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Wed 02 Feb 2009Knocking on the door of success

Peter McCarthy threw himself into Thai boxing to heal the mental scars of an assault and ended up selling the resulting film door-to-door, writes ARMINTA WALLACE.

IF YOU BOUGHT a DVD on the doorstep recently from a guy with a sad story and a sunny smile, and you haven’t watched it yet, for goodness’ sake dust it off and put it into the machine. Made by Good Dog Films, the documentary feature Fight or Flightis well worth a chunk of your time – which is perhaps why it’s beginning to attract attention on the international circuit.

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