Official Movie Website Theatrical Release 08/17/07 (Limited) 9/21/07 (St. Louis) Home Video 01/29/08 MPAA Rating RRated PG-13 for brief sexual reference Running Time 1 hour 19 minutes Genre Documentary Director Seth Gordon Writer Cast Steve Wiebe, Billy Mitchell, Walter Day, Nicole Wiebe, Steve Sanders, Robert Mruczek, Brian Kuh, Mike Thompsonn Studio IPicturehouse |
THE KING OF KONG: A FISTFUL OF QUARTERS
SYNOPSIS
In 2003, 35 year old family man Steve Wiebe, after
losing his job at Boeing, found solace in Donkey
Kong. He began perfecting his game every night
after his wife and kids went to bed, and not only
surpassed Billy Mitchell (“Gamer of the Century”
and Donkey Kong Champion), but ended up with a
thought-to-be-impossible 1,000,000 points. 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.’ 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.
--©Picturehouse
In 2003, 35 year old family man Steve Wiebe, after
losing his job at Boeing, found solace in Donkey
Kong. He began perfecting his game every night
after his wife and kids went to bed, and not only
surpassed Billy Mitchell (“Gamer of the Century”
and Donkey Kong Champion), but ended up with a
thought-to-be-impossible 1,000,000 points. 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.’ 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.
--©Picturehouse
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