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“What It Takes” is the feature-length documentary stars four elite Ironman triathletes - Peter Reid, Heather Fuhr, Lori Bowden, and Luke Bell - who together have won 6 world championships and dozens of major races. Viewers go behind the scenes in the quest for the 2005 world championship in Kona, Hawaii. Running at 97 minutes long, the movie includes footage of the athletes training, racing, and resting, and also opening up in extensive interviews to share their thoughts and feelings. The audience learns much about the sport of triathlon and the duel for athletic supremacy, but also about the very human issues which confront four athletes in an up-and-down, unpredictable year.

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Showtimes for Seattle

Update: So there was a showing at the Metro last night that I was able to attend. The movie was very well done, and was an interesting look into the world of a triathlete. Turn out was very good, with only a few seats empty by showtime. The director and cinematographer came up to the front and gave a little talk (which is cool, how often does that happen), and then on with the show.

As I’ve said, overall the movie was really well done. The music and cinematography was good, the interviews didn’t seem forced or unnatural, and all in all you got a good feel for what it was like to be in their shoes. My only complaint would be that some of the text that would display onscreen wasn’t crisp, and I’m guessing that is because of the movie screen size.

I liked the show enough to buy the DVD after. If you’re into (or are thinking of getting into) triathlons/ironman you’ll definitely want to watch the show.

There’s one more showing in Seattle

Thursday, November 2
7:30-9 pm

Harvard Exit Theatre
807 East Roy at Harvard
Seattle, WA 98102