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Pumping Iron (25th Anniversary Special Edition) | 
 enlarge | Directors: George Butler, Robert Fiore
Actors: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Lou Ferrigno, Matty Ferrigno, Victoria Ferrigno, Mike Katz
Studio: Hbo Home Video
Category: DVD
List Price: $14.98
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Avg. Customer Rating:  186 reviews
Sales Rank: 1202
Format: Color, Dolby, Dvd-video, Full Screen, Special Edition, Subtitled, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Subtitled)
Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 85
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.4 x 0.5
MPN: HBOD91666D
ISBN: 0783115946
UPC: 026359166624
EAN: 9780783115948
ASIN: B0000C3I6U
Theatrical Release Date: 1976
Release Date: November 11, 2003
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Product Description
Studio: Hbo Home Video Release Date: 12/12/2006 Run time: 85 minutes Rating: Nr
Amazon.com essential video
Arnold Schwarzenegger works the crowds, plots strategies for defeating multiple opponents, shares his parents' values with the press, and inspires legions of admirers with his resolute optimism about the future. And all of this long before he decided to run for governor of California, in 1977's hit documentary, Pumping Iron. Larger than life, though not necessarily larger than his rivals for the Mr. Universe and Mr. Olympia bodybuilding titles (especially a young Lou Ferrigno, hot on Arnold's competitive trail but much less interesting), Schwarzenegger still comes across, at age 28, as a consummate politician, smart, likable, and crafty about exploiting others' psychological weaknesses. The film still feels redundant (there's only so much beefcake the human eye will tolerate), but the emotional dramas--the unrewarded hard work, the unanswered hopes--are compelling. Complete with a revealing 2003 interview with Schwarzenegger and a reunion of the film's bodybuilders and director. --Tom Keogh
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Pumping Iron Review January 7, 2009
If your into bodybuilding this movie is a classic and deserves to be recognized as one of the greatest times in bodybuilding history and the greatest bodybuilders to live. Its definitely gets me pumped before I hit the gym.
best arnold movie ever January 5, 2009
this is an extraordinary movie. it may not be for everyone, but it is unique in my movie-watching experience
if you're interested in arnold schwarzenegger or the early culture of body-building, it's a no-brainer. see it
arnold is charming, hilarious and incredibly intelligent - even when he describes missing his father's funeral because he has to stay focused on his competition in a couple months.. making up a different story for his mother
otherwise: it's an intimate movie about men. how many of those have you seen?
32 years doesn't seem like a huge period in the history of culture, but the movie tells a different story. can you imagine professional athletes hanging out with each other casually, and their parents? allowing intimate and unscripted filming of their private lives? elaborating at length on how lifting weights feels similar to coming sexually? smoking a celebratory joint for the camera? i found it a fascinating cultural reference point in a variety of ways
and the outfits? wow!!
 steroids! October 28, 2008
0 out of 6 found this review helpful
just s bunch of cheating, juiced up, meatheads lifting weights and talking about it. I could go to a Golds Gym and get the same experience.
Arnold in Bestform October 8, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I'm a very big fan from Arnold Schwarzenegger and I have most of his films. It's a fantastic career he has made. And Pumping Iron is a fantastic review of his Bodybuilding carrer to see him in his bestform.
I can recommend everybody to buy this film who like Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Daniel Mrohs
 An early peek at The Ahh-nold, Pre-Governator Model August 19, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Long before "Eye vant to pump you up..." became a Hans and Franz Saturday Night Live catchphrase, before the pump was a feature of Reebok running shoes, there was Arnold Schwarzenegger's orgiastic tribute to the sensation of muscular blood-engorgement.
"Pumping Iron" is a late 1970's documentary of bodybuilding subculture and the competitive hothouse leading up to the Mr. Olympia Competition of 1975. Its macro focus is hijacked somewhat by the larger than life muscles and personality of Arnold Schwarzenegger.
At this level, all of the bodybuilders have incredible physiques and are skilled at posing. Arnold has a command of the stage, though, a charisma, a sense of ease bordering on arrogance. His incandescent personality reads the people and situations around him and sets him apart. It perhaps lays the foundation for his career in acting and his eventual and improbable career into politics.
As a period piece, "Pumping Iron" will transport you back to the ridiculous hairstyles and clothing fashions of the 1970's. As a bodybuilding documentary, it is absorbing. As an early bio on the Ah-nold in the early stages of his career, it foreshadows the larger stages on which the Governator spread his muscular wings.
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