Pumping Iron

DVD Features:

Audio:

• Dolby Digital 5.1 - English
• Dolby Digital 2.0 - English

Additional Release Material:

• Documentary - 1. "Iron and Beyond"
• Featurettes - 1. "Raw Iron: The Making of PUMPING IRON"
                         2. "Iron Insights" (2003 In-Depth Interview With Arnold Schwarzenegger)
                         3. Video Bio of Arnold
• Outtakes

Product Description:

Behind-the-scenes bodybuilding activity is the theme of this semi-documentary on World Bodybuilding competition. When the film was first released, it became a surprisingly huge box office success, and helped to spawn the career of future Hollywood action superstar--and six-time Mr. Olympia--Arnold Schwarzenegger. Also features notable figures such as Lou Ferrigno, Franco Columbu, and Mike Katz.

Plot Synopsis:

Documentary centering on the world of men's bodybuilding. "Pumping Iron" captures the punishing training and self-discipline it takes to transform an average body into a prize-winning specimen. The film focuses on Arnold Schwarzenegger (in his pre-movie star days) as he prepares to compete in the Mr. Olympia and Mr. Universe pageants. His main competitor: TV's "Incredible Hulk", Lou Ferrigno.

Plot Keywords:

Documentary | Sports | Sports (General)

Exerpts:

"The good bodybuilders have the same mind...that a sculptor has. If you analyze it, you look in the mirror and you say, okay, I need a bit more deltoids...so that the proportion's right, and...you exercise and put those deltoids on, whereas an artist would just slap on some clay on each side." -- Arnold Schwarzenegger

"Boy, that's fantastic. Fantastic. Imagine how he must feel. Incredible." -- Bodybuilder Mike Katz, learning that his rival has won the Mr. Universe competition

"I always felt my place was in America, and when I was ten years old I only dreamed of coming to America and being the greatest and being different from anybody else." -- Schwarzