Klunkerz
94 minutes, 2006
Sun. Oct 8, 6:30PM, Sequoia
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This fast-moving documentary traces the Marin County roots and global rise of mountain biking, a gonzo sport long favored by fearless iconoclasts. An outgrowth of the Bay Area's late-'60s–early-'70s hippy counterculture, mountain biking got its start right in MVFF's backyard. Pot-smoking adrenaline junkies from Mill Valley, Larkspur and surrounding towns took their pre-World War II bicycles–known as “klunkerz” due to their fat tires–to the top of Mt. Tamalpais, then hurled themselves down dirt paths, risking life and limb in search of a killer high. People formed amateur bike leagues and tricked-out their two-wheelers with junkyard finds; spectacular wipe-outs made local guys national legends, and this mud-splattered hobby became an international craze and Olympic sport. Archival footage, rare photos and interviews with klunkerz trailblazers merge in this terrific film that races downhill toward mountain-bike bliss. — S. Jenkins
Director: Billy Savage
Producer: Billy Savage
Screenwriter: Billy Savage, Jeffrey Abelson
Cinematographer: Glenn Evans
Editor: Jeffrey Abelson
Print Source: Pumelo Pictures
5700 Wilshire Blvd.
Ste. 355
Los Angeles, CA, 90036
Tel: 323.393.5710
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