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Billy Mitchell refuses to be dirtied in the dust trail of next-gen gaming. Sure, his era of the "Golden Age of Arcade Games" has tragically ended to the mercy of DDR machines. And yes, he was deftly defeated by more than a handful of national gamers at the Pacman World Championships a month ago. And then of course the popularity of highly maintained mullets has only lingered on the manes of red necks and Rod Stewert. But Billy Mitchell knows how to keep his name in the game.

The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters, a documentary starring Mitchell along with several other arcade fanatics, tells the story of the few who's obsessive quest is to beat the world records of classic arcade games. Steve Sanders, the everyman acarde gamer, attempts to dream the impossible dream by defeating said "Windmill" of Donkey Kong scores, Billy Mitchell. Competition, human emotion, mullets, desperation, "brief sexual reference" (according to the MPAA PG-13 rating), and more retired hairstyles of the 80's engulf the film. Mitchell even claims controversy, remarking "No matter what what I say, it draws controversy. It's sort of like the abortion issue." With the clearcut connection between abortion and arcade games finally established, this film looks to be a swell see for the summer gamer.


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Mxyzptlk's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/09/2007 13:54
Mxyzptlk
I am all about this, looks hilarious!
Das Inchworm's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/09/2007 13:54
Das Inchworm
The sexual refrence better be "donkey dong". I kinda wanna see this movie...only cause its about video games and im a documentary junkie
908peruvian's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/09/2007 14:15
908peruvian
YEAH I SAW THIS TRAILER LAST MONTH!!

LOOKS FUNNY AS FUCK!!

ESPECIALLY WHEN THAT GUY WAS PLAYING THE DRUMS!
HAHAHA!!

THEY NEED TO MAKE MORE OF THESE MOVIES...
EXPECIALLY ABOUT GAMERS, COSPLAY AND ANIME FANS.
MATTFOO's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/09/2007 14:16
MATTFOO
mullet!!!!!!!!!!!
BlindsideDork's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/09/2007 14:23
BlindsideDork
not first post...
Jordan Devore's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/09/2007 14:36
Jordan Devore
Who the fuck is Tiff!?

Billy Mitchell is a lunatic ... the good kind.
taumpytears's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/09/2007 14:42
taumpytears
Dude, Billy is amazing "What ever I say draws controversy, like the abortion issue" He compared himself to abortion. I Think he may be the first person to ever seriously do that on camera.
mrsamuel's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/09/2007 15:27
mrsamuel
I assume this is actually scripted, right?

Oh, I don't even care. I have to see this.
Jim Sterling's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/09/2007 15:33
Jim Sterling
"It's not even about Donkey Kong anymore," yep, that's going right into my top ten movie quotes of all time.

If this hits the UK (a lofty dream) I will actually make efforts to see it in the theater.
Deus's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/09/2007 15:48
Deus
This movie looks amazing, more because of Billy Mitchell than anything else, and then mostly because of the mullet. God, that is one sweet mullet. I read the Wikipedia article on him too. Did you know he scored a "perfect game" in Pac-Man? A perfect game! literally 256 boards of Pac-Man in a row losing 0 lives and scoring 3,333,360 points. He's unbelievable. I think the reason he lost at the Pac-Man championship is that he completely stopped playing it after he set the perfect score.
Justice's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/09/2007 15:56
Justice
It's not her first post n00bs
She's posted about 10 times here
Justice's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/09/2007 15:56
Justice
It's not her first post n00bs
She's posted about 10 times here
gnomeland_security's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/09/2007 16:08
gnomeland_security
little known fact: billy mitchell is brian crecente's real father.
Deus's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/09/2007 16:12
Deus
*SPOILER ALERT* These are the highest scores for Donkey Kong of all time as recorded by Twin Galaxies (the official scorekeeper for arcade games). Don't look at them unless you want the ending of the movie ruined for you. http://www.twingalaxies.com/index.aspx?c=22&pi=2&gi=3852&vi=22 *SPOILER ALERT*
Deus's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/09/2007 16:15
Deus
Seriously, I don't want to ruin the movie for anyone, so don't just go clicking on that link.
GuitarAtomik's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/09/2007 17:08
GuitarAtomik
This is a story that's almost too awesome to be real. I heard they're remaking this into a scripted movie as well.
fromagex's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/09/2007 18:19
fromagex
Just a heads up for everyone. After this documentary was made, a studio purchased the rights, and are making it into a comedy feature film (non documentary) as well.
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