Murderball /

A film about tough, highly competitive quadriplegic rugby players. These men have been forced to live life sitting down, but in their own version of the full-contact sport, they smash each other in custom-made gladiator-like wheelchairs. Tells the story of a group of world-class athletes unlike any...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors:	EAT Films, LLC, Thinkfilm (Firm), MTV Films (Firm)
Other Authors:	Rubin, Henry Alex, Shapiro, Dana Adam, Mandel, Jeffrey, Cavill, Keith, Cohn, Andy, Hogsett, Scott
Format:	Video DVD
Language:	English
Language Notes:	Closed captioned.
Published:	[United States] : [United States] : EAT Films LCC : Lions Gate Home Entertainment ; 2005.
Edition:	Fullscreen.
Subjects:	Wheelchair rugby. Athletes with disabilities. Quadriplegics. Sports for people with disabilities. Documentary films. Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

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Summary:	A film about tough, highly competitive quadriplegic rugby players. These men have been forced to live life sitting down, but in their own version of the full-contact sport, they smash each other in custom-made gladiator-like wheelchairs. Tells the story of a group of world-class athletes unlike any ever shown on screen. In addition to smashing chairs, it will smash every stereotype you ever had about the disabled.
Item Description:	Based on the article by Dana Adam Shapiro. Special features: Player commentary ; filmmaker commentary ; CNN Larry King Live interview ; MTV Jackass presents : Murderball, with Johnny Knoxville and Steve-O ; Murderball : behind the game ; Joe Soares update interview ; NY city premier ; deleted scenes ; Think MTV page ; Trailers. Videorecording.
Physical Description:	1 videodisc (approximately 88 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:	DVD, region 1 ; 5.1 Dolby Digital surround ; 2.0 Dolby Digital stereo.
Audience:	MPAA rating: R.
Production Credits:	Editor, Geoffrey Richman, Conor O'Neill ; photographer, Henry Alex Rubin ; original score, Jamie Saft.