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'''''Pan Am Las Vegas''''', also marketed as '''''Pan Am Series: Las Vegas 2003''''', is an American tournament [[paintball]] film produced by [[DerDer]]. The documentary covers the 2003 [[Pan Am Paintball Circuit]] season finals in Las Vegas, Nevada, featuring three-player, five-player and seven-player competition.[1]

The film is among DerDer's earliest documented video productions, following ''[[300 FPS (paintball film)|300 FPS]]'' (2003). Its main feature has an approximate running time of 30 minutes.[1]

== Content ==

''Pan Am Las Vegas'' documents the final tournament of the 2003 Pan Am Paintball Circuit.

The event brought teams from across the United States to Las Vegas to compete for tournament results and final series rankings.

The documentary includes footage from three competitive formats:

* Three-player competition
* Five-player competition
* Seven-player competition

The film concentrates on tournament action, recording competitors at an event that formed part of the established American regional paintball circuit.[1]

== Production and release ==

The film was produced by [[DerDer]], the American paintball video company associated with [[Rob Astamendi]].

Its original promotional description identified the production as a follow-up to the company's ''300 FPS'' film.

The production was distributed on DVD under the title ''Pan Am Las Vegas'', with the original retail catalogue using the product identifier DVDDD03PALV.

Although the tournament took place in 2003, the precise date of the DVD's commercial release has not been independently established.[1]

== DVD bonus features ==

The original DVD included two additional tournament highlight reels:

{| class="wikitable"
! Bonus feature
! Event
! Details
|-
| Pan Am LA
| Pan Am Los Angeles, 31 May 2003
| Tournament highlights recorded at [[SC Village]] in California
|-
| Cal Jam 2003
| [[Cal Jam]] 2003
| Additional tournament highlight reel
|}

The bonus material was listed separately from the approximately 30-minute main feature.[1]

== Soundtrack ==

The film's individual soundtrack recordings have not yet been reliably identified from surviving published sources.

No verified track listing has been established from the original DVD credits or contemporary DerDer music records.

== Preservation and availability ==

The film was originally distributed on DVD through specialist paintball retailers.

On 12 August 2020, [[PBNation]] published a copy of the film on its YouTube channel under the title ''Derder Paintball Las Vegas 2003 Throwback DVD''.

The upload credited Kevin Foote with providing the DVD recording for publication.[2]

The surviving video preserves footage of the 2003 Pan Am season finals and provides a record of regional American tournament paintball during the early development of modern seven-player competition.

== See also ==

* [[DerDer]]
* [[Rob Astamendi]]
* [[300 FPS (paintball film)]]
* [[Pan Am Paintball Circuit]]
* [[SC Village]]
* [[Cal Jam]]
* [[Paintball media]]

== References ==

# [https://paintballshop.com/derder-pan-am-las-vegas-dvd/ Paintballshop.com, "Derder - Pan Am Las Vegas - DVD". Original product description documenting the tournament, three-player, five-player and seven-player divisions, approximate running time and bonus features.]
# [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=onCVr_aeeGA PBNation Paintball, "Derder Paintball Las Vegas 2003 Throwback DVD", YouTube, 12 August 2020. Preserved video release, with Kevin Foote credited for supplying the DVD.]

== External links ==

* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=onCVr_aeeGA ''Pan Am Las Vegas'' — preserved film on YouTube]
* [https://paintballshop.com/derder-pan-am-las-vegas-dvd/ Original DVD product listing, Paintballshop.com]

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