The wait is over – DVD copies of Follow Me will be available this week and pre-orders are being shipped.
Get all the details inside.Coinciding with an international film tour already underway, Anthill Films’ new mountain bike film
Follow Me is will be available this week on DVD. While audiences are being blown away along the film tour, pre-orders are being sent out and if you don’t have copy yet, you can purchase
Follow Me on DVD direct from
anthillfilms.com right now. Follow Me is also available for purchase at select bike shops and on
iTunes. As well, Anthill has just announced that the film will be available on BluRay in June 2010.
DVD and BluRay copies of
Follow Me come with some cool extra features, including a behind the scenes look at making the movie and slideshows from the film by photographers Sterling Lorence, Harookz and Caleb Smith.
If you haven’t seen the film yet a behind-the-scenes/sneak-peak is now available to give you a small taste of
Follow Me. The video covers one of the highlights from the film – a beachside step-down that Cam McCaul did in Mexico while filming the Punta San Carlos segment with Matt Hunter and Geoff Gulevich.
Go to
anthillfilms.com to order now and find out more about the film.
Follow Me is the first feature film for Anthill Films, a new film production company formed by the crew who helped create the award-winning films The Collective, Roam and Seasons.
Follow Me is presented by Shimano in association with Adidas Eyewear, Bike Parks of BC, PRO Components, PinkBike.com, Bike Magazine and Nike 6.0. Follow Me is distributed globally by VAS Entertainment.
The cable and helmet cam shots were insane.
Only the audio was a big letdown, the songs simply didnt fit to the non stop action and the constant epicness of the shots. It always felt as if I was watching the anthill holiday trip 09 video with campfire soundtrack while I was in fact watching a visual supernova (couldve done without the bw/colorkey part, but I guess thats just my opinion) paired with some of the gnarliest riding. I wanted to be immersed in what I was seeing, really. But the audio always held me back. The last two parts worked for me though,
If you have a look at the trailer you see how it wouldve worked. Fast and well produced music, fat sound(!) and intense riding. If you end up with so much visual quality, the audio wouldve needed as much care.
Still gonna get it in HD though, the shots are epic and its definitely a must see for everyone.
Check it out at followme.cambr.org.
Can't say the same for the music though, is it just me, or did Seasons and Roam have a better soundtrack? First time I watched those 2 videos I immediately liked a couple of songs from each, this time, none struck me. Oh well, it's not a music video anyway. F*ck yeah for the riding and film crew!!!
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Music in this film is terrible though in my opinion.
You can buy stuff from the US iTunes store fairly easily if you are outside the US - see details in this thread here:
www.singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/follow-me-on-itunes-now
1. Get iTunes US "Free account
techwiredau.com/2008/09/grab-a-free-itunes-account-for-any-country
2. Buy an iTunes US gift card from this site.
maximuscards.com
3. Redeem gift code in US store, get Follow Me.
Having said this, the riding and the filming absolutely blew me away! I cannot think of a more visually-appealing display of mountain biking in any other bike film. I will certainly be watching it over and over again.