NYC’s competitive slotcar racing scene (2019)

Re:NYC’s competitive slotcar racing scene (2019) by billforsternz on Monday April 12, 2021 @04:25PM (#26784693)

If you ever get the chance to see "Spotswood", a real niche Indie movie starring Anthony Hopkins as a man with a cold heart who discovers his own humanity through the power of slot car racing (yes way), take it.

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Re:NYC’s competitive slotcar racing scene (2019) by rufius on Monday April 12, 2021 @09:20PM (#26787155)

Apparently renamed to “The Efficiency Expert”: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0102969/

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Re:NYC’s competitive slotcar racing scene (2019) by billforsternz on Tuesday April 13, 2021 @10:08PM (#26802183)

Probably a regional / marketing thing. Certainly it was "Spotswood" in Australia and New Zealand at the time of release. Spotswood is the name the Melbourne suburb where the film is set. I don't think I've ever been to Spotswood, but I have been to neighbouring Williamstown and I recall there was a commercial slot car racing layout in a retail location above a shop. This was 15 years ago so probably long gone. I remember wondering whether there was a connection to the movie, some kind of local slot car culture of some kind.

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