A collection of glimpses of various branches of sport, showing winners in action. The compilation includes Equipoise winning a race, a home run in the last World's Series, hockey and various other sporting highlights.
Country
United States
Editor's Choice Analysis
Chasing the Champions: A weird, dusty time capsule of sports
Is this thing worth your time?
Honestly, that depends on your tolerance for black-and-white grain and zero narrative structure. If you’re into sports history or just want something to zone out to for twenty minutes, go for it. If you need a movie to actually go somewhere, you’re going to be bored to tears within the fi...
Chasing the Champions was released in the year 1934.
Chasing the Champions is a movie from United States.
Chasing the Champions is categorised as Documentary, Sport, Short in the cult cinema archive at Dbcult.
If you enjoy Chasing the Champions, you might also like World's Heavyweight Championship Between Tommy Burns and Jack Johnson (1909), Robbery Under Arms (1907), Jeffries-Johnson World's Championship Boxing Contest, Held at Reno, Nevada, July 4, 1910 (1910), The Joe Gans-Battling Nelson Fight (1906).
Yes, Chasing the Champions (1934) is featured in the Dbcult archive as a curated cult cinema title, known for its Documentary and Sport qualities.
Chasing the Champions is a scrappy little montage of old-school athletic victories. It moves from horse racing to baseball and hockey without much of a plan, just pure, grainy footage of people winning things.
Synopsis
A collection of glimpses of various branches of sport, showing winners in action. The compilation includes Equipoise winning a race, a home run in the last World's Series, hockey and various other sporting highlights.
Review Excerpt
"Is this thing worth your time?
Honestly, that depends on your tolerance for black-and-white grain and zero narrative structure. If you’re into sports history or just want something to zone out to for twenty minutes, go for it. If you need a movie to actually go somewhere, you’re going to be bored to tears within the first three minutes.
It’s a collection of clips. That’s it. No host, no deep dive into the athletes, just a series of events mashed together.
The experience
There is something biza..."
