
King of Con!
2012-01-01 · 78 min · ★ 6.0
Classic arcade champion Dwayne Richard pulls back the curtain on the King of Kong film, including how the filmmakers changed the facts of the story, how Billy Mitchell received payoffs from them and how the man who really defeated Mitchell's 1982 Donkey Kong record was left out of the film. You'll never look at the King of Kong the same way after you've learned the truth.
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- Dwayne Richard
- Production companies
- Parrhesia Films LLC., Tarant Video Productions
- Countries
- United States of America
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- Released
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Billy MitchellHimself
Steve WiebeHimself
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