Word Wars

Word Wars: Tiles and Tribulations on the Scrabble Circuit is a 2004 American documentary film directed by Eric Chaikin and Julian Petrillo about competitive Scrabble.^[1] The film was an official selection at the 2004 Sundance film festival,^[2] had a 25-city theatrical run, was included as part of the Discovery Times Channel's "Screening Room" series, and was nominated for numerous awards, including a 2004 Documentary Emmy for "Best Artistic or Cultural Programming" and an International Documentary Association (IDA) Award. The film is distributed by 7th Art Releasing.

Word Wars
Directed by	Eric Chaikin Julian Petrillo
Produced by	Eric Chaikin
Starring	Joe Edley Matt Graham Marlon Hill Joel Sherman
Cinematography	Laela Kilbourn
Edited by	Conor O'Neill
Music by	Thor Madsen
Distributed by	7th Art Releasing
Release date	2004 (2004)
Running time	80 minutes
Language	English

The film follows four players in the nine months leading up to the 2002 National Scrabble Championship, which was held in San Diego, California: Joe Edley, Matt Graham, Marlon Hill, and Joel Sherman. These players, as does Chaikin, also appear in Stefan Fatsis's book Word Freak. Fatsis and Chaikin are both tournament Scrabble players themselves.^[3]

Soundtrack

• E Wolf & the Moneylenders – "Paralyzed" (Written by Chalkin & Haber)
• Your Mom – "The One" (Written by Your Mom)
• The Minutemen – "Do You Want New Wave (Or Do You Want the Truth)" (Written by Mike Watt)
• The Minutemen – "The Glory of Man" (Written by Mike Watt)
• Andrew Chaikin & Austin Willacy – "Across the Universe" (Written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney)
• Joel Sherman – "Across the Universe" (Written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney)