There is a documentary film being made about what it takes to be an Ironman triathlete.
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- Four athletes. Four human beings.
- Four stories. One dream.
Come behind the scenes for a year as these elite competitors train, race, rest, and experience the ups and downs of life, all on the path to the 2005 world championships.
Movie website: http://www.witmovie.com/index.php
Update June 2006:
“What It Takes” Triathlon Movie Offers Sneak Preview
This report filed – June 3, 2006
IT Interactive
SEATTLE, WA – Triathlon fans’ wait is almost over. “What It Takes”, the documentary profiling four Ironman triathletes, will debut in the coming months through film festivals and selected distribution partners. Until those arrangements are finalized, the triathlon community can get an early peek at the movie’s first few minutes at and a newly updated trailer. More clips will be released in coming weeks.
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 just over 98 minutes, 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.
“What It Takes” 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.