Wild Bill's Run

20122012
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This is the strange but true story of snowmobiling outlaw Wild Bill Cooper. After attempting to lead an expedition from Minnesota to Moscow across the polar ice, Cooper returned home and emb... Read allThis is the strange but true story of snowmobiling outlaw Wild Bill Cooper. After attempting to lead an expedition from Minnesota to Moscow across the polar ice, Cooper returned home and embarked upon an audacious life of crime. Part Arctic adventure and part crime caper, WILD BI... Read allThis is the strange but true story of snowmobiling outlaw Wild Bill Cooper. After attempting to lead an expedition from Minnesota to Moscow across the polar ice, Cooper returned home and embarked upon an audacious life of crime. Part Arctic adventure and part crime caper, WILD BILL'S RUN is an unforgettable ride with a true American folk hero.

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8.9/10

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- Mike Scholtz

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- 1 win & 1 nomination

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8/10

Found Footage Documentary Offers Intrigue

I saw the feature doc at the South Dakota Film Festival. The audience and I truly enjoyed the film. A few hundred viewers were laughing and had plenty of follow up questions during the Q&A.

Wild Bill's Run tells a true tail of Bill Cooper leading a rag tag bunch of adventurists on an attempt to cross the arctic ice cap on snowmobiles, from Minnesota to Moscow in the 1970's.

Director Mike Scholtz got a gift set in his lap when he found reels upon reels of documentary footage from the original cross arctic trip. Combining the priceless original footage along with personal interviews with a number of the members of the expedition, Scholtz crafts a well paced film with plenty of humor and even a few twists.

The film has been circumnavigating the festival world and will likely find a home on a television channel.

If you see it at a festival near you it is worth pulling on your snowmobile suit and taking in this arctic adventure.

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