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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.
| The Crash Reel | |
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| Directed by | Lucy Walker |
| Written by | Pedro Kos Lucy Walker |
| Produced by | Julian Cautherley Lucy Walker |
| Starring | Kevin Pearce |
| Cinematography | Nick Higgins |
| Edited by | Pedro Kos |
| Music by | Moby |
Production companies | Impact Partners Tree Tree Tree |
| Distributed by | HBO Documentary Films Phase 4 Films |
Release dates |
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Running time | 108 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
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. The film also showcases the Pearce family, including Kevin's father glass-blower Simon Pearce and Kevin's brother David C. Pearce who describes his struggle to accept his Down syndrome.
The film also premiered at the X Games on January 23, 2013 in Aspen as the first ever movie to play as a featured part of the event.[citation needed] The movie received critical acclaim from critics and audiences.
Reception
editOn the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 96% of 46 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 7.9/10. The website's consensus reads: "Smart, compassionate, and moving, The Crash Reel uses the familiar sport-doc formula to subvert expectations and ask challenging questions about ambition and achievement."[1] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 79 out of 100, based on 15 critics, indicating "generally favorable" reviews.[2]
Soundtrack
editTranscribed from the ending credits.
| Performed by | Track Title |
|---|---|
| Groove Armada | "Paper Romance" |
| Lykke Li | "I Know Places" |
| Stars of the Lid | "Central Texas", "A Meaningful Moment Through a Meaningless Process" |
| Canned Heat | "Going Up the Country" |
| DJ Shadow | "Giving up the Ghost" |
| Underworld | "Mmm Skyscraper... I Love You" |
| Cliff Martinez | "Where's The Deluxe Version?", "They Broke His Pelvis", "My Name on a Car" |
| The Chemical Brothers | "K+D+B" |
| Sigur Rós | "Ekki múkk" |
| The Hives | "Come On!" |
| Bon Iver | "Holocene" |
| José González | "Down the Line", "Crosses/Crosses" |
| Spiritualized | "Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space" |
| Ben Howard | "Black Flies" |
| Moby | "JLTF" |
| Aarktica | "You Have Cured a Million Ghosts" |
| Tycho | "A Walk" |
| Grizzly Bear | "Sun in Your Eyes" |
| M83 | "Wait", "My Tears Are Becoming a Sea" |
| Ryan Adams | "I See Monsters" |
| Asaf Avidan | "One Day Reckoning Song" |
| Crystal Castles | Child I Will Hurt You |
References
edit- ^ "The Crash Reel". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Retrieved 29 January 2024.
- ^ "The Crash Reel". Metacritic. Fandom, Inc. Retrieved 29 January 2024.
