A guy over at ADVRider puts it best......so I've Cut & Pasted.........
John Penton was a pioneer in off-road motorcycling, as well as a fascinating individual. The film, which was inspired by the Ed Youngblood book “John Penton and the Off-Road Motorcycle Revolution,” is directed by Todd Huffman and narrated by Lyle Lovett. (Lovett has a connection with Penton motorcycles from his youth, which he explains in the film).
One thing that I learned from the film was John Penton's influence in guiding and encouraging not only his own family and company employees, but the influence that he had in helping other companies in the industry. In addition to pushing KTM from an obscure Austrian scooter maker to an off-road motorcycling powerhouse, he had a hand in the success of such contemporary industry stalwarts as Alpinestars, Thor, and Spectro Oils.
Another cool thing about the film is the way it came about. Initially crowd funded by a campaign on Kickstarter (after a failed first attempt), the film was completed with sponsorship from KTM and many of the other companies that John Penton helped over the course of his career. Also interesting is the way the film is being distributed. It is being screened through Gathr Films, a web-based theatrical on-demand service that sort of works like Groupon. In the case of the showing that I saw, the film's exhibition was sponsored by Miami KTM dealer Palmetto Motorsports. If you can't find the film near you, you might want to see what it would take to have your local motorcycle shop or club sponsor a screening through Gathr.
Trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jsDLrdryBfYFilm web site:
http://pentonmovie.com/Gathr web site:
http://gathr.us/Kickstarter page:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects...ref=nav_search
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