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| Steve Wiebe | ... | Himself - Donkey Kong Challenger | |
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Mark Alpiger | ... | Himself |
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Adam Wood | ... | Himself |
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Walter Day | ... | Himself - World's Video Game Referee |
| Steve Sanders | ... | Himself - Author: Master's Guide to Donkey Kong | |
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Steven Krogman | ... | Himself |
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Robert Mruczek | ... | Himself - Head Referee, Twin Galaxies |
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Doris Self | ... | Herself - Q*bert Contender |
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Todd Rogers | ... | Himself |
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Brian Kuh | ... | Himself - Donkey Kong Expert |
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Zack Hample | ... | Himself |
| Billy Mitchell | ... | Himself | |
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Barbara Mitchell | ... | Herself |
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Jon Farley | ... | Himself |
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Nicole Wiebe | ... | Herself - Steve's Wife |
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In the early 1980s, legendary Billy Mitchell set a Donkey Kong record that stood for almost 25 years. This documentary follows the assault on the record by Steve Wiebe, an earnest teacher from Washington who took up the game while unemployed. The top scores are monitored by a cadre of players and fans associated with Walter Day, an Iowan who runs Funspot, an annual tournament. Wiebe breaks Mitchell's record in public at Funspot, and Mitchell promptly mails a controversial video tape of himself setting a new record. So Wiebe travels to Florida hoping Mitchell will face him for the 2007 Guinness World Records. Will the mind-game-playing Mitchell engage; who will end up holding the record? Written by <jhailey@hotmail.com>
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28 February 2008 (Australia) See more »Also Known As:
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Opening Weekend USA:
$51,493, 19 August 2007, Limited ReleaseGross USA:
$677,914Cumulative Worldwide Gross:
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Written by Frankie Sullivan (as Frank Sullivan) & Jim Peterik
Published by Ensign Music o/b/o itself and Three Wise Boys Music (BMI) and WB Music Corp. o/b/o itself and Easy Action Music (ASCAP)
Performed by Survivor
Courtesy of Volcano Entertainment III
by arrangement with Sony BMG Music Entertainment
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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. This score was almost immediately beaten by Steve Wiebe, who then was defeated by Chien. See more »Goofs
When Billy Mitchell is describing an analogy of top WWI fighter aces, he claims the top French ace shot down 24 enemy planes. In reality the top French pilot (René Fonck) shot down 75 enemy planes, He also claims the Red Baron shot down 87 enemy planes, when he only had 80 confirmed kills. See more »Quotes
Brian Kuh: You know, he's gonna have to play it perfectly, he's at the hardest part of Donkey Kong, and it's not gonna get any easier. So we may have an exciting moment here, or you know, the pressure may get to him, one of those random elements might happen. Sounds like he just cleared another board, but we could have a wild barrel, or some aggressive fireballs. I thought I was gonna be the first FunSpot kill screen, and then I had three fireballs trap me, I had the hammer in my hand, they still got me. ...See more »
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Eye of the TigerWritten by Frankie Sullivan (as Frank Sullivan) & Jim Peterik
Published by Ensign Music o/b/o itself and Three Wise Boys Music (BMI) and WB Music Corp. o/b/o itself and Easy Action Music (ASCAP)
Performed by Survivor
Courtesy of Volcano Entertainment III
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KING OF KONG is one of the greatest movies I've seen in a while - not documentaries, movies. The film-making here is nothing short of extraordinary - building suspense, creating anticipation, and playing with the archetypes like the best Hollywood movies.
If you have ever played the original Donkey Kong arcade game, or on the original Nintendo, you have to see this movie. I have never beaten Level 3 on the third cycle - the spring on the elevator stage, if you know what I'm talking about, is going extremely fast. These guys get beyond 20 cycles.
I don't want to give anything away...I heard they are going to make this a feature movie with actors, but I think that eliminates the main draw of this concept - these guys are in their forties, in some freak cases have wives and children, and they play Donkey Kong with as much heart as Lance Armstrong rode bikes. They are some of the strongest characters I've seen in a movie since STAR WARS. To best summarize how enjoyable this movie is, after watching the DVD for the first time, I immediately restarted it from the beginning, and watched it again.