Genre: Ducumentary/Documentaire/action
Annee/Year: 2005
Format: DVD
Dust to glory. A documentary from Director Dana Brown who also brought us non fictional thrillers such as Endless Summer revisited and Step into the liquid and Highwater (Surf movies). These are docu dramas about real life events with the actual characters who live them. Some of these characters are truly larger than life.
Dust to glory is about one of the most grueling off road race which takes place in the Baja point of Mexico; one of the world last almost wild desert area. This is a 1000 mile event which is really hard and hot and through which racers need to race day and night amongst breathtaking lasndscapes and in extreme conditions. There are many accidents every year with racers and/or spectators hurt or killed. It reminds us very much of the famous Paris/Dakar race.
The movie puts us in the shoes of many great drivers as they face the challenge on motorcycle, quads, Buggy cars, Baja trucks or extreme custom machines down to almost stock original Beetles raced by locals. The race attracks a slew of great drivers such as Mario Andretti, Robby Gordon, Sal Fish and in the past greats such as James Garner and Steve Mcqueen. The best story is the one of Mike "Mouse" McCoy, a true racing hero who won every offroad bike race until he was 17yes old. Then he dropped since he had done it all. Mouse in a solid return tried to complete an unnatempted feat: to complete SOLO the 1000miles race without stopping or resting on a motorcycle. Wow! This had been done once in a car but to do this on a motorcycle was taking truly taking it up one step. Worst is that he managed to survive through this and complete the race after breaking a few bones. A true real life hero.
The movie is well shot and I would have loved to get this in Blu Ray but i doubt the shooting was originally done in high def anyway. The vistas are great and the story flows well and keeps you interested till the end. I definitely love this kind of docu drama and we need more like it.
Dust to Glory. Un film documentaire sur la renommé course du Baja 1000miles dans la pointe du Baja au Mexique. Ce film de Dana Brown nous fait vivre la sensation de participer à cette course endiablé à travers le desert sauvage du Mexique. Il s'agit ici d'un des événements de course les plus difficile en Amérique et certainement au monde du même calibre que le Paris/Dakar. On suit ici la course sur le terrain avec plusieurs pilotes célèbres tel Robby Gordon, Mario Andretti, Sal Fish et plusieurs grands tel James Garner and Steve McQueen. La course se fait à bord de motocross, quads, buggy, pickup modifier style Baja, ou custom offroad. On suit la course de plusieurs équipes mais une d'entre elle ressort clairement: la course de Mike "Mouse" McCoy qui s'est donné comme objectif de compléter cette course SOLO sur une moto. Cet exploit avait été completé une fois dejà dans un véhicule à quatre roues mais de le faire en moto augmentait l'exploit de quelques coches. Le pire c'est qu'il à réussi à compléter la course mais avec plusieurs os brisés. Exploit d'un vrai héro entêté. Un film à voir si vous apprécier les voitures ou la course ou si vous voulez voir l'endurance humaine mise au test. J'aime ce type de film et il devrait en exister plus.
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Link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0386423/maindetails
Rating perso: 7.0/10
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