I went a little off the beaten path for this one. This documentary has 27 reviews on imdb at the time of writing. I had to buy this from Vimeo because it was the only way to watch it. I was a little worried about the production quality of this film because there were no professional filmmakers involved in the making of it. This was Taylor Bybee's first (and probably his only) film to be produced. I think he did a really great job.
The documentary recounts the story of Fred Grubb as he attempts to start a successful company in northern Idaho. He started with the idea to convert old wooden coasters into steel coasters to increase their longevity and decrease maintenance costs. It took a couple years to get off the ground, but he got his break in 2010 when Six Flags contracted RMC to convert Texas Giant into a steel coaster. Since then, Rocky Mountain Construction has been building some of the best roller coasters on the planet. I was very impressed by how good this film was. When I first heard about it, I thought that there was no way Taylor Bybee could make an entire full-length documentary. I was very glad to be wrong. Taylor and his girlfriend spent an entire year traveling to different parks to get footage for the film, and it definitely paid off. To me, this film was very inspiring in many ways. For one, it gave me hope that I can get this close to the inner-workings of companies like this one. Also, the fact that a company can enter a competitive market like roller coaster manufacturing and work its way to the top in 10 years is amazing. I only knew this existed because I follow stuff like this, but this is something I would definitely recomend to anyone, even people who aren't into theme parks. 10 out of 10
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