''Climb Dance'' is a

cinéma vérité Cinéma vérité (, , ) is a style of documentary filmmaking developed by Edgar Morin and Jean Rouch, inspired by Dziga Vertov's theory about '' Kino-Pravda''. It combines improvisation with use of the camera to unveil truth or highlight subje ...

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, which features Finnish

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driver

Ari Vatanen Ari Pieti Uolevi Vatanen (; born 27 April 1952) is a Finns, Finnish rally (sports), rally driver turned politician and a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from 1999 to 2009. He won the World Rally Championship drivers' title in 1981 and t ...

setting a record time in the highly modified four-wheel drive, all-wheel steering Peugeot 405 Turbo 16 at the 1988 Pikes Peak International Hillclimb in

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, United States. The film was produced by

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and directed by Jean Louis Mourey. The record time set was 10:47.77. In 2013, Peugeot commissioned a

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ed HD version of the film in celebration of their entry in the 2013 Pikes Peak International Hill Climb with multiple WRC champion

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Awards

* Grand Prix Du Film in Festival De Chamonix, 1990 * Silver Screen at US Industrial Film & Video Festival Chicago, 1990 * Prix Special Du Jury at the Festival International Du Film D'Aventure Val D´Isere, 1990 * Golden Award at the International Film Festival Houston, 1990

References

External links

* 1989 films 1989 short documentary films American auto racing films Documentary films about auto racing Pikes Peak Films shot in Colorado 1980s American films {{sport-documentary-film-stub