X Factor boss hails Manx film

Monday, 5 December 2011 00:00

Simon Cowell has become the latest high-profile celeb to rave about the Manx film TT3D: Closer to the Edge.

On his official Twitter page the music mugul called the film ‘incredible’ after watching it.

The film was released on DVD and last week and sold more than 34,000 copies in its first 48 hours.

It’s now well on course to becoming one of the biggest-selling European documentaries in recent history.

Manx TT stars Conor Cummins and Milky Quayle helped to launch the DVD in Douglas last Monday.

It entered the UK DVD chart at 15 this week and looks set to move into the top 10 at the next sales update.

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