The
Great Chicken Wing Hunt (2013/MVD DVD)
Picture:
B Sound: B Extras: B+ Film: B+
A
Journey to the Heart of America's Greatest Food.
American
expatriate, international journalist and upstate New Yorker Matt
Reynolds forsakes a successful life in Eastern Europe, compelled by a
singular obsession: find the world's best Buffalo chicken wing.
Joined by his long-suffering Czech girlfriend, a perplexed Slovak
film crew, and a ragtag gang of wing-obsessed misfits recruited
online, Reynolds embarks on The Great Chicken Wing Hunt.
After
16 days, 72 stops, 2,627 miles and 284 varieties of wings, the quest
ends in the very countryside of Reynolds' childhood, where he
discovers that the perfection he has sought so hard to find was right
under his nose all along.
The
film itself is well produced with impressive graphics, creative
editing, and well composed interviews that are mostly improved yet
still factual. It was a big winner at several film festivals
including Indie Spirit, Indie Memphis Film Fest, and Woodstock to
name a few. It's interesting to hear how different wings can really
be, it's not something that I put much thought into until seeing this
documentary. Each wing stop is hilariously rated on a point system
and the ingredients are also noted.
Sound
and Picture on the disc aren't bad for DVD and presents us with a
standard definition image presented in 16 X 9/1.78 X 1 widescreen
aspect ratio. Sound on the disc is a standard, lossy Dolby Digital
2.0 Stereo mix.
Bonus
features include:
Commentary
Track with the Filmmakers
Director
Q and A from Woodstock Film Festival
Winning
Chef Q and A
Bonus
Short Film
Bonus
Musical Tracks
Theatrical
Trailer
And
a Sample Scorecard.
That's
a lot of extras for a film of this caliber on DVD! All in all, The
Great Chicken Wing Hunt is a fun film to watch if you are
interested in food (specifically wings) and you love some good humor
to accompany it along the way!
-
James Harland Lockhart V
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