New RC Film! Drops May 19th! Flying Cars by Dave Hill TRAILER
First ever film about RC Cars, premiering Sunday, June 23
FLYING CARS·WEDNESDAY, JUNE 12, 2019·
Inspired by his childhood passion for RC-car racing, writer/director Dave Hill pioneered this first ever film about RC cars by crewing up with fellow independent filmmakers and steering away from the studio system altogether to shoot his film in just 3 weeks — using the dirt roads of North Hollywood as this movie’s backdrop. When asked about the experience, Dave Hill said, “I grew up roaming warm, golden California fields with my brothers, getting down and dirty while racing RC cars on hot summer days. I wanted my first feature, Flying Cars, to capture this, so I sought to film the more rundown and dry areas of North Hollywood. I wanted to romanticize a side of the San Fernando Valley that some of the valley’s residents might otherwise feel embarrassed by.
The film’s robust locations, featuring RC-car racing competitions and crowds of all ages, make it hard to believe the microbudget Dave Hill and his producers utilized, working in part through the support of premier RC-car company, TEAM ASSOCIATED — a leader in race-level competition RC vehicles at the forefront of hobby-car racing since 1965. Dave Hill said, “Pulling off massive RC car stunts on a shoestring budget would not have been possible without the support of the RC car community. We had some of the world’s best RC drivers come out and drive for us. We filmed at two of the biggest RC car tracks in the country. There is nothing like watching a toy car hit a massive ramp at 50mph. I wanted the moments at the RC car track in Flying Cars to feel raw and real, and I think we achieved that.”