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: I'd like to hear what you thought. Was it
: factually accurate or did they mix and match
: events? I don't have the Discovery Channel,
: so I'm very curious how it was.
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It was a very truncated look at his life, but was worth seeing. It did look at his dark side, and dispelled some of the myths (29 day coma claim) while perpetuating others (400+ broken bones, something even he himself never claimed). Featured interviews with a number of people that were very close to him (promoters, producers, fellow racers, relatives). Some decent unseen (at least to me) footage, however there was hardly any ABC footage (no footage of Wembly (only still photos), no ABC footage of Snake River, no Kings Island coverage at all). It mostly tried to look at the 10 year pop culture tidal wave that he was, and not a historical look at the specific jumps.
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