Chapters 3 & 4 of "More Than I Could Chew" have been uploaded to youtube. The narrated fictional slideshow includes pictures of an eating contest against a bear.
Wing Bowl movie listed as inactive
A list of films by Tollin Productions places the fictional Wing Bowl movie in the inactive projects category.
ESPN’s USFL documentary, which will be rerun tonight on ESPN2, is another film by Tollin Productions.
A New York City craigslist posting seeks a film maker and subjects for a documentary about lower ranked competitive eaters.
Christopher Elston has a blog entry about the premiere of Nacho Mountain.
A wing eating contest will be held at tomorrow's screening of Nacho Mountain at the Tally Ho Tavern in Bethlehem, PA.
The Morning Call has an article about Nacho Mountain which will premier this weekend at the Grand Theater in East Greenville, Pennsylvania. The 50 pound Mount Olympus burger at the Clinton Station Diner will be featured in one of the scenes.
Tickets for the December 18 & 19 premiere showings of Nacho Mountain at the Grand Theater in East Greenville, Pennsylvania can be purchased online.
Nacho Mountains of fact & fiction
WXYZ.com: Tios Mexican Cafe in Ann Arbor, Michigan will hold a “Mount Nacheesmo” eating contest on November 14 in which competitors will try to eat five pounds of nachos in under 45 minutes.
In other nacho news, the IMDB page for Nacho Mountain, which once listed Joey Chestnut as a cast member, reports it will be released on December 18, 2009. Rick the Manager does appear on the current cast list.
Craigslist has a request for six people to play competitive eaters in a Chicago-area film shoot on October 22 and 23. Professional competitive eating experience is preferred, but not required. 30 extras are also needed for the shoot.
Documentarian Errol Morris, winner of the 2004 Academy Award for The Fog of War, interviewed Bill "El Wingador" Simmons and four other wing eating champions. Morris says he would like to appear with Simmons on The Charlie Rose Show on PBS, but no invitation has been exteneded.
TriggerStreet has a review of a competitive eating screeplay titled From the Gut. Joey Chestnut and other real-life eaters are characters in the script.
Washington Capitals owner Ted Leonsis calls competitive eating the fastest growing sport and has a link to Swallow Your Pride which is now available in its entirety on snagfilms.com
Full Swallow Your Pride on sling.com
The full version of the 2005 Wing Bowl documentary Swallow Your Pride can be viewed on sling.com for free. The previous version was missing the last 20 minutes.
Swallow Your Pride on sling.com
(From indiewire) The first 66 minutes of the 2005 Wing Bowl documentary, Swallow Your Pride, can be viewed for free at http://beta.sling.com/video/show/121148/58/Swallow-Your-Pride The video is billed as the full version of the movie even though the last 20 minutes are missing.
Mania.com has a review of the recently released Gluttonous DVD in which Nobuyuki Shirota and "Gal" Sone appear.
“Swallow Your Pride” on sale at amazon.com
(From Brian Dwyer comment) The Wing Bowl 13 documentary Swallow Your Pride is for sale on amazon.com at a price of $19.99. Angelo Cataldi, Al Morganti and Bill Simmons are listed as the stars.
Link Buffet: January 19, 2009
- Beautiful Brian wants to know who will stop the Shea Stadium rain
- Rice and Bean Pot burrito eating contest at Boston area colleges starts January 27
- Nacho eating contest in Paul Blart: Mall Cop
- Questions about performance enhancing substances in competitive eating
- Picture of 29 inch pizza at American Pie Pizza in Florida
- Oyster Bowl X to award 4 Night All Inclusive Trip to Cancun or Punta Cana for two Adults
- Hot dog eating contest in Hong Kong
- A youtube page by “Kobayashi”
- Don Lerman has resumed competitive eating posts on mosesnews.com
- Olivia Wilde of House MD once ate 33 pancakes in 20 minutes to win an eating contest – interview video (from Sebastian Walters)
“Swallow Your Pride” available on itunes
Mike Westinghouse commented that the Wing Bowl documentary Swallow Your Pride is available on itunes. The cost is $3.99 to rent, $14.99 to purchase.
