fiction.wikisort.org - MovieWord Wars is a 2004 documentary film directed by Eric Chaikin and Julian Petrillo about competitive Scrabble playing.[1]
Its full title is: Word Wars - Tiles and Tribulations on the Scrabble Circuit. The film was an official selection at the 2004 Sundance film festival,[2] had a 25-city theatrical run, was included as part of the Discovery Times Channel's "Screening Room" series, and was nominated for numerous awards including a 2004 Documentary Emmy for "Best Artistic or Cultural Programming" and an International Documentary Association (IDA) Award. The film is distributed by 7th Art Releasing.
2004 film
Word Wars |
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Directed by | Eric Chaikin Julian Petrillo |
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Produced by | Eric Chaikin |
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Starring | Joe Edley Matt Graham Marlon Hill Joel Sherman |
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Cinematography | Laela Kilbourn |
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Edited by | Conor O'Neill |
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Music by | Thor Madsen |
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Distributed by | 7th Art Releasing |
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Release date | |
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Running time | 80 minutes |
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Language | English |
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The film follows four players in the nine months leading up to the 2002 National Scrabble Championship, which was held in San Diego, California: Joe Edley, Matt Graham, Marlon Hill, and Joel Sherman. These players also appear in Stefan Fatsis's book Word Freak, as does Chaikin. Fatsis and Chaikin are both tournament Scrabble players themselves.[3]
Soundtrack
- E Wolf & the Moneylenders - "Paralyzed" (Written by Chalkin & Haber)
- Your Mom - "The One" (Written by Your Mom)
- The Minutemen - "Do You Want New Wave (Or Do You Want the Truth)" (Written by Mike Watt)
- The Minutemen - "The Glory of Man" (Written by Mike Watt)
- Andrew Chaikin & Austin Willacy - "Across the Universe" (Written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney)
- Joel Sherman - "Across the Universe" (Written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney)
References
External links
Scrabble |
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Game elements |
- Anamonic
- Bingo
- Blanagram
- Challenge
- Letter distributions
- Tile tracking
- Word lists
- CSW
- OTCWL
- ODS
- OSPD
- OSPS [pl]
- Words containing Q not followed by U
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Organisations | Associations |
- Association of British Scrabble Players
- NASPA Games
- World English-Language Scrabble Players' Association
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Companies |
- Hasbro
- Coleco
- Milton Bradley
- Selchow and Righter
- Mattel
- Spin Master
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People | |
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Competitions |
- North America
- Canadian Championship
- School Championship
- Scrabble Players Championship
- United Kingdom
- National Championship
- UK Open
- World Championships
- English
- French
- Spanish
- Youth
- Brand's Crossword Game King's Cup
- Singapore Open
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Media & books |
- A Pumpkin Full of Nonsense
- Family Game Night
- Scrabble (game show)
- Scrabble Showdown
- The Big Snit
- TV Scrabble
- Word Freak
- Word Wars
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Predecessors | |
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Variants & spin-offs | Official games |
- RSVP
- Super Scrabble
- Scrabble ME
- Scrabble Slam!
- Trickster
- Upwords
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Video games |
- Scrabble 2007 Edition
- The Computer Edition of Scrabble
- Hasbro Family Game Night
- Internet Scrabble Club
- Scrabble (video game)
- Scrabble Complete
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Similar games |
- Alfapet
- Bananagrams
- Boggle
- Clabbers
- Duplicate Scrabble
- Lexulous
- Words with Friends
- Wordscraper
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