MELBOURNE, Friday, 15 May 2009 \u2013 Fremantle coach Mark Harvey has cited Madman surfing film BUSTIN\u2019 DOWN THE DOOR (DVD available June 3rd – $29.95srp) as the \u201cinspiration\u201d behind his team\u2019s seven point victory over Carlton at Gold Coast Stadium last Saturday.*<\/p>\n
The team viewed the film on the morning of the game, which was then followed by an inspirational talk from surfing legend and BUSTIN\u2019 DOWN THE DOOR star Wayne \u2018Rabbit\u2019 Bartholomew, whom coach Harvey described as \u201cabsolutely sensational\u201d. Harvey also described the \u2018unfamiliar territory\u2019 parallels between their victory on the Gold Coast and what \u2018Rabbit\u2019 and his surfing comrades achieved in Hawaii in 1975.<\/p>\n
Narrated by Edward Norton (FIGHT CLUB, AMERICAN HISTORY X), BUSTIN\u2019 DOWN THE DOOR is the inspiring story of a group of young surfers from Australia and South Africa who sacrificed everything to revolutionise a sport, a culture, and an industry that is today worth billions of dollars and has captured the imagination of the world. Surfing would never be the same again, and the thrilling, inspiring and even dangerous gamble these brash youths took to make their mark has never been revealed until now.<\/p>\n
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*SOURCE: \u2018Riding Wave of Success\u2019 By Scott Beveridge \u2013 AFL Bigpond Network<\/p>\n
NOTES TO EDITORS<\/p>\n
–\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 BUSTIN\u2019 DOWN THE DOOR is available on DVD June 3rd – $29.95 SRP.<\/p>\n
–\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 BUSTIN\u2019 DOWN THE DOOR features pioneering surfers Shaun Tomson, Mark Richards, Wayne \u2018Rabbit\u2019 Bartholomew, Ian Cairns, Peter Townend and Michael Tomson, as well as contemporaries such as Kelly Slater.<\/p>\n
ABOUT MADMAN ENTERTAINMENT<\/p>\n
MADMAN is Australia\u2019s leading independent home entertainment and theatrical distribution and rights-management company, specialising in the wholesale distribution of DVD product into retail and rental stores throughout Australia. Madman product categories include Kids, TV, arthouse film, Australian independent features, animation and Japanese anime. Madman is owned by Funtastic Limited, one of Australia\u2019s largest wholesalers of consumer products into retail outlets and an Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) listed company.<\/p>\n
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MELBOURNE, Friday, 15 May 2009 \u2013 Fremantle coach Mark Harvey has cited Madman surfing film BUSTIN\u2019 DOWN THE DOOR (DVD available June 3rd – $29.95srp) as the \u201cinspiration\u201d behind his team\u2019s seven point victory over Carlton at Gold Coast Stadium last Saturday.* The team viewed the film on the morning of the game, which was<\/p>\n