Luke Perry narrates an intense, riveting look at modern-day bull riding in David Wittkower’s documentary ‘Cowboy Up: Inside the Extreme World of Bull Riding’ that will screen on Thursday, July 29, 6 p.m. at the Pacific Palisades Branch Library, 861 Alma Real. A behind-the-scenes look at bull riding, Wittkower enlisted the help of bull riding stars Tuff Hedeman and Cody Lambert, among others, but also journeyed into areas that had never really been successfully explored. He even took his camera to Dr. Tandy Freeman at Health South in Dallas to film knee and shoulder surgeries. Wittkower explored all that surrounded famous bull rider Lane Frost’s death as well as a fatal accident involving Brent Thurman. Frost died when thrown after a successful ride aboard Takin’ Care Of Business at the Cheyenne Frontier Days Rodeo in 1989. Wittkower also went to John Growney of Red Bluff, California., where he discovered perhaps the most overlooked aspect of the sport: the bulls. One poignant moment shows Lane Frost standing next to arch rival Red Rock, a rough and tumble bull that had never been ridden until Frost accomplished the feat. To date the film has won eight film festival awards for excellence in editing, directing and sports programming. The film has been selling in several locations across the country including Canada and Australia. More information about the film can be found on the www.lanefrost.com Web site. Wittkower’s previous film, ‘Firefight’Stories From the Frontlines,’ is a 50-minute video wherein filmmaker and certified wildland firefighter Wittkower goes behind the lines and explores the lives of ‘Hotshots,’ the firefighters who fight wilderness fires.
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