The Crash Reel (2013)

Fifteen years of verite footage show the epic rivalry between half-pipe legends Shaun White and Kevin Pearce, childhood friends who become number one and two in the world leading up to the ... See full summary »

Director:

Lucy Walker

Writers:

Pedro Kos, Lucy Walker

Stars:

Kevin Pearce, Shaun White, Mason Aguirre

12 wins & 7 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Kevin Pearce	...	Himself
Shaun White	...	Himself
Mason Aguirre	...	Himself
Daniel Amen	...	Himself
Sarah Burke	...	Herself
Rory Bushfield	...	Himself
Danny Davis	...	Himself
Kyla Donnelly	...	Herself
Ellery Hollingsworth	...	Herself
C.R. Johnson	...	Himself (as CR Johnson)
Scotty Lago	...	Himself
Jack Mitrani	...	Himself
Luke Mitrani	...	Himself
Stephen Murray	...	Himself
Adam Pearce	...	Himself

Storyline

Fifteen years of verite footage show the epic rivalry between half-pipe legends Shaun White and Kevin Pearce, childhood friends who become number one and two in the world leading up to the Vancouver Winter Olympics, pushing one another to ever more dangerous tricks, until Kevin crashes on a Park City half-pipe, barely surviving. As Kevin recovers from his injury, Shaun wins Gold. Now all Kevin wants to do is get on his snowboard again, even though medics and family fear this could kill him. We also celebrate Sarah Burke who crashed in Park City and died January 19, 2012.

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Plot Keywords:

title directed by female | rivalry | snowboard | f rated | snowboarding | 

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Taglines:

The mind has mountains

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Genres:

Documentary | Biography | Sport

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Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

4 October 2013 (UK)

Also Known As:

Filmszakadás

Company Credits

Technical Specs

Runtime:

108 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

The film also premiered at the X Games on January 23, 2013 in Aspen as the first ever movie to play as a featured part of the event.

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Soundtracks

Jltf
Written by Moby
Performed by Moby
Courtesy of Little Idiot

User Reviews

An endearing protagonist makes this a watchable doc for all

All the synopses of this movie stress the rivalry between Shaun White and Kevin Pearce but I felt this documentary had very little to do with White (and the actual "rivalry" seemed very one sided). The footage (quality and volume) is admirable, but I wish the narrative was a little more focused. Is it a documentary about Kevin's struggle? Or about the snowboarding community? Or about the danger of extreme sports? If it's trying to be all three, I really wish they pointed the lens at the real culprit: events like the X-Games that celebrate and instigate athletes to do bigger, faster and more dangerous tricks in pursuit of glory. I appreciated the patience of this documentary, compiling footage over 4 years to follow Kevin's personal arc from desperate to return to what he believes makes him whole, to an understanding that he is not (and never will be) the person he was before the accident. He's an endearing protagonist, so this was a very watchable film.