From a press release issued by Spark Productions:

FASTER
A film by Mark Neale
Narrated by Ewan McGregor

ACTION-PACKED SPECIAL PREVIEW EDITION DVD
GOES ON SALE JUNE 1, 2004
plus
New Openings in Theaters Across the Country

WINNER:
Documentary Reportage, Individual Sport – Mention D’honneur
Federation Internationale Cinema Television Sportifs
21st Annual Sport Movies & TV Festival, Milan 2003

“Awesome” — LA Weekly

“Often thrilling, always compelling …While ‘Faster’ is a natural for sports junkies and motorcycle enthusiasts, it also provides the kind of involving human element achieved by the best sports docus.”–Variety

“Finally a movie about motorcycling that isn’t Hollywood crap-u-drama…This is the real deal… with a backdrop of incredible action.” — Track Junkie

“Raw, manic and very honest — it feels driven like the sport it’s chronicling.”
– One Wheel Drive

Spark Productions Inc. has announced that on June 1, 2004, a Special Preview Edition DVD of the acclaimed motorcycle racing movie FASTER will go on sale in the United States. The disc will be sold for $24.95 (plus S&H), exclusively through the website WWW.FASTERMOVIE.COM.

The Special Preview Edition includes the action-packed documentary along with footage from the 2003 Cannes Film Festival and Market, where director Mark Neale and FASTER narrator Ewan McGregor (“Star Wars” I, II & III, “Black Hawk Down”) led a cavalcade of some of the world’s best riders, including Loris Capirossi, Colin Edwards, Alex Hoffman, John Hopkins, Olivier Jacque, Garry McCoy, and reigning champion Valentino Rossi.

FASTER was recently picked up for distribution on the big screen by Slamdance On The Road. Upcoming dates include Santa Cruz, CA (5/26,29, 30) with a special appearance by Wayne Rainey on 5/29, Aspen, CO (5/29, 30), Oakland, CA (6/1), Duluth, MN (6/5, 6), Walnut Creek, CA (6/9). Additional bookings will be announced. See WWW.FASTERMOVIE.COM for details.

The film has so far enjoyed packed houses at bookings in Los Angeles, Houston, Minneapolis, Portland and at the Slamdance Film Festival in Utah and the Sonoma Film Festival in California. Racing luminaries Kevin Schwantz and Eric Bostrom attended the Los Angeles premiere, and Colin Edwards attended a screening in Houston.

FASTER is the most true-to-life look at grand prix motorcycle racing ever brought to screen. Crossing five continents during the 2001-2002 MotoGP championship seasons, filmmaker Mark Neale captures the speed, the egos, the broken bones and the babes in the fastest, most glamorous, most extreme bike races in the world.

Narrated by rider and international movie star Ewan McGregor, FASTER features today’s top riders, including Valentino Rossi, called “the most sought after racer in the world,” and his archrival Maxi Biaggi; the brilliant but injury-prone Garry McCoy; and rising star John Hopkins, the youngest rider on the circuit. FASTER also features a raft of former champs who have shaped the way racing is done today, along with the doctor who patches the riders together and puts them back on the track, and the experts in the bleachers who write the history of the sport.

FASTER is a film by Spark Productions in association with Dorna Sports SL. Executive producers are Ian MacLean, Mark Neale and Chris Paine. Produced by Stephen Lim.