LOS ANGELAS, CA – July 19, 2025 – (Motor Sports NewsWire) – After a successful theatrical release on over 650 screens in North America, Australia and New Zealand, “Pay Dirt: The Story of Supercross” will be available for rent or purchase on all major, worldwide platforms today, July 18th, 2025.
Narrated by Oscar nominee Josh Brolin (Netflix’s “Brothers,” Marvel’s “Avengers Endgame”) and featuring the incredible rockstar racers of Supercross from the film “Pay Dirt: The Story of Supercross,” is a wild ride of murder, mystery & adrenaline.
In January there was a Supercross star-studded world premiere at the Anaheim Opener (the launch of the 2025 SMX World Championship Series) in Anaheim California, “Pay Dirt: The Story of Supercross,” bringing murder, mystery and the adrenaline of Supercross, with a quote from Brolin below, plus poster and trailer.
Josh Brolin commented, “I don’t like when movies try and dictate how you should feel,” explained the world-renowned actor. “Do you know what I mean? You just get what you get. When people are good at what they do, I think a lot of people respond to it. It’s settled in. This movie is not preachy at all. It’s not telling you how to feel. It just is what it is, and I think people really respond to honesty.”
Monkey Wrench Films is behind the release of one of the most fascinating stories in pop culture in the new documentary “Pay Dirt: The Story of Supercross,” which made its global theatrical premiere in January 2025. Directed by multi-Emmy winner Paul Taublieb (producer of the $200 Million earning box office hit “The Vow,” starring Channing Tatum and Rachel McAdams), the documentary explores the electrifying story from the beginning days of the sport of Supercross in 1972, including Michael Goodwin, a man who created the sport and is now serving a double-life sentence without the possibility of parole for murdering his ex-business partner. Featuring the biggest names, past and present of the most underappreciated, demanding, and dramatic motorsport on the planet.
Relying on the twin pillars of cinematic camera work and deep archival research combined with in-depth interviews of virtually everyone who’s had an impact on the sport, including Hall of Fame legends Jeremy McGrath, Bob Hannah, Ricky Johnson, and Ricky Carmichael. Monkey Wrench Films is proud to support Road 2 Recovery as the charity of choice. Supercross racing star, Jimmy Button (featured in the documentary), founded Road 2 Recovery after his own devastating injury.
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“Pay Dirt: The Story of Supercross” Theatrical Trailer (Downloadable):
“Pay Dirt: The Story of Supercross” Poster Art:
“Pay Dirt: The Story of Supercross” Synopsis: Supercross – a sport born in 1972 by a man now serving a double-life sentence without the possibility of parole for murdering his ex-business partner Mickey Thompson and his wife. He’s just one character in this feature documentary that includes the biggest names in Supercross, past and present. Pay Dirttakes you on a wild ride through the most underappreciated, demanding, dramatic motorsport on the planet.
Narrated by Josh Brolin and directed by two-time Emmy-winning filmmaker Paul Taublieb, Pay Dirt captures the essence of the sport where passion meets commitment, relying on the twin pillars of cinematic camera work and deep archival research combined with in-depth interviews of Hall of Fame legends Jeremy McGrath, Bob Hannah, Ricky Johnson, and Ricky Carmichael.
ABOUT MONSTER ENERGY:
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ABOUT MONKEY WRENCH FILMS:
Denver & LA-based, with distribution partners in more than a dozen countries, Monkey Wrench Films is making literal and metaphorical waves in the indie film world with multiple award-winning acquisitions and a plethora of feature films in recent distribution. As self-proclaimed “industry disruptors”, Monkey Wrench Films specializes in bringing well-deserved indie films (narrative and documentary) to the big screen and creating post-show buzz in the entertainment industry. Their current and recent feature film slate includes, “Who Is Stan Smith”, from Lebron James’s Uninterrupted studio, the BAFTA Award-winning feature, “The Hermit of Treig”, the much-anticipated followup to “The King of Kong” the 2007 box office wunderkind, “Arcades and Love Songs”, “Geoff Marslett’s “Quantum Cowboys”, starring Lily Gladstone and David Arquette, Tom Putnam’s “The Dark Divide”, starring david Cross and Debra Messing. See their full release lineup at monkeywrenchfilms.com
ABOUT TAUBLIEB FILMS:
Taublieb Films is a two-time Emmy-winning production company led by director/producer Paul Taublieb. His work includes the upcoming feature documentary, “Pay Dirt: The Story of Supercross,” as well as long-form feature documentaries such as the award-winning ESPN 30 for 30 film, “Hawaiian: The Legend of Eddie Aikau,” narrated by Academy Award-nominated actor Josh Brolin. Also, the theatrically released” “Fastest” about MotoGP racing and the award-winning Netflix documentary, “Unchained: The Untold Story of Freestyle Motocross,” named the best long-form documentary of the year, and the more recent “Ground Swell: The Other Side of Fear”, both also narrated by Brolin. The company also produced, backed by Monster Energy, the feature documentary “Blink of an Eye” about the fateful relationship between Dale Earnhardt and Michael Waltrip. Considered “the greatest sports story never told,” it has also been optioned for a dramatic feature film, which Taublieb will be producing. The Malibu, California-based company also produces a variety of long and short-form content for brands such as Monster Energy, ESPN, X Games, Showtime, NBC, ABC, Paramount Pictures and Ferrari, including viral videos with literally hundreds of millions of views. Taublieb also produced “The Vow,” starring Channing Tatum and Rachel McAdams (which grossed $200 million worldwide). For further information go to www.taubliebfilms.com
Source: Feld Entertainment, Inc.
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