When the movie came out, Billy Mitchell claimed the tournament in Florida was edited to make him look bad. Specifically, Billy had been conspicuously avoiding

When the movie came out, Billy Mitchell claimed the tournament in Florida was edited to make him look bad. Specifically, Billy had been conspicuously avoiding playing Steve in a head-to-head matchup in Donkey Kong, afraid he'd lose. When Billy does appear, he walks by, ignores Billy's greeting, then whispers to his wife, "There are some people I don't want to spend too much time with." Here's the accusation from Billy and the rebuttal from one of the producers, Ed Cunningham: https://film.avclub.com/the-king-of-kong-continued-donkey-kong-champ-billy-mi-1798213302 https://film.avclub.com/the-king-of-kong-continued-donkey-ko... "Ed Cunningham: Yeah, no, that didn't happen there. It didn't. At that moment, what we show is exactly what happened."