Roadkill (paintball film)

Roadkill, also released as Roadkill: The DerDer U.S. Tour, is a 2004 American tournament paintball film produced by DerDer. The documentary features footage from eight American paintball tournaments, combining competitive action with sections devoted to leading professional teams.[1][2]

The film is one of DerDer's early full-length productions, following 300 FPS (2003). Its original DVD has an approximate running time of 60 minutes.[2]

Production

Roadkill was produced by DerDer, the American paintball video production company associated with filmmaker Rob Astamendi.

The documentary was filmed during the 2003 and 2004 tournament seasons, covering professional and amateur competition across the United States.[2]

The film follows the editing approach established by DerDer's earlier releases, using tournament highlights, close-range action footage, music and team-focused sequences.

Contemporary WARPIG coverage from November 2004 identified Roadkill as an upcoming DerDer release documenting eight American events.[1]

Tournament coverage

Roadkill includes highlights from eight tournament events.

The original DVD description identifies the following events and locations:

2003 Paintball World Cup
Mardi Gras / Bourbon Street
Los Angeles Open
Huntington Beach
Orlando Open
Bunkerfest
Chicago
Denver

The footage documents professional and amateur tournament paintball during a period when American competition was divided between organisations including the National Professional Paintball League (NPPL) and Paintball Sports Promotions (PSP).[2]

The film presents edited tournament highlights rather than complete match recordings.

Featured teams

In addition to tournament coverage, Roadkill includes dedicated sections featuring eight paintball teams.

The original DVD description identifies:

Team
Infamous
Avalanche
XSV
Justice
Dynasty
Arsenal
Texas Storm
Naughty Dogs

These team sections are documented in the film's historical promotional description.[2]

The documentary records several leading professional teams during the development of modern seven-player and X-Ball competition.

Soundtrack

Roadkill uses music-driven editing to accompany tournament footage and team sequences, continuing the production style established in 300 FPS.

Contemporary WARPIG coverage described DerDer's films as collections of tournament highlights edited to fast-paced music.[1]

The individual recordings used in Roadkill have not been reliably established from surviving published sources.

A contemporary PBNation discussion from December 2004 records a viewer asking about the opening song in the film's trailer, although the available discussion does not identify the recording.[3]

A verified soundtrack track listing has not yet been established.

Release and distribution

Roadkill was released in 2004.

A trailer for the film was included with The CFOA Experience, another DerDer production released during the same year.

In November 2004, WARPIG reviewer Bill Mills documented the trailer and identified Roadkill as a forthcoming DVD featuring eight American tournaments.[1]

By January 2005, the film was being sold through specialist paintball retailers.

A contemporary discussion on Automags.org records Devil's Den Paintball advertising Roadkill alongside 300 FPS, Pan Am Las Vegas and The CFOA Experience.

The discussion also records the DVD being offered for approximately US$34.[4]

The film subsequently remained available through physical DVD sales and online video archives.

Preservation and availability

On 10 October 2018, PBNation published the complete film on its YouTube channel under the title Derder's Roadkill - Old School Paintball Movie - 2004.[5]

The preserved version has a running time of approximately 61 minutes.

The online release provides access to the original tournament footage and team sections after the decline of DVD distribution as the principal format for paintball videos.

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