Source: Editor // filed: October 16 2006
SEATTLE, October 16, 2006 - Triathlon fans' wait is over. "What It Takes", the documentary profiling four Ironman triathletes, is now available for sale online at www.witmovie.com, and will also appear in theaters across the United States after a world premiere in Kona, Hawaii, this week at the Ironman world championships.
- Fans interested in buying the movie can order it for immediate shipment at www.witmovie.com. Triathlon clubs can email channel@witmovie.com for a special $5 discount code.
- Fans interested in seeing the movie at a theater can check for showings at www.witmovie.com/when.and.where.php. Showings in Canada, Australia, and Germany are still being negotiated, but the following US cities are hosting showings in the next few weeks (starting with Chicago on Oct 20): Austin, Boston, Boulder, Chicago, Dallas, Denver, Los Angeles, Minneapolis, New York, San Diego, San Francisco, Seattle, and Washington, DC.
- Triathlon, cycling, and running stores, as well as triathlon clubs, can check on bulk discounts and other resources for channel partners at www.witmovie.com/blog/partners/.
- Trifuel note: TriFuelers can use the discount code TRIFUELROCKS! which will entitle you to $5.00 off each disc you order.
"What It Takes" is the feature-length documentary stars four elite Ironman triathletes - Peter Reid, Heather Fuhr, Lori Bowden, and Luke Bell - who together have won 6 world championships and dozens of major races. Viewers go behind the scenes in the quest for the 2005 world championship in Kona, Hawaii. Running at 97 minutes long, the movie includes footage of the athletes training, racing, and resting, and also opening up in extensive interviews to share their thoughts and feelings. The audience learns much about the sport of triathlon and the duel for athletic supremacy, but also about the very human issues which confront four athletes in an up-and-down, unpredictable year.
The movie was shot at 24 frames per second on a Panasonic SDX-900, and is presented in 16:9 widescreen format. Its rich cinematic feel and sweeping visual imagery from places around the globe - including Australia, Canada, Dubai, and numerous locations in the United States, including Hawaii - combine with compelling storylines to produce a fascinating narrative about four athletes, four human beings, and one dream, the Ironman world championship.