| What It Takes | |
| Director: | Peter Han |
| Cinematography: | Andrew Ernst |
| Producer: | Erik Blachford Jason Costa Rob Cromwell Brian Hayes Ben Heller Jim Kalustian |
| Editing: | Andrew Ernst Michelle Odo |
| Distributor: | WIT Group, LLC |
| Runtime: | 96 minutes |
| Language: | English |
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.
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.