Murderball (2005)

Murderball

Movie2005• R• 1h 28m
DocumentarySport
⭐ 7.7 / 10(10,763)

Quadriplegics, who play full-contact rugby in wheelchairs, overcome unimaginable obstacles to compete in the Paralympic Games in Athens, Greece.

Rated
R
Runtime
1h 28m
Released
2005
Country
United States

Details

Release year: 2005

Storyline

Quadriplegics, who play full-contact rugby in wheelchairs, overcome unimaginable obstacles to compete in the Paralympic Games in Athens, Greece.

Top credits

Cast
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Awards

0 wins & 1 nomination

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Did you know

• Over 200 hours of footage was shot for this film.

• Christopher Igoe originally refused to appear in the movie. After more than a year of filming he was persuaded by the need to put his side of the story, rather than have it "mis-told" by others.

• Appeared on Entertainment Weekly's list of The 50 Best Movies You've Never Seen in the Jul 16, 2012 issue.

Box Office

Gross (Domestic): $1,531,154

Opening Weekend (Domestic): $57,286 (2005-07-10)

User reviews

⭐ 9/10

Life in a wheelchair

šŸ‘ 57 Ā· 9/26/2005
⭐ 9/10

Not your typical woe-is-me film...

šŸ‘ 39 Ā· 3/2/2005
⭐ 9/10

A Triumph!!!

šŸ‘ 27 Ā· 8/7/2005

Technical specs

Sound mix
Dolby Digital
Aspect ratio
1.85 : 1
Color
Color
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