If you haven’t watched The King of King, I highly recommend it.
It’s a documentary about 2 men from entirely different backgrounds and circumstances facing off for the world record of the classic arcade game Donkey Kong. It might sound boring, but it’s 1% about the game, and 99% about human behaviour, obssession, celebrity, redemption, underdog versus establishment. Very entertaining and rivetting. (97% rating on Rotten Tomatoes)
Anyway, I can’t get over the fact that the “villain” of the documentary – Billy Mitchell – reminds me so much of Michael Scott from The Office. If not for the fact that The Office has been around longer than The King of Kong, I would swear that Steve Carell based so many of Michael Scott’s mannerisms off Billy Mitchell.
Watch this interview with Mitchell and see if you agree.
I noticed your review of “The King of Kong”. We are distributing a very similar gaming documentary, “E-Athletes”, which releases on DVD, January 27th, 2009.
We would love to send you a screener for review.
Would you be of interest? If so, what would be the best address to send you a copy?
Thank you so much and look forward to hearing from you.
Best,
Jacob Ripley
Public Relations Representative
Passion River Films
732-321-0711 x135
Jacob@passionriver.com
416 Main Street
Metuchen, NJ 08840
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