Faster (film)

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Faster

Directed by	Mark Neale
Narrated by	Ewan McGregor
Starring	Valentino Rossi Max Biaggi Garry McCoy John Hopkins
Music by	tomandandy
Cinematography	Grant Gee
Distributed by	Slamdance on the Road
Release date(s)	May 16, 2003 (Cannes Film Festival)
Running time	103 min.
Country	USA, Spain
Language	English
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Faster is a feature-length documentary film about the MotoGP motorcycle racing world championship. The film was directed by Mark Neale, featuring cinematography by music video director Grant Gee. Chris Paine was an Executive Producer. It was released in 2003 and is narrated by actor and motorcycle enthusiast Ewan McGregor.

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The film spotlights the MotoGP world championship, the premiere level of motorcycle road racing, which is a series of sixteen races on five continents contested by twenty-four of the world's best riders. The film features appearances by MotoGP's biggest stars, including Valentino Rossi, Max Biaggi, who was Rossi's chief rival, Australian veteran Garry McCoy, and young American John Hopkins. Several former world champions are interviewed, including Mick Doohan, Kevin Schwantz, paralyzed former racer Wayne Rainey, Kenny Roberts, and Barry Sheene.

The film was produced by Los Angeles-based Spark Productions in association with Dorna Sports SL, the rights-holder for MotoGP and the driving force behind the sport's explosive growth over the last decade. It was filmed around the world during the 2001 and 2002 seasons.

[edit] DVD Release

Faster was released as a 2-disc DVD on November 16, 2004. In addition to the movie, extras include on-board camera footage from actual races, and a short sequel film on events after the 2001 and 2002 seasons.