Hitman Hart
Wrestling with Shadows
Awards (click to collapse)
Banff Television Festival, Canada (1999) – Winner: Banff Rockie Award: Best Sports Program
Canadian Society of Cinematographers Awards, Canada (1999) – Winner: Best Cinematography in Documentary
Columbus International Film & Animation Film Festival, USA (1999) – Winner: Chris Award: The Humanities
Columbus International Film & Animation Film Festival, USA (1999) – Winner: Bronze Plaque Award: Entertainment
Gemini Awards, Canada (1999) – Winner: Best History/Biography Documentary Program
Gemini Awards, Canada (1999) – Nominated: Best Direction in a Documentary Program or Series
Gemini Awards, Canada (1999) – Winner: Best Picture Editing in a Documentary Program or Series
Nashville FF, USA (1999) – Winner: Best of Festival: Best Documentary – Long Form
For a year a film crew followed Bret Hart, five times’ champion of the World Wrestling Federation, hoping for an unprecedented look behind the scenes. What they got was the most dramatic story in the history of wrestling.
Granted unique access, director Paul Jay got beyond the tightly guarded walls of wrestling morality plays. As fantasy crosses into real life, the true story of Hart’s struggle with Vince McMahon, legendary owner of the WWF, is revealed. The climax is the biggest double cross in the history of pro wrestling.
The award winning Hitman Hart is a fascinating film about good and evil, sacrifice and greed, loyalty and betrayal – and a man in a world of moral uncertainty, fighting to keep a sense of personal dignity and truth.
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