Fightville

middleeasy: Nice to see Ronda Rousey supporting Anonymous.

Wed, 09 May 2012 20:19:54 -0400

middleeasy:

Nice to see Ronda Rousey supporting Anonymous.

wayofwalkingalone: I really want to watch Fightville.

Mon, 23 Apr 2012 21:39:00 -0400

wayofwalkingalone:

I really want to watch Fightville.

Taken with instagram

Wed, 21 Mar 2012 22:43:16 -0400

Taken with instagram

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Thu, 15 Mar 2012 20:15:00 -0400

"There’s something special about Dustin. He’s so hungry that we have to stop him from..."

Wed, 14 Mar 2012 01:04:36 -0400

“There’s something special about Dustin. He’s so hungry that we have to stop him from over-training sometimes. He’s so strict with his diet. I remember after one of my fights in Oklahoma, we were trying to get something to eat and everywhere we went didn’t have any healthy food. So, Dustin wouldn’t eat. He’s that dedicated. He’s without a doubt a future UFC champion.”

- Eric Scallan

"It is not the critic who counts: not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the..."

Tue, 13 Mar 2012 22:39:07 -0400

“It is not the critic who counts: not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself for a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat.”

- Teddy Roosevelt, The Man in the Arena

Dustin Poirier goes Zombie Hunting

Tue, 13 Mar 2012 21:01:00 -0400

Dustin Poirier goes Zombie Hunting:

UFC interviews Dustin Poirier about his 5/15 fight with the Korean Zombie.

This movie is really about the American dream. It’s just a little more extreme than the American...

Tue, 06 Mar 2012 22:57:48 -0500

This movie is really about the American dream. It’s just a little more extreme than the American dream.@TimCredeur

Fightville Filmmaker Came to Pull for UFC fighters

Tue, 06 Mar 2012 08:58:32 -0500

It’s not uncommon in documentary films for a director to remain emotionally attached to a subject long after the cameras stop rolling.

But Michael Tucker, the New York-based filmmaker who co-directed Fightville with Petra Epperlein, admits he has continued to follow the career of professional mixed martial arts fighter and Ultimate Fighting Championship featherweight Dustin Poirier with something bordering on obsession.

Fightville shines a sympathetic light on the rough-and-tumble world of mixed martial arts, following the early careers of two fighters, a trainer and promoter in Louisiana.

Poirier, who Tucker calls the “star” of the film, has gone on to great success on the UFC circuit, where he’s ranked in the Top 5 of his weight class.

FIGHTVILLE IN CALGARY ON MARCH 7

Mon, 05 Mar 2012 09:17:00 -0500

PRESENTED BY CALGARY INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL AND HOT DOCS

Wednesday, March 7, 2012 7PM
Director Michael Tucker in attendance!
$13.00
Plaza Theatre, 1133 Kensington Road Northwest

Fighting is a fiction, but that doesn’t make it less true.

Sun, 04 Mar 2012 21:19:00 -0500

Fighting, if not rage, is a culture, for boys and soldiers and entertaining warriors. They craft their heroic self-images carefully.

Fightville Official Trailer. In Theaters April 20.

Sun, 04 Mar 2012 16:49:23 -0500

Fightville Official Trailer. In Theaters April 20.

Fightville Exclusive Clip:Tim Credeur on Fighting

Sun, 04 Mar 2012 16:35:30 -0500

Fightville Exclusive Clip:Tim Credeur on Fighting

A movie may have gotten me into MMA

Sun, 04 Mar 2012 16:20:00 -0500

Well, it’s finally happened. A movie may have gotten me into MMA. It wasn’t Never Back Down or Redbelt, and it certainly wasn’t Randy Couture in The Expendables. I’d seen some of the real matches but the footage captured in the documentary Fightville actually articulated the nuance and grace of the format.

The Curtain

Sun, 04 Mar 2012 15:40:00 -0500

The Curtain

Albert Stainback

Sun, 04 Mar 2012 15:39:22 -0500

Albert Stainback

Making the MMA Sacrifice

Sun, 04 Mar 2012 15:37:00 -0500

A star in the making. A troubled young talent. A charismatic promoter and a wise veteran fighter/manager.

Documentary filmmakers Michael Tucker and Petra Epperlein hit the jackpot when they embarked on “Fightville.” They just didn’t know it at first, starting the project almost by accident.

Fighting is Truth

Sun, 04 Mar 2012 15:27:00 -0500

In the opening moments of the documentary Fightville, a small-time mixed martial arts promoter named Gil (The Thrill) Guillory fishes for the words to explain the sport’s exploding popularity.Finally, he settles on three: “Fighting is truth.”

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Sun, 04 Mar 2012 15:23:59 -0500

Dustin Poirier: One week before the fight

Sun, 04 Mar 2012 15:21:17 -0500

Dustin Poirier: One week before the fight