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Title: The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters (2007)
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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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$51,493, 19 August 2007, Limited ReleaseGross USA:
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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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In late 2017, it was discovered that all of Billy Mitchell's Donkey Kong records of over one million points were fraudulent. The video footage was made using the MAME emulator, which allows players to use save states. 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
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Eye of the TigerWritten by Frankie Sullivan (as Frank Sullivan) & Jim Peterik
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The best movie I've seen this year! I laughed to the point of exhaustion. I'd recommend it to anyone with a heartbeat. Must see!The only thing I can't get over is that this Billy Mitchell guy is a real person. I mean you can't make up a character like this. And Steve Weibe... how humble can you get. I mean the guy is the poster child for humility. (Okay so here is where I admit that I actually know Steve personally. Thing is, he actually IS this humble. No lie. For his recent 20 year high school reunion he listed as his proudest accomplishment: "recieving my teacher's certificate", no mention of Donkey Kong. Now that's the kind of hero everyone should look up to. Especially anyone with a huge ego. And lord knows there are enough of those to go around. So don't walk, RUN to the movie theater and see this movie. You won't regret it. (Just make sure you use the bathroom before the movie starts, you won't want to miss a second!)