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Loading Docs 2015 - Wilbur Force
Web (Full Length) – 2015
Wilbur Force was once a warrior in the world of NZ pro wrestling, but he has fallen on hard times and is back in his hometown, living on the dole and mattress rather than on the mat. This edition in the second season of Loading Docs short films sees director J Ollie Lucks chronicling his ex-university classmate (real name William McDougall) battling the demons that have kept him from the ring. But McDougall soon questions his director’s motivation. Wilbur Force was selected for the 2015 NZ International Film Festival. A feature film inspired by the wrestler was released in 2017.
When Will started wrestling in 2009, he knew he’d found his calling. I had never seen him happier than when he was strutting into the ring, insulting the audience of young fan-boys, tearing up their signs, and punishing his opponents. That was until 2012, Will moved cities, stopped wrestling, and sunk into the unhappiest time of his life.– Director J Ollie Lucks on his friend William McDougall (aka Wilbur Force)
Key Cast & Crew
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Produced by
Spindle Fibre Films
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