The Big Scoot!
Directed by Corrie Vaus
Documentary | 71 minutes | USA | 2024 | English | CANADIAN PREMIERE
SHOWTIMES
182 scooter riders attempt an 8-day, backroad run across the USA covering 5,100 km on tires the size of a dinner plate. Welcome to Scooter Cannonball! From a man honouring his lost friend to a rookie testing his limits, riders battle heat, breakdowns and brutal crashes. Some make it. Some don’t. But all risk it for the adventure of a lifetime.
The Big Scoot! won Audience Choice Best Documentary at Vero Beach International Film Festival, 2025.
People's Choice Winner, TMFF 2025
Director Bio
Corrie Vaus is an award-winning journalist turned first-time filmmaker with a passion for telling stories of everyday people doing extraordinary things. For more than two decades, she worked as a video journalist in San Diego, earning 16 Emmy Awards and nine Golden Mikes before striking out on her own. Armed with just a camera, a drone, and plenty of determination, Corrie works solo from start to finish — filming on the ground, writing the script, and editing the final cut. Her work has been featured on PBS in nearly 100 markets. The Big Scoot! is her debut feature film.
Director Statement
It all started when my husband bought a Vespa. Then one day, he said he wanted to ride in Scooter Cannonball 2023. It's an endurance coast-to-coast scooter rally covering about 400 miles a day for more than a week. The thing is, scooters aren’t made for that. I grabbed my camera and documented the daunting journey from San Clemente, CA to Hilton Head, SC.
CREDITS
Directed by
Corrie Vaus
Written by
Corrie Vaus
Produced by
Corrie Vaus, Steve Vaus, Jacob Vaus
Cast
Cinematography
Corrie Vaus, Jacob Vaus, Aaron Bartlett, Bennie Aust, Pam March, Seth Hershey, Steve Vaus, Lynn Frist, Monica Maltese, Valerie Skinkus, Dean Baker
Editing
Corrie Vaus
Colour
Ray Levé
Music & Sound
Timothy Judge, Huckleberry Finn, LLC
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