The King of Kong: A Fistful of QuartersSeth Gordon
A middle-school science teacher and a hot sauce mogul vie for the Guinness World Record on the arcade classic, Donkey Kong. In 1982, in front of the 20 best gamers in the world, Billy Mitchell named the “Gamer of the Century,” scored 874,300 points, a record many thought would never be broken. In 2003, 35 year old family man Steve Wiebe stumbled upon Billy Mitchell’s record online, and set out to break it. He began perfecting his game every night after his wife and kids went to bed, and not only surpassed Billy’s record, but ended up with a though-to-be-impossible 1,000,000 points. A tidal wave of media coverage followed, and Steve Wiebe quickly became a celebrity in his hometown of Seattle, WA. Meanwhile, back in Hollywood, FL, Billy Mitchell hatched a plan to reclaim his fallen Donkey Kong record… In the months that followed, Steve and Billy engaged in a cross-country duel to see who could set the high score that would be included in the 2007 Guinness World Records’ book and become The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters.
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Directed by Seth Gordon
VS
2007 79 min.
Engels
No subtitles
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International selection
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Director
Seth Gordon
Producer
Ed Cunningham
Production company
Launch Pad Productions
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