Friday night, April 23rd

'FASTER' RIDES INTO HOLLYWOOD WITH SOLD OUT PREMIERE

OVER 2000 FANS SEE MOTOGP DOCUMENTARY IN ITS OPENING WEEKEND IN LOS ANGELES MOTOGP LEGEND KEVIN SCHWANTZ AND AMA SUPERBIKE STAR ERIC BOSTROM JOIN DIRECTOR MARK NEALE AND FANS AT THE STATE-OF-THE-ART ARCLIGHT CINEMAS

Kicking off an opening weekend that drew 2000 moviegoers, motorcycle fans packed the house on Friday night, April 23rd, at Hollywood’s top movie palace, the ArcLight Cinemas, for the Los Angeles premiere of FASTER.

On hand to celebrate the action-packed documentary about MotoGP were the legendary, 25-time 500cc GP winner and 1993 500cc GP World Champion KEVIN SCHWANTZ – prominently featured in FASTER -- and current AMA Superbike star ERIC BOSTROM.

And, of course, there were bikes. Bostrom surprised onlookers when he rode his custom Von Dutch Ducati 999 right into the courtyard of the cinema, where he joined Schwantz and a pack of fans for photos and autograph-signing. For an extra treat, Mike Unger of Honda of Hollywood brought a Suzuki GSXR1000 replica of the bike ridden by reigning AMA Superbike champion Mat Mladin.

After the screening, Schwantz and Bostrom spoke about the movie and their careers, and answered questions from the audience, along with FASTER’s award-winning director, MARK NEALE. Cycle World Magazine’s Executive Editor Brian Catterson led the conversation.

As for the press, The Los Angeles Times praised FASTER for “taking viewers into the thrilling world of the MotoGP.” Variety, the top entertainment business publication, described it as “Often thrilling, always compelling…it provides the kind of involving human element achieved by the best sports docus,” and the LA Weekly called it “awesome.”

FASTER was recently picked up for distribution in U.S. cinemas by the Los Angeles-based film company, Slamdance On The Road. The company’s president, Peter Baxter, commented that “On screen, FASTER gives a raw, true-to-life look at the most extreme motorcycle races in the world. What we see off-screen is just how dedicated its fans are. During a weekend of big summer movie openings, we sold out the house.”

FASTER is the most true-to-life look at grand prix motorcycle racing ever brought to the screen. Featuring today’s top riders, including Rossi and Biaggi, along with the greats who shaped the sport, like Schwantz, Rainey, Roberts and Sheene, FASTER crosses five continents during the 2001-2002 MotoGP championship seasons, to capture all the speed, the egos, the broken bones and the babes of the fastest, most challenging bike races in the world. Narrated by film star Ewan McGregor (“Star Wars” I, II, III).

The film will be released internationally later this year.

FASTER is directed by Mark Neale, and is a film by Spark Productions in association with Dorna Sports SL. Executive producers are Ian MacLean and Chris Paine. Produced by Stephen Lim.