What It Takes is a documentary film directed by Peter Han that follows four elite Ironman triathletes through a year of training and preparation in advance of the 2005 Ironman World Championship in Kona, Hawaii.

What It Takes
Directed byPeter Han
Produced byErik Blachford
Jason Costa
Rob Cromwell
Brian Hayes
Ben Heller
Jim Kalustian
StarringLuke Bell
Lori Bowden
Heather Fuhr
Peter Reid
CinematographyAndrew Ernst
Edited byAndrew Ernst
Michelle Odo
Distributed byWIT Group, LLC
Release date
  • 2006 (2006) (U.S.)
Running time
96 minutes
LanguageEnglish

The film was shot digitally in native 16:9 widescreen using Panasonic AJ-SDX900 camcorders in 24 frames per second. Filming began in November 2004 and completed in February 2006.

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