

Very interesting documentary

I rented the DVD of "Smashing Machine" because I remembered Howard Stern talking about how good it was on his radio show a few months back. Just to preface where my opinion is coming from, while I am interested in martial arts and have seen a few of the UFC specials on Pay-Per-View years ago, I am by no means an active fan who is current with these events or the fighters.

Before watching, I was a little worried that this movie might of been geared towards the fans, and since I had never even heard of Mark Kerr I thought it might be uninteresting. Glad to report I was wrong... I thought this movie was fantastic. It was partially a profile of Mark Kerr and partially showing the ins and outs of the Pride Fighting events. It was odd to see that these people that go in the ring and beat the life out of each other are just regular guys who go home to a family. I would recommend this movie to anyone that is interested by martial arts or fighting, I thought it was a great watch.