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    The Crash Reel

    2013 · Documentary · 1h 49m

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  1. The Crash Reel is a documentary film directed by Lucy Walker which premiered as the Opening Night Gala film on 19 January 2013 at the Sundance Film Festival. Through 20 years of sports and verite footage, The Crash Reel chronicles the rivalry between Kevin Pearce and Shaun White which culminates in Kevin's life-changing crash and later comeback.

  2. Summaries. Fifteen years of verite footage show the epic rivalry between half-pipe legends Shaun White and Kevin Pearce, childhood friends who become number one and two in the world leading up to the Vancouver Winter Olympics, pushing one another to ever more dangerous tricks, until Kevin crashes on a Park City half-pipe, barely surviving.

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  4. Dec 13, 2013 · his dad asks. "The Crash Reel" takes up the tricky topic of the perils of extreme sports: a short sequence focuses on free-style skier Sarah Burke, who died after an accident in the same spot where Kevin had his collision. "I look at dirt bikers like they're crazy," says one snowboarder. "They look at us the same way."

  5. Jun 13, 2013 · The crash reel – a montage of falls by snowboarders – is turned painfully on its head in Lucy Walker's documentary about the long drop from athletic excellence to frail humanity. I t's the ...

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  6. An escalating rivalry between Kevin and his nemesis Shaun White in the run—up to the 2010 Olympics leaves Shaun on top of the Olympic podium and Kevin in a coma following a training accident in Park City, Utah. Kevin’s tight—knit Vermont family flies to his side and helps him rebuild his life as a brain injury survivor.

  7. The Crash Reel is a documentary about snowboarder Kevin Pearce—the thrills of his intense rivalry with Shaun White that almost took him to Olympic gold, and the spills of his life-changing crash ...

  8. Nov 23, 2013 · The Crash Reel was a Limited release in 2013 on Friday, December 13, 2013. There were 9 other movies released on the same date, including The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, Tyler Perry's A Madea Christmas and American Hustle. As a Limited release, The Crash Reel will only be shown in select movie theaters across major markets.

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