Wipeout 2005
Films for Fans of Extreme Sports - Four films about boards and wheels and life on the edge

Starting at Glasgow Film Theatre on 8 November 2005

"Insanely gorgeous in hypnotic gradations of aquamarine… will send you into a dream state." (Elvis Mitchell, New York Times on Step into Liquid).

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Hot Rod
dir: Michael Morrow
Can 2004 77 mins (suggested cert 15)
With Hot Rod-Joey Kemp, Jamie Birmingham, Steve Best, Chris Beaubiah, Steven Faunch, Michael McCully, Richard Leighton, Gary Miller, Bill Doggett.

"American Movie meets Napoleon Dynamite in the Lansdowne Demolition Derby"

This hilarious documentary follows Joey Kemp a.k.a. "Hot Rod" and his raucous attempt to regain his title in the bizarre Lansdowne Demolition Derby. Described as a
cross between Fubar and Napoleon Dynamite Joey does
for Demolition Derby what Mark Borchardt and Mike Schank did for home movies in the 1999 surprise hit American Movie. Thirsty for success he may be but Joey can't discount his eccentric and equally determined challengers; the British Bulldog, Team Sweetleaf, The Jester, and the Berminator!. Edgy and absurd, Hot Rod
will leave you squirming as chevettes and station wagons are stripped and rebuilt, only to be utterly destroyed in the ring.

"Hysterically entertaining and packed with eccentric
real-life characters, Hot Rod is a crash-course in comedy that should not be missed" Kingston Canadian Film
Festival 2004.

Filmhouse: Wed 14 Dec [8pm] Wed 21 Dec [6:30] Thu 29 Dec [2pm]
Glasgow Film Theatre: Nov 8th [4pm] 23rd [6:30]

Official Site: Hotrod
(incl trailer)

Step into Liquid
dir: Dana Brown
US 2003 87 mins (suggested cert U)
Starring various surfers as themselves.
"No special effects. No stuntmen. No sterotypes. No other feeling comes close"

Dana Brown From the makers of cult classic Endless Summer, Step into Liquid takes us from the terrifying monstrous waves of Oahu's North Shore to the shores of Ireland and Rapa Nui. Told through the voices of legends, pros and everyday surfers alike, it's not just a film for surfers but for anyone with an appreciation for sport and
an inkling of what it means to be "stoked".

"the best surfing movie ever made" Rolling Stone
"Insanely gorgeous in hypnotic gradations of aquamarine… will send you into a dream state" New York Times.

Filmhouse: Tue 13 Dec [6:15pm] Wed 28 Dec [4pm]
Tue 3 Jan [6pm]
Glasgow Film Theatre: Nov 10th [6:45pm], 21th [12:45 pm]

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Rollin' Through the Decades
dir: Winstan Whitter
UK 2005 123 mins (suggested cert U)
Starring various skaters as themselves.

A true picture of the UK skateboarding scene since the
70s to the present day and its influence on our time. After the first boom in the 70s, skateboarding had become the domain of small groups of passionate diehards. By the late 70s the English and Scottish Skateboard Associations began to group together what was left of the UK scene.
This wave began to gain nationwide exposure and spawned the opening of new skate parks across the UK. However in the late 80s, due to lack of organisation and falling revenues, the Skateboard Associations ended, skate parks closed, magazines folded and the whole culture went back underground. Today in the UK, skateboarding is big business, consumed every day in the corporate non-skateboarding world of TV and fashion advertising, yet the skaters themselves feel left out, ironically victims of their own success.

Rolling Through the Decades shows the whole turbulent journey and features interviews with more than 100 influential and legendary skateboarders, photographers
and filmmakers. It blends historic and rare footage with nostalgic sounds of the time.

"This film documents the Universal Soul of skateboard culture" Concrete Wave Magazine.

Filmhouse: Tues 13 Dec [8:15pm] Wed 14 Dec [3:30pm] Thu 22 Dec [5:45pm]
Glasgow Film Theatre: Nov 15th [6pm], 25th [5pm]

Dropstitch
dir: Josie Clyde
UK 2004 55 mins (suggested cert U)
With UK Olympic snowboarder Lesley McKenna

An all-girl snowboard film DropStitch is the first ever feature length international snowboard film showcasing the world's best female snowboarders. It was masterminded by the UK's only Olympic Snowboarder and World Cup winner Lesley McKenna. Filmed over a year in Iceland, NZ, Eastern Europe, Scandinavia, The United States, and the European Alps, DropStitch documents the lifestyle of professional snowboarders being pushed to their limits.
The film celebrates the achievements of those girls at the forefront of the sport. It's about bringing talent, inspiration and devotion to the general population, introducing snowboarding to girls who have never tried, and inspiring those who have, to follow their dream.

Filmhouse: Tues 20 Dec [6:30pm] Mon 2 Jan [3pm]
Thur 5 Jan [6:30pm]
Glasgow Film Theatre: Nov 16th [4pm], 29th [7:30pm]

Official site: Dropstich