The Barkley Marathons: The Race That Eats Its Young (2014)

In its first 25 years only 10 people have finished The Barkley Marathons. Based on a historic prison escape, this cult like race tempts people from around the world to test their limits of ... See full summary »

Directors:

Annika Iltis, Timothy James Kane

Star:

Lazarus Lake

2 wins & 2 nominations.

Cast

Credited cast:
Lazarus Lake	...	Himself

Storyline

In its first 25 years only 10 people have finished The Barkley Marathons. Based on a historic prison escape, this cult like race tempts people from around the world to test their limits of physical and mental endurance in this documentary that contemplates the value of pain.

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Genres:

Documentary | Adventure | History | Sport

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

1 October 2016 (Netherlands)

Also Known As:

La maratona Barkley: La gara che divora la sua prole

Filming Locations:

Wartburg, Tennessee, USA

Company Credits

Technical Specs

Runtime:

89 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

Official Selection at Hot Docs 2015. North America's largest documentary Festival. The Barkley Marathons: The Race That Eats Its Young landed in the top 15 of audience favorites.

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Quotes

John: There was this focus when growing up to be conservative when it comes to your future and have some good plan for retirement and then travel and see the world and do all this fun stuff when you retire. I was really good about that but then, uh... Yeah, so kind of like in one year I had a series of a few deaths in the family and then I was in a relationship for 10 years and that ended so it was like all this crap just all happened to me in one calendar year. It was awful. I was in a really bad ...

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Soundtracks

Flocks First Time (Instrumental Version)
written by Tyler Gibbons & Robin MacArthur
performed by Red Heart The Ticker

User Reviews

In twenty-five years, only ten people completed the race

The Barkley Marathons is about a race based on a prison escape that only ten people have finished in the last twenty-five years. This is a documentary where the mere concept of it excites you and believe me, it delivers. It's crazy how something as weird and obscure as this has been going on for so long and people just began to hear about it. It has some nice looking shots which some documentaries don't have at all. It's informational and entertaining at the same time which is a plus. My only flaw with it was how hard it was to remember who was who while watching. With fifty different racers it's hard to keep track and I feel like a better job could've been done.

8/10 -- Great. Please give this film a watch. It hurts me to see movies like this get no attention whatsoever. You can buy it on Amazon, Vudu, Google Play, and iTunes for like five dollars digitally and on their website, you can but it for twenty-five bucks on Blu-Ray. I wouldn't recommend torrenting it because a film like this needs all the attention it can get.