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Overview
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Release Date:
28 February 2008 (Australia)
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Tagline:
Don't get chumpatized. See more »
Plot:
Diehard video game fans compete to break World Records on classic arcade games. Full summary » | Full synopsis »
Awards:
4 wins
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3 nominations
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NewsDesk:
(80 articles)
Eli Roth And Daniel Stamm Talk The Last Exorcism And More
(From HeyUGuys. 3 September 2010, 2:00 AM, PDT)
Billy Mitchell Regains Donkey Kong and Donkey Kong Jr World Records
(From Slash Film. 26 August 2010, 7:00 AM, PDT)
First trailer for Freakonomics
(From GordonandtheWhale. 16 August 2010, 7:43 PM, PDT)
(From HeyUGuys. 3 September 2010, 2:00 AM, PDT)
Billy Mitchell Regains Donkey Kong and Donkey Kong Jr World Records
(From Slash Film. 26 August 2010, 7:00 AM, PDT)
First trailer for Freakonomics
(From GordonandtheWhale. 16 August 2010, 7:43 PM, PDT)
User Reviews:
Great Documentary
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Cast
(Credited cast) | Steve Wiebe | ... | Himself (also archive footage) |
| Billy Mitchell | ... | Himself (also archive footage) |
| Walter Day | ... | Himself (also archive footage) |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Mark Alpiger | ... | Himself |
| Greg Bond | ... | Himself |
| Craig Glenday | ... | Himself |
| Brian Kuh | ... | Himself |
| Robert Mruczek | ... | Himself |
| Todd Rogers | ... | Himself |
 | Steve Sanders | ... | Himself (also archive footage) |
| Doris Self | ... | Herself |
| Roy Shildt | ... | Himself - 'Mr. Awesome' (also archive footage) |
| Mike Thompson | ... | Himself |
| Derek Wiebe | ... | Himself |
| Jillian Wiebe | ... | Herself |
| Nicole Wiebe | ... | Herself |
| Adam Wood | ... | Himself |
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"The King of Kong" - USA (original title)
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MPAA:
Rated PG-13 for a brief sexual reference.
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79 min
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USA:PG-13 (A Brief Sexual Reference) | Australia:PG
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On August 7 2010, Bill Mitchell regained the Donkey Kong record with a score of 1,062,800. It took him 2hrs and 42min of playing. After passing Hank Chien's point level, Mitchell stopped playing rather than adding to his record breaking score. He remarked, "Some say I'm being cocky. Some say I'm being lazy. I say I'm being Billy Mitchell."See more »
Goofs:
Incorrectly regarded as goofs: The Donkey Kong cabinet that Steve Wiebe installs in his garage is a combo Donkey Kong/Donkey Kong Jr. cabinet, however the markings on the cabinet are those of a stand-alone Donkey Kong Jr. cabinet. Wiebe specially purchases and installs the "brains" (PCB) of the combo game into his Donkey Kong Jr. cabinet in the course of the movie.See more »
Quotes:
Derek Wiebe:[Yelling] Daaad!
Steve Wiebe:[Playing Donkey Kong] Yes, Derek. What's wrong?
Derek Wiebe:[Upset and Angry] Wipe my butt!
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Steve Wiebe:[Playing Donkey Kong] Yes, Derek. What's wrong?
Derek Wiebe:[Upset and Angry] Wipe my butt!
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I totally disagree with the characterization that Billy Mitchell is made the villain and Steve Weibe the heroic underdog. This film did a great job of just letting each person fill in the colors for themselves. At the end, when Billy Mitchell's finally turning hypocrisy inside out, there are a few shots inserted finally that show that the filmmakers notice what is going on, but that is the extent of it.
This is a great film. Like the film American Movie, it is a whirlwind in which the power and depth of the material is remarkable, and yet it is incredibly compelling to watch, start to finish.
Another important point is that the film is not only a great treatise on individual psychology and what our winning-obsessed culture has wrought, but a great meditation on how the various types are fostered by and then fuel their immediate relations.