Friday, September 21, 2007

Movie Taverns in Dallas area host limited engagement for Donkey Kong documentary

By Pegasus News wire

Donkey Kong, The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters, a documentary chronicling the competition between a middle-school science teacher and a hot-sauce mogul for the Guinness record, is having a limited at three Movie Tavern locations in North Texas including Greenoaks (Arlington); Denton; and Hulen (Fort Worth).

The King Of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters first debuted in North Texas at the AFI Dallas International Film Festival in spring of 2007. Having gone into wider release in September, the film is gaining huge popularity on college campuses across the United States.

In 2003, 35-year-old family man Steve Wiebe, after losing his job at Boeing, found solace in the arcade classic, Donkey Kong. Steve stumbled upon Guinness World Record holder 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 of 874,300 points, but ended up with a thought-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. He also rediscovered his love for teaching, and regained the respect of all who once doubted him. 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. Along the way, both men learned valuable lessons about what it means to be a father, a husband, and a true champion discovering that you don't always need to win to be a winner.

Source: Movie Tavern

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