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The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters
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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
Item Dimensions: 100
Label: New Line Home Video
Languages: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 SurroundEnglish (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled),
Manufacturer: New Line Home Video
MPN: TRNDN11234D
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: New Line Home Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: January 29, 2008
Running Time: 79 minutes
Studio: New Line Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: 2007
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Editorial Review:
Studio: New Line Home Video Release Date: 09/30/2008 Rating: Pg13
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
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Kill Screen comming up
This has to be one of if not the best documentary for 2007.
I can not begin to describe how much my friends and I laughed while watching this documentary.
Firstly you do not need to know anything about games, this isn't about the actual games themselves anyone can enjoy this.
The premise is this Billy Mitchell set a Donkey Kong high score record in 1982 which wasn't beaten for 20 or so years, enter the underdog Steve Wiebe who simply picked Donkey Kong on a ... Read More
Rating:  - Please insert 1 token...
Let me first say this. This documentary is really good. I thought it was gonna be more funny than it was (though it IS funny), but it really does capture your attention.
Back in the 80's, TIME magazine had an article about some of the best players of video games in America. Centipede, Joust, Pac-Man...all the greats were there. And Donkey Kong. One of the hardest games ever made. And Billy Walsh was the King of that barrel throwing ape. He destroyed the scoreboards with a score of 800k+. ... Read More
Rating: - An incredibly compelling film
The King of Kong does the amazing feat of creating a fascinating film about competing for high scores in a retro video game. More than a study of a subculture - a benevolent study at that, when it would be so easy to poke fun at its subjects - it is a classic David vs. Goliath story, an incredibly likable family man who has always come up second challenging the arrogant, self-righteous champion. And that champion, Billy Mitchell, is so easy to loathe, comparing himself to Joan of Ark and constantly referencing ... Read More
Rating: - Steve Wiebe is The Man!
I was told by a friend who's movie opinion I usually trust to watch this movie so I did, albeit reluctantly. I mean seriously a movie about Donkey Kong records? Who gives a monkey butt, right? Well, watching the delusion that some of these record holders have and the lengths sham officiating orgs like "Twin Galaxies" will go to to keep people they want on top and keep others down is enthralling. Let's just say that Steve Wiebe is the King of Kong and more. HE's cool. Twin Galaxies is a self-serving sham.
Rating: - Pushes all the buttons
Admit it -- a film about two guys locked in a titanic stuggle to become the world champion of Donkey Kong just invites parody. This battle of the geekoids -- new against old, cocky champion against hopeful challenger -- is worthy of a smarmy Hollywood farce. But the charcters that director Seth Gordon has captured in "The King of Kong" are very real and very commited to their hobby. The craf involved in the story is a matter of smart editing, not of clever writing.
When it came to enjoying this film, ... Read More
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