The King of Kong (2007 Documentary)

The fifth episode of our season on the awesome movie year of 2007 features our pick for one of the year’s most notable documentaries, Seth Gordon’s The King of Kong. Directed by Seth Gordon and featuring video game champions Steve Wiebe and Billy Mitchell, The King of Kong premiered at the 2007 Slamdance Film Festival and went into limited release later that year.

The contemporary reviews quoted in this episode come from Robert Wilonsky in the Village Voice (https://www.villagevoice.com/2007/08/07/the-king-of-kong-a-fistful-of-quarters/), Wesley Morris in the Boston Globe (http://archive.boston.com/ae/movies/articles/2007/08/24/gorilla_warfare_1188063632/), and Ann Hornaday in the Washington Post (http://spyhunter007.com/king_of_kong_not_understood_by_reviewer.htm).

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