I have purposefully been staying out of this. I don’t really have anything to do with the film other than I have gotten to know the filmmakers fairly well over the years. I do not, however, endorse the distribution of it, but at the same time acknowledge that once it goes on TV, there is not much you can do about it. It would be like releasing CD and expecting it not to be available on the internet immediately. I am sure the filmmakers would ask it not to be made available, but that is because they are in debt about $30K from making this film.
They do plan on making DVDs for all to purchase, but Richard, the director, told me it is going to take a while for that to come about. One reason being that once it is out on DVD it is difficult to sell the film to other TV markets. They had contractual obligations for it to be aired on CBC first. Now that it has, they are open to pursuing other markets in various countries. He also mentioned wanting to prepare some extra things for the DVD so it is more than just the theatrical version, but some bonus material as well. All of that, of course, takes time. So the DVD won’t be available for a while now.
In regards to the film itself, it is a really good documentary that I found quite entertaining and engaging. I do hope all cubers who are interested in seeing it get a chance to do so. It is quite fun to watch it as many scenes from WC2005 are like playing “Where’s Waldo – The Speedcuber Edition”. I was like, “There is Lars! Oh, it’s Ron and Ton! Oh my goodness, it is a young Brent Morgan! Shelly was at Orlando?” And it goes on and on.
It repeats twice on Christmas Day on CBC again.
