Watch: The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters 2007 123movies, Full Movie Online – In the early 1980s, legendary Billy Mitchell set a Donkey Kong record that stood for almost 25 years. This documentary follows the assault on the record by Steve Wiebe, an earnest teacher from Washington who took up the game while unemployed. The top scores are monitored by a cadre of players and fans associated with Walter Day, an Iowan who runs Funspot, an annual tournament. Wiebe breaks Mitchell’s record in public at Funspot, and Mitchell promptly mails a controversial video tape of himself setting a new record. So Wiebe travels to Florida hoping Mitchell will face him for the 2007 Guinness World Records. Will the mind-game-playing Mitchell engage; who will end up holding the record?.
Plot: In this hilarious arcade showdown, a humble novice goes head-to-head against the reigning Donkey Kong champ in a confrontation that rocks the gaming world to its processors! For over 20 years, Billy Mitchell has owned the throne of the Donkey Kong world. No one could beat his top score until now. Newcomer Steve Wiebe claims to have beaten the unbeatable, but Mitchell isn’t ready to relinquish his crown without a fight. Go behind the barrels as the two battle it out in a vicious war to earn the title of the true King of Kong.
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More fun then non-gamers should think
Though this geeky arcade fighting flick may remain an acquired taste, The King of Kong feels like one of the more entertaining documentaries to emerge in years. Even though you would think the chief demographic of forty year old virgins and basement-ridden, antisocial, hardcore, old-school gamers would flip the bill, Kong immediately offers so much more on so many different levels of psychological and sociological intrigue that anyone not self-conscious enough to feel embarrassed for investing an emotional stake into a Donkey Kong showdown, (highlighting a bittersweet anti-climax) will find themselves deep inside a world they never thought imaginable.The mock-epic tone, which so many supporting characters delightfully contribute to, feels seized by director Seth Gordon and infused into his charming take on good-vs-evil, letting this potentially inspiring metaphor stretch it’s wings into a blossomed, well-rounded quirk-fest far more fun then it’s rigorous gaming pedigree would suggest.
An instant cult classic!
The best movie I’ve seen this year! I laughed to the point of exhaustion. I’d recommend it to anyone with a heartbeat. Must see!The only thing I can’t get over is that this Billy Mitchell guy is a real person. I mean you can’t make up a character like this. And Steve Weibe… how humble can you get. I mean the guy is the poster child for humility. (Okay so here is where I admit that I actually know Steve personally. Thing is, he actually IS this humble. No lie. For his recent 20 year high school reunion he listed as his proudest accomplishment: “recieving my teacher’s certificate”, no mention of Donkey Kong. Now that’s the kind of hero everyone should look up to. Especially anyone with a huge ego. And lord knows there are enough of those to go around. So don’t walk, RUN to the movie theater and see this movie. You won’t regret it. (Just make sure you use the bathroom before the movie starts, you won’t want to miss a second!)
Original Language en
Runtime 1 hr 19 min (79 min)
Budget 0
Revenue 0
Status Released
Rated PG-13
Genre Documentary, Biography, Sport
Director Seth Gordon
Writer Seth Gordon
Actors Steve Wiebe, Billy Mitchell, Mark Alpiger
Country United States
Awards 9 wins & 10 nominations
Production Company N/A
Website N/A
Sound Mix Dolby
Aspect Ratio 1.85 : 1
Camera Sony HVR-Z1U
Laboratory N/A
Film Length N/A
Negative Format Video
Cinematographic Process Digital Intermediate (master format), HDV (source format)
Printed Film Format 35 mm