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True Life: I am a Competitive Eater will be rerun on MTV2 tomorrow at 10 am eastern. (via Val Bromann)
newyork.craigslist.org has a request for a competitive eater who is not a member of IFOCE for a documentary. The politics of competitive eating will be a topic of the documentary.
Slashfilm has a review of the trailer for The Story of Furious Pete. The trailer is also mentioned in a filmjunk podcast
The Story of Furious Pete is Moviefone's Hot Docs Doc of the Day. The documentary includes a segment about Pete's exclusion from the IFOCE.
DOCspace.ca has an interview with George Tsioutsioulas, director of The Story of Furious Pete.
The Canadian Press article about The Story of Furious Pete has been picked up by MSN of Canada.
The Story of Furious Pete reviews
A video of the watermelon eating contest at the premiere is available
"Furious" Pete Czerwinski ate a whole watermelon in 1:32 at an eating contest held during last night's premiere of his documentary.
MovieTalkFest has an article about "Furious" Pete Czerwinski and his documentary. Pete says he thinks he could earn $100,000 a year in IFOCE contests if he was allowed to compete in them.
Furious Pete interview in The Globe and Mail
“Furious” Pete Czerwinski and George Tsioutsioulas, director of The Story of Furious Pete, have interviews in the Toronto Globe and Mail which is currently the most popular article in the health section. NOW Toronto also has an article.
update #2 Furious Pete did an Egg McMuffin eating contest on the Dean Blundell show this morning.
Furious Pete Czerwinski's twitter announces that The Story of Furious Pete is the most viewed film in the Hot Docs documentary festival.
seattle.craigslist.org: Student documentary project seeks someone to be rival of upcoming female competitive eater
Suite 101 has an interview with "Furious" Pete Czerwinski about his upcoming documentary. update Suite 101 also has an interview with producer / director George Tsioutsioulas
InsideToronto.com: George Tsioutsioulas, producer and director of The Story of Furious Pete, says his interest in competitive eating was sparked when Sonya Thomas won a contest at the Buffalo Chicken Wing Festival.
ShalomLife has an interview with the producers of The Story of Furious Pete, George Tsioutsioulas and Igal Hecht. A video of the press conference announcing the selection of the film by Hot Docs festival is also available.
Furious Pete Documentary accepted into HotDocs festival
Furious Pete’s facebook announces that The Story of Furious Pete has been accepted into Hot Docs 2010, the largest documentary festival in North America. The film will debut on April 30 and also be shown on May 9. Tickets for the two showings can be purchased online.
A new trailer for the documentary is available on youtube.
update The Story of Furious Pete is mentioned in a CBC article about the festival.
A nine minute documentary about the 2005 Ruthie & Gussie's matzo ball eating contest can be viewed on the website for the Seattle Jewish Film Festival (registration required). (via fstopcarol twitter)
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