I know nothing about Machotaildrop. At first I thought I was watching a parody of an indy film mashup by Michel Gondry, Wes Anderson and Spike Jonze. If your going to be influenced by someone, that’s a good crowd to choose from, although it could all go horribly wrong. Then it started looking expensive, so I thought it might be real. The project exists on IMDB, so I’m inclined to believe it is real. There’s an official web site, Machotaildrop.com, but it appears to be broken or at best, poorly thought out. Check out the trailer. This could be the first movie with skateboarding as a major plot device that isn’t unintentionally funny. Check the trailer after the jump. Keep your eyes peeled for pro skaters and unless I’m mistaken, an homage to a famous scene in Thrashin’.
UPDATE: Just found and added a sneak peak of the film.
UPDATE 2: Added link to another interview with the writer/director team and a behind the scenes video.
– Thanks to JF for the tip.
Machotaildrop Trailer
Machotaildrop Sneak Peak
Behind the Scenes of Machotaildrop
15 comments
Tim
Sort of a skateboarding meets Willy Wonka thing…..I like it.
fan
Where would i be able to buy this film? slash What online stores have this available? cheers
Chip
Loo Wins! Loo, send me your tshirt size & address and I will send you a prize!
Loo Ganida
Footage – Neil Blender
Can’t wait to see this Corey and Alex make the best movies
Chip
Special Bonus Question: Who knows where the term “macho tail drop” comes from?
Dylan
Not only McCrank, and Olson (and a plethora of other pros)…
But LEESIDE!
Prickly Pete
Olson is ready for his own movie.
Eric Cherry
You need to be touching my horse?
I think Olson could turn out to be a hollywood actor, he has that look about him.
Gnarles Copinghagen
Look at that Man Wolf!
kc
Here is a link to an interview.
http://espn.go.com/action/skateboarding/news/story?id=4849593
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EKrS19D0VLU
JF
yeah, Olson and McCrank.
jesus crust
Its real and its trippy.
Carl is a dick
Canadians are silly.
baade
If I remember correctly a few years ago Corey Adams won a Fuel sponsored video contest at Xdance for a somewhat similar thing he did also with Rick McCrank. The winner got a million dollars to fund their next project and this is probably the result. I’ve heard from a couple of friends it’s pretty damn entertaining.
kc
Is that Steve Olson about 28 sec. in?