His adversary, on the other hand, found himself vilified by the documentary's audience. 'I surely wasn't well-liked at the time,' he remembers. Wiebe is presented as the newcomer opposed by the established gamers. In truth, that framing remains highly contentious within the gaming community. The documentary portrays Wiebe as the good guy and Mitchell as the black hat in the story, using every available means to hold onto his record. Another record by Wiebe, set in public, only lasts for minutes before a tape sent by Mitchell reveals a new high score. In Seth Gordon's documentary, the video game's ruling body rejects a record captured on a tape by Wiebe. Two gamers, reigning champion Billy Mitchell and challenger Steve Wiebe, compete for the crown of the arcade gaming world. The Donkey Kong world record doesn't sound like the kind of issue to provoke two men to near-Biblical levels of animosity, but as 2007 documentary King Of Kong: A Fistful Of Quarters records, that's exactly what came to pass. The King Of KongChampion gamer Steve Wiebe on taming the gorilla

Here the stars of these six outstanding docs tell us what happened next. But what happened after the credits rolled? And what did the fates have in store for these memorable characters once the cameras packed up and left? Turning no leaf unturned to track them down and burning the midnight phonebill to speak to them, Empire found out. From Oscar-winning docs Hoop Dreams and Man On Wire to life-and-death dramas like Touching The Void and fan favourites such as King Of Kong, Spellbound and Dogtown And Z-Boys, the past decade has yielded some great documentaries.

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