Darius Goes West (2007)

User Rating:

8.8/10   

Director:

Logan Smalley

Genre:

Documentary

Tagline:

The Roll of His Life

Plot:

Darius Weems, who has Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, travels across the country with eleven friends on a mission to get his wheelchair customized by MTV's "Pimp My Ride."

Plot Keywords:

Wheelchair | Muscular Dystrophy | Darius Weems | Dmd | Georgia USA

Awards:

15 wins

Cast

Darius Weems	...	Himself
Andrew Carson	...	Himself
Daniel Epting	...	Himself
John Hadden	...	Himself
John Harmon	...	Himself
Jason Hees	...	Himself
Sam Johnson	...	Himself
Collin Shepley	...	Himself
Ben Smalley	...	Himself
Logan Smalley	...	Himself
Kevin Wier	...	Himself
Dylan Wilson	...	Himself
Tracy Seckler	...	Herself
Dr. Benjamin Seckler	...	Himself
Maria McDonnell	...	Herself

Runtime:

USA:92 min (original release)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Company:

Roll With Me Productions

Trivia:

The group set out a goal to sell 1 million DVD's in 1 year.

Movie Connections:

Features "Pimp My Ride" (2004)

Please go watch this incredible movie.

Darius Goes West is an amazing documentary about a teenager (Weems) with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, and his 11 friends who take him on a cross-country trip to see if "Pimp My Ride" will pimp out his wheelchair.

I recently watched this movie at the Sunscreen Film Festival. It played twice over the course of the festival. This movie is an amazing story about the human spirit, and the spirit of Weem's friends. I do not say this often about movies, but after watching this movie, I feel moved to do something towards the cause. Every festival this movie has taken part in, this movie has won an award of some kind. It is in the Tribeca Film Festival, and it is going to London and Athens, Greece. I would not be surprised if this movie went all the way to the Academy Awards. It is snowballing out of control. If anyone has a chance to see this movie, wherever it is playing, go! Take as many people as possible, and go! It is heading to New Orleans for a film festival, then on to Atlanta and Palm Beach, FL. Darius is from Georgia, so I expect the tickets for the Atlanta showing will be sold out quickly, if they are not already. Please, go see this movie! DGW (talk about it)

-Kish