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Darts Actually

Darts Actually

A chaotic self-portrait of a documentary maker in crisis

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DocumentaryDramaComedy

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Filmmaker Emma Boelhouwer has no affinity whatsoever with darts. Until she is zapping on TV one night and ends up in the middle of a nerve-racking darts game. She is seized by the look on the face of the young, still unknown darter Michael van Gerwen and knows right away: this fellow from Noord-Brabant will become a star. She rushes headlong - with her camera - into a world that is completely new to her.

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Revenue

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Status

Released

Original Language

Dutch

Runtime

30 mins

Rating

0/10

Release Date

02 October 2014

Country

Netherlands

Cast

Emma Boelhouwer

Emma Boelhouwer

Self

Michael van Gerwen

Michael van Gerwen

Self (archive footage)

Phil Taylor

Phil Taylor

Self (archive footage)

Raymond van Barneveld

Raymond van Barneveld

Self (archive footage)

Adrian Lewis

Adrian Lewis

Self (archive footage)

James Wade

James Wade

Self (archive footage)

Vincent van der Voort

Vincent van der Voort

Self (archive footage)

Robert Thornton

Robert Thornton

Self (archive footage)

Andy Hamilton

Andy Hamilton

Self (archive footage)

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