Vice Films (yeah, those Capitalist hipsters whose company is now valued at $2.5 billion) is releasing a documentary on the downfall of the extremely talented skateboarding brothers Tas and Ben Pappas.
Utilizing archives of footage taken throughout the brothers’ lives through to the present day, paired with interviews with other legendary skateboarding stars, All This Mayhem chronicles the brothers’ meteoric rise to number one and two in the world and the heartbreaking personal and professional story that ensued. . . FilmBuff and VICE Films will release the film theatrically in select markets, and on all leading On Demand platforms including iTunes, Amazon Instant Video, Vudu, Google Play, XBOX Video, and Sony PlayStation on September 9th.
We’d like to think of this as a cautionary tale, but it always seems like the fucks ups get all the media play. For the official word from Vice, follow the jump.VICE FILMS PRESENTS TRAILER FOR ALL THIS MAYHEM
Documentary follows legendary skaters and charismatic brothers Tas and Ben Pappas to present an unflinching look at a world of drugs and hedonism during the glory days of professional vert skateboarding
Features appearances by Tony Hawk, Steve-O, Christian Hosoi, Danny Way, Bill Weiss, Lance Konklin, and more
Watch the trailer here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8wDiszmA2o8
NEW YORK, NY (September 2, 2014) – VICE Films today presents the trailer for its skateboarding documentary All This Mayhem. Produced by VICE Films, the documentary follows legendary skaters and charismatic brothers Tas and Ben Pappas from the pinnacle of their sport to their undoing in this tragic story of Shakespearian proportions.
Watch it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8wDiszmA2o8
Utilizing archives of footage taken throughout the brothers’ lives through to the present day, paired with interviews with other legendary skateboarding stars, All This Mayhem chronicles the brothers’ meteoric rise to number one and two in the world and the heartbreaking personal and professional story that ensued.
FilmBuff and VICE Films will release the film theatrically in select markets, and on all leading On Demand platforms including iTunes, Amazon Instant Video, Vudu, Google Play, XBOX Video, and Sony PlayStation on September 9th.
ABOUT VICE MEDIA
VICE is a global youth media company and the industry leader in producing and distributing the best online video content in the world. Launched in 1994 as a punk magazine, VICE now operates out of 36 offices globally, and has expanded into a multimedia network, including the world’s premier source for original online video, VICE.COM; an international network of digital channels; a television & feature film production studio; a magazine; a record label; and a book-publishing division.
VICE’s digital channels include VICE SPORTS, a sports channel; MUNCHIES, a food channel; VICE News, a dedicated news channel; Noisey, a music discovery channel; The Creators Project, dedicated to the arts and creativity; Motherboard, covering cultural happenings in technology; THUMP, focusing on global dance and electronic music; and Fightland, a channel dedicated to the culture of MMA. VICE acquired British fashion publication i-D in 2012 and re-launched i-D’s digital presence at i-D.co, a video-driven fashion site. In 2013, VICE launched a news-magazine series on HBO titled VICE. The Emmy Award-winning series just completed in its second season; seasons three and four to air in 2015 and 2016.
