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“Mesmerising!” – Rolling Stone
“A wild ride” – New York Magazine
“Fierce, funny and inspiring!” – Premiere
“Impossible not to be captivated” – Time Out
“Inspirational” – New York Times
Featuring fierce rivalry, stopwatch suspense, and larger-than-life personalities, MURDERBALL, Winner of the Documentary Audience Award and a Special Jury Prize for Editing at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival, is a film about tough, highly competitive rugby players.
Quadriplegic rugby players. Whether by car wreck, fist fight, gun shot, or rogue bacteria, these men were forced to live life sitting down. In their own version of the full-contact sport, they smash the hell out of each other in custom-made gladiator-like wheelchairs. And no, they don't wear helmets.
From the gyms of middle America to the Olympic arena in Athens, Greece, MURDERBALL tells the story of a group of world-class athletes unlike any ever shown on screen. I
n addition to smashing chairs, it will smash every stereotype you ever had about the disabled. It is a film about family, revenge, honor, sex (yes, they can) and the triumph of love over loss. But most of all, it is a film about standing up, even after your spirit - and your spine - has been crushed.
Product Details
Region: 4 (Australia, New Zealand, Pacific Islands, Central and South America)
Distributor: Roadshow
Cat. No: R-106011-9
Barcode: 9398710601190
SRP: 34.95
Running Time: 85 mins
Rating: M15+
Genre: Sport / Documentary
Category: Special Interest : Sport
Release Date: 18/05/2006
Closed Caption: No
Year of Production: 2005
Aus Box Office: 136000
Macrovision: No
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