This was taken off of SCORE's site. Sounds like a pretty cool flick!
HIGH-DEFINITION FEATURE DOCUMENTARY
February 25, 2003
Essex Television Group and HDNet
Release High-Definition Feature Documentary
Drive Like Hell to premiere nationally on HDNet’s all-HD network.
Niantic, CT – Essex Television Group Inc. announces the release of
Drive Like Hell, a feature-length documentary film about the Tecate SCORE Baja 1000 off-road auto race. The 90-minute documentary will premiere on HDNet, the leading all-high definition network available on DIRECTV and Charter Communications, March 5 at 9:30 PM ET. It will have numerous additional HDNet airdates throughout March, as well as select theatrical screenings later this spring.
Filmed in Baja, Mexico in September, October and November, the documentary is the first behind-the-scenes film ever made about the legendary Baja 1000. The film profiles four teams (Terrible Herbst Motorsports, Honda Motorcycles, Enduro Racing and the Centrix Financial Racing) as they prepare for, and then race in, this grueling annual event. The film also follows the extraordinary travails of race organizer, Sal Fish, who has been staging the race for more than 30 years.
Dallas and Denver-based HDNet (
www.hd.net) is the leading all high definition national television network, broadcasting on channel 199 on DirecTV and on select Charter Communications cable markets. Programming includes movies, professional and amateur sports, documentaries, and special events--all in spectacular HDTV.
Essex Television Group Inc. (
www.essextelevision.com) is a producer of award-winning documentary programming for broadcast, corporate television, home video and museum display. The company, based in Niantic, Connecticut, is owned and managed by filmmakers Jim Astrausky and Dan Carey. As a leader in high-definition production, and a primary producer of HDNet programming, Essex Television has numerous high-definition documentary series and specials in production around the country.
For additional information, VHS copies of Drive Like Hell, and production photos contact:
Jim Astrausky
jima@essextelevision.com
Dan Carey
dcarey@essextelevision.com
Telephone: (860) 739-8824