Picturehouse has released the theatrical movie trailer for The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters (poster). I, like many of you, grew up during the last few years of the so called Arcade revolution. Kids flocked to the local bowling alley or video arcade to play the latest and greatest video game machines. At Sundance we saw a great film on this era, and more specifically, the champions of this era, called Chasing Ghosts. Well it looks like The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters might be even better, video game champion turned hot sauce mogul as he must defend his title as Donkey Cong champion against a middle school teacher. This movie has everything that is needed to become the next geek cult classic. New Line has already greenlit a feature film adaptation based on this true story.
Check out the trailer after the jump. The movie hits theaters on August 17th 2007.
The movie hits theaters on August 17th 2007.
June 18th, 2007 at 3:44 pm
That sucks!
June 18th, 2007 at 3:50 pm
I’m surprised they would even make a movie like that.It’s the geekiest thing I’ve ever seen.
June 18th, 2007 at 6:16 pm
> That sucks!
Wrong. I’ve seen it and it rules. Best movie I’ve seen all year in fact. Sony should take a hint and stop dropping a quarter billion dollars making half-assed movies like Spider-Man 3 because the enjoyment factor of this film positively stomps it.
June 19th, 2007 at 6:04 am
True, when the blockbusters fail to entertain documentaries
are a good place to turn to for entertaining stories & it’s
always interesting to see how peoples passions affect their
everyday lives.
June 19th, 2007 at 12:16 pm
To Chris.You’ve already seen it?
June 21st, 2007 at 2:16 pm
i saw it at a film festival, and this movie is amazing. such a great story, even if you don’t like video games the characters are so engaging. i hope it does well this summer and gets a wide release
June 21st, 2007 at 3:13 pm
That Donkey Kong “champion” - what an incredible egotistical doofus!
Everything about that dude makes me laugh:
1. his clothes
2. his hair
3. his inflated sense of ego
Perhaps that guy will visit the 21 century some day…
June 21st, 2007 at 9:00 pm
Does anyone know where I can get a DVD of king of Kong before it comes out?
June 26th, 2007 at 7:23 am
This movie is perfect for most of the posters on this site. You live in your mom’s basement and play games all day… voila… it’s your time to shine boyz!
June 28th, 2007 at 9:52 pm
Dylan wrote:
> To Chris.You’ve already seen it?
Yes. It played at the Seattle International Film Festival on May 28. Steve Wiebe (the Donkey Kong record challenger in the film) lives in Redmond, WA and was in attendance with his family. They went up on stage for a short Q&A afterwards.
July 16th, 2007 at 10:02 am
does anyone know when/where the NYC premiere will be? thanks in advance.
August 12th, 2007 at 3:41 pm
Here are the showtimes:
AUGUST 17
* New York (IFC Centre & AMC Empire)
* Los Angeles (Landmark Nuart)
* Seattle (Landmark Varsity)
* Austin, TX (Alamo Drafthouse)
AUGUST 24
* San Francisco (Landmark Lumiere)
* Berkeley (Landmark Shattuck)
* Chicago (Landmark Century Centre)
* Minneapolis (Landmark Lagoon)
* Washington, DC (Landmark E Street)
* Boston (Landmark Kendall Square)
* Portland, OR (Cinema 21)
August 31
* San Diego (Landmark Ken)
September 7
* Atlanta (Landmark Midtown)
* Meredith, NH (Meredith 3)
September 14
* Denver (Starz)
* Nashville (Belcourt)
September 21
* St. Louis (Landmark Tivoli)
August 12th, 2007 at 4:53 pm
thanks, I saw that too, but IFC Center and AMC Empire does not have it on their site yet…hope its accurate and I can still get tix
February 8th, 2008 at 6:59 pm
GO MR. WEIBE!!!!!
teacher at my school and he rocks!!!
Keep it up mr. weibe!