West Post Digital has completed the master of movie Spirit of the Marathon, directed and produced by Jon Dunham.

The movie was shot digitally, starting on HDV and adding other digital HD formats as required as production progressed. All the initial cuts and early post were done in FCP and the files then came into West Post for finishing work on some scenes that required additional color correction in the facility’s da Vinci suite. The finished project was eventually distributed digitally to 500 theatres nationwide via satellite.

Kenny Fields of West Post comments, “This was a very cool project for West Post to work with and represents the way the Production and Post Production businesses have changed in the past 5 years.”

Director Jon Dunham says, "I started shooting Spirit of the Marathon with a low cost HDV camcorder and eventually the finished movie was distributed via satellite by National Cine Media. No part of the movie has ever been transferred to film – no film out; no prints at all.”

The first release for a single night in January grossed $600k. On February 21st Spirit of the Marathon will be distributed digitally again to around 500 more theatres. It won Best Picture at the Mammoth Film Festival 2007, and the Audience Choice Award at the Chicago International Film Festival.