“Gluttonous” / “Gourmet Fighter” ordering information
The movie Gluttonous (known in Japan as Gourmet Fighter, is not just available for rental on Netflix. It can also be ordered from several locations:
Family Video $11.99
Buy.com $13.49
Overstock.com $13.57
Amazon.com $17.99
The DVD contains volume 1 and volume 2. Volume 1 and 2 cost ￥ 4,935 ($55.35) each on amazon.co.jp, so Japanese fans with access to a DVD player which plays North American DVDs might want to try to import the American DVDs.
Swallow Your Pride official release coming soon
Josh Camerote, director of the 2005 Wing Bowl documentary, Swallow Your Pride, reports that his film will be officially released by Cinetic Media. The release date was supposed to take place last month, but the film has yet to come out. The movie’s official website just says “Check back soon”
Subtitled Gal Sone / Shirota movie available on Netflix
Hacking Netflix reports that a movie called Gluttonous will be available tomorrow. The Netflix website has the following description for the movie:
Based on a popular Japanese manga, this pair of sidesplitting live action comedies follows the screwball exploits of a host of unconventional participants in the ferociously intense world of competitive eating. While most people try to temper their food intake, these competitors pride themselves on swallowing as much food as they can in the shortest possible time — and keeping it down long enough to win!
Gluttonous is known in Japan as Gourmet Fighter Both Natsuko “Gal” Sone and Nobuyuki “the Giant” Shirota appeared as competitive eaters in Gourmet Fighter. Volume 1 and Volume 2 are included in the Netflix rental.
Link Buffet: November 26, 2008
- Nacho Mountain trailer, probably not safe for work
- Ian Hickman’s page on videojug.com. He is listed as the competitive eating expert on that website and has at least 9 interview clips.
- Michael Phelps to appear on 60 Minutes this Sunday. He says his actual calorie consumption during training is 8,000-10,000 and not the reported 12,000
- Kielbasa eating contest in New Orleans Saturday
- Kevin Carr is attempting to start his own religion
- Pumpkin pie eating contest tonight in New Oxford (York area), PA
- Article about Tiffany Kuhne, who was awarded a Volvo used in the movie Twilight after winning a pie eating contest on the Tyra Banks show
Competitive eating movies release dates
The Mainichi Shimbun reports that a media event was held to promote the August 9 release of the movie, Kamen Rider Kiva: The King of Hell Castle Natsuko “Gal” Sone, who will play a Medusa character in the movie, appeared with two other actors. Variety of Japan also has an article.
The blog for Dirt Productions reports that principal photography for Nacho Mountain has been completed, although the final contest scene has yet to be filmed. A myspace comment says the final scene will be filmed on August 23. A LehighValleyLive.com article about the movie says that the filmmakers hope to release the movie on the internet in January and also play at independent film festivals.
“Nacho Mountain” set report
MCall.com has a report on the competitive eating comedy “Nacho Mountain”, which began filming in the Allentown, PA area on July 19. The main eating contest scene was filmed on Friday. Joey Chestnut, listed as a co-star of the movie on IMDB.com, is not mentioned in the article, but it does report that the final food battle scene will be recorded in August, so he might appear in that scene.
IMDB: Joey Chestnut to star in “Nacho Mountain”
The blog for Penn Live has an entry about the movie “Nacho Mountain”. Filming locations are currently being scouted in the Lehigh Valley. The film’s IMDB page lists Joey Chestnut, who will be performing as himself, as one of the stars. The release year is projected as 2009. Producer Dan Maher gives the following description of the plot:
He describes it as a quirky comedy about a fellow named Keefer who starts an underground food-eating competition. “When the town’s health-crazed mayor threatens to shut the tournament down, Keefer and his buddies fight to keep the contests going,” Maher explains.
A PG-13 rated teaser (probably NSFW) is available on youtube and a page for the movie has the following casting call:
NOW ACCEPTING HEADSHOTS AND PICTURES OF ANYBODY IN LEHIGH VALLEY WANTING TO PLAY EXTRAS, OR FILL CHARACTER ROLES! PLUS SIZES ARE GOOD, OBESE IS GREAT. ANy deformities (missing limbs, little people, etc.) are guaranteed screen time.
A craigslist posting has additional job information and says that principal photography will take place from July 21 to 27.
update The star of the movie, Jay Larson, has a page on ComedyCentral.com
A movie poster can be seen on the movie’s myspace page
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