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The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters
starring: Billy Mitchell, Steve Wiebe
directed by: Seth Gordon

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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Warner Brothers
EAN: 0794043112348
Format: AC-3, Dolby, Subtitled, Anamorphic
Label: New Line Home Video
Manufacturer: New Line Home Video
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: New Line Home Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: January 29, 2008
Running Time: 90 minutes
Sales Rank: 3915
Studio: New Line Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: 2007

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Product Description:
In this hilarious critically acclaimed arcade showdown a humble novice goes head-to-head against the reigning Donkey Kong champ in a confrontation that rocks the gaming world to its processors! For over 20 years Billy Mitchell has owned the throne of the Donkey Kong world. No one could beat his top score until now. Newcomer Steve Wiebe claims to have beaten the unbeatable but Mitchell isn't ready to renquish his crown without a fight. Go behind the barrels as the two battle it out in a vicious war to earn the title of the true King of Kong.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: DOCUMENTARIES/BIOGRAPHY UPC: 794043112348 Manufacturer No: 1000035229

Amazon.com:
The stuff of gladiatorial battle is here: good versus evil, right versus wrong, nerd versus... super-nerd? At any rate, it's a more entertaining showdown than most fictional movies can muster. The King of Kong is the saga of Steve Wiebe, a Redmond, Washington dweeb who sets a new record in the video game Donkey Kong, only to see his accomplishment challenged by the grand poobahs of the gaming establishment. And if you don't know how pernickety the grand poobahs of the gaming establishment can be, well, one of the pleasures of this movie is finding out about this collection of oddballs. It seems Wiebe has toppled a score that has stood since 1982, when eminent "Gamer of the Century" Billy Mitchell set it, and Mitchell isn't too happy about being overthrown. A black-mulleted showboat, Mitchell provides the perfect counterpoint to Wiebe's mild-mannered family man, and the smaller fish around him are no less colorful. This is one of those movies you watch in delighted disbelief, marveling that such people exist--and that they gladly allowed themselves to be filmed. Director Seth Gordon does an important thing in presenting this world of eccentrics: he doesn't mock them, or provide editorial nudging; he simply lets them be. The result is an ingratiating classic. --Robert Horton

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Average Rating: out of 5 stars

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- A great study of reverse snobbery
This movie should be required viewing in any college level sociology class. The film documents a man who would struggle to actually be an outcast in any social group attempting to penetrate a clique of individuals who have likely been outcasts their entire lives.

Steve Wiebe is almost painfully average. He's a middle-class school teacher who'd been an above average athlete and he plays a couple of musical instruments. He has a good-looking wife and could be a poster boy for suburban ... Read More

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- Suprised how much I enjoyed it
This is a fun documentary looking in a world that you probably didn't know, or cared, existed. It's all about classic arcade games (donkey kong, centipede, etc.) and the competition to hold the "high score". It mainly revolves around two grown men fighting (I'm talking serious stuff) over the top score in the world on Donkey Kong. It's hard to believe at times that the events in this documentary actually occured and were not staged for humor's sake. I found it extremely entertaining considering the ... Read More

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- The Story Of A Gaming Legend vs A Gaming Unknown
The King of Kong is a documentary about a legendary gamer and Rickey's Hot Sauce creator, Billy Mitchell and his new gaming foe Steve Wiebe. Both men are trying to get and keep the best scores possible for the classic Nintendo arcade game Donkey Kong. Billy Mitchell is the current champion in the movie. Billy has held top scores in many classic arcade games over the years; Donkey Kong being the last title he held onto. Steve Wiebe, currently a Science teacher, decides he has plenty of time to challenge ... Read More

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- Fun Subject for a Well Framed Documentary
The King of Kong is about the conflict that arose in 2005 as Steve Wiebe challenged Billy Mitchell's impressive world record. The record? It is the 25 year long highest score on the 1981 arcade game Donkey Kong. He had 800,000 points, and that my friends is quite a bit of busted barrels and fallen monkeys.

It turns out that The King of Kong is a wonderful underdog film. Steve Weibe is portrayed as a likeable everyman who just happens to have a knack for the extreme patience and analytical ... Read More

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- INTERESTING DOCUMENTARY IS OK TO WATCH ONCE!
Running only 70 minutes, it's hard to call this a movie. It's a documentary about world record holders for old classic video games. While I found it mildly entertaining, I can't see ever watching this again.......and I like video games! It's OK and certainly worth a look. Billy Mitchell comes off as some delusional geek that thinks he is some sort of god! OK, OK, it's very hard to do what he did, but in the end, who really cares? ......maybe a couple of thousand geeks...that's who! I remember playing video games ... Read More

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