This Sunday (June 1st 2008) The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters will see its World Television Premiere on the G4 network. This documentary film chronicles much of the arcade gaming champions and their quests for titles and glory but mostly features Steve Wiebe and his attempt to face Billy Mitchell in a mano a mano Donkey Kong face off. The King of Kong was championed at film festivals across the world with much fan approval and appreciation at the Slamdance film festival where it was picked up for distribution. The DVD release of the film features an abundance of extras including commentaries by the filmmakers and deleted sequences which help flesh out some of the ‘characters’ in the movie.
As most of you know COIN-OP TV has been following and interviewing many of these classic arcade champions since 2004. We’re all anxious and excited to see the movie premiere on TV and open up to a larger audience who might have missed it on DVD. If you’ll be watching The King of Kong for the first time this weekend then make sure to do some follow up research on the internet as for current world record standings and more background on the people in the movie outside of Wiebe like Walter Day and Billy Mitchell.
We had Ed Cunningham the producer of King of Kong on COIN-OP TV LIVE months ago to get a behind the scenes scoop of the movie – you can check that interview out here:
http://www.thestream.tv/watch.php?v=396