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  Hell On Wheels (2008)
 
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HELL ON WHEELS is Now Available Exclusively from IndiePix with loads of Special Features!

OVER AN HOUR OF DELETED SCENES, TWO MUSIC VIDEOS, 3 COMMENTARY TRACKS FEATURING THE DIRECTOR & PRODUCER, AND REPS FROM THE TWO AUSTIN ROLLER DERBY LEAGUES!

Before the Lonestar Rollergirls, before the Texas Rollergirls, before the emergence of 300+ rollergirl leagues across the globe... before all of this, there were the pioneers.

In 2001 a rowdy group of Austin women were determined to ressurect an old sport, but with a new spin. This is the beginning of a revolution:

HELL ON WHEELS is the ass-kicking documentary film telling the story of a group of Texas women who band together to resurrect roller derby for the 21st century. Emerging from the Austin music and arts scene, these women create a rock and roll fueled version of all-girl roller derby that has spawned the derby craze that's sweeping the nation.

Currently there are two leagues packing houses and holding bouts in Austin, Texas. The media are moving in and the Austin leagues have been featured on Comedy Central's Insomniac, on the ABC show Switched, The CBS Morning Show, The Today Show, Access Hollywood, MSNBC, HD Net TV, TNT and on A&E with the new reality show "Rollergirls." Articles have appeared in Spin, Jane, Bust, Paper, New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Playboy Magazine, Variety, Hollywood Reporter, Newsday and several other national and international publications.

The success of these Texas leagues has inspired hundreds of women across the country to get on their skates and organize derbies in their own hometowns and cities.

HELL ON WHEELS is the birth of the rollergirl revolution, chronicling the creation of the first modern-era women's roller derby league, the Lonestar Rollergirls and the breakaway league, the Texas Rollergirls. Filmed from the trenches, HELL ON WHEELS delivers the struggles and eventual success of the rollergirls as they construct a new sport and set forth to conquer the globe.

Directed by Bob Ray

With original music by ...And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of The Dead

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SPECIAL FEATURES:

  • Music Videos by:

         USS Friendship - "Rollergirls"
         Nashville Pussy - "Say Something Nasty"

  • Commentaries by Bob Ray & Werner Campbell, The Texas Roller Girls and Bad Girl Good Woman
  • Plus, over an hour of deleted scenes!

 
 
   
cast and crew

genre: documentary sports & recreation

country: United States

language: English

runtime: 90 minutes

dvd region: DVD Region All

attributes: Color Director's Cut Stereo

rating: Not Rated

 
 
   
festivals
  • Big Sky Documentary Film Festival 2007 (Missoula, United States)
  • Chicago Underground Film Festival 2007 (Chicago, United States)
  • Rhode Island International Film Festival 2007 (Newport, United States)
  • San Francisco Documentary Festival 2007 (San Francisco, United States)
  • South by Southwest Film Festival 2007 (Austin, United States)
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    "HELL ON WHEELS" is a fascinating story and a fun movie."
    -Cinematical

    "HELL ON WHEELS" is extremely compelling, sometimes laugh-out-loud outrageous and above all inspiring."
    -Ain't It Cool News

    "HELL ON WHEELS" is an epic doc. It's fast, fun and inspiring."
    -Chris Gore, Founder, Film Threat Magazine

    "HELL ON WHEELS" is full of adrenaline-fueled highs, heartbreaking lows, and lots of chicks in short skirts kicking the shit out of each other."
    -The Onion's A/V Club

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