"Dust to Glory" is the full length feature documentary film about the eclectic band of adventurers who have gathered every fall since 1967 in Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico for the roughest, toughest and most adrenalin-filled point-to-point race ever held.
The SCORE Red Bull VIP Las Vegas Premiere of the film will be at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, at the Century Theater at the Suncoast Hotel/Casino in Las Vegas. While this special screening is by invitation only, the SCORE Red Bull afterparty, open free to the public will be held at 9 p.m. Tuesday at the nearby Bilbo Club, 8699 West Charleston Boulevard, just west of Durango Blvd.
Among the notables who will be on hand to meet and greet the public at Bilbo?s will be Sal Fish, the SCORE CEO/President who is one of the stars of the film, and many of Las Vegas? top desert racers, including Rob MacCachren, Bekki Wik, and Steve Olliges. Several SCORE race vehicles will also be on display during the afterparty, which will also feature SCORE and Red Bull giveaways, including the opportunity to win tickets to July?s SCORE Las Vegas Terrible?s Cup to be held on the Dirt Track at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
While the nation-wide limited release of the film began Friday, April 1 with single theaters in Los Angeles and New York City, the film has expanded to at least 30 additional U.S. theaters each subsequent weekend.
"This action-adventure film is being very-well received both by critics and the general public alike," said Fish, who is in his third decade leading SCORE International. "Dana (Brown) has produced a masterpiece that will etch his name permanently in the lore of this special genre of moviemaking. This film is moving SCORE desert racing into more
people's minds and hearts than ever before. When the international distribution of the film begins, especially in Mexico, the interest level in SCORE desert racing will literally go in orbit."
Besides opening in Nevada for the general public on Friday in Las Vegas (Century Suncoast) and Reno (Riverside Theater), other cities where the film will open this weekend include Atlanta, Honolulu, Indianapolis, St. Louis, Baltimore, Nashville, Charlotte, N.C., San Antonio, Boulder, Colo., Albuquerque, Salt Lake City and Tucson, Ariz. Additionally, the film will also being opening in eight more cities in California, including Palm Springs and Sacramento as well as six more cities in Florida, including Ft. Lauderdale.
Often referred to as "the most famous race that no one has ever seen," "Dust to Glory," re-teams Step Into Liquid producers C. Rich Wilson and Scott Waugh of BronWa Pictures with Producer and SCORE Baja racing champion, Mike McCoy to help Dana Brown capture the legendary Tecate SCORE Baja 1000 on film.
The sprawling, ambitious film used more than 50 cameras, 4 helicopters, a four passenger open-wheel desert race car camera vehicle and a crew of over 80 to film the longest continuous point-to-point race in the world, which takes place each November in the mysterious and foreboding desert of Mexico?s Baja Peninsula.
Also contributing to Dust to Glory were SCORE?s Sal Fish and Director of Photography, Kevin Ward, who is also a prominent SCORE motorcycle racer.
In addition to more than 200 hours of footage from the 2003 Tecate SCORE Baja 1000, Dust to Glory also features archival footage from the inaugural desert race 37 years ago, which attracted such luminaries as Steve McQueen and James Garner. The footage was supplied by Bruce Brown, the famed director of Endless Summer and On any Sunday, who was part of the production team and the filmmaker?s father.
SCORE International, based in Los Angeles, has been the world?s foremost desert racing organization since it was founded in 1973. Today, it produces the six-race 2005 SCORE Desert Series in the U.S. and Mexico. Three races are held in Southern Nevada and the other three in Baja California.
Next up will be the 37th Annual Tecate SCORE Baja 500 desert race, June 3-5, in Ensenada, Mexico.
IFC Films has the North American distribution rights to the film. IFC is a leading theatrical film distribution company bringing the best of independent and specialized films to theaters.
The Tecate SCORE Baja 1000 is the flagship event of the SCORE Desert Series. The world?s most well-known desert race annually features approximately 275 vehicles, competing in 24 Pro and 5 Sportsman classes for cars, trucks, motorcycles and ATVs. The 38th Tecate SCORE Baja 1000 will be held Nov. 17-20 this year in Ensenada.
For more information on the film, view the trailer or locate the theater finder, visit www.d2gfilm.com. Group tickets are available at 1.888.349.3714.
For more information regarding SCORE, visit the official website of the 2005 SCORE Desert Series at www.score-international.com, or call SCORE at 818.225.8402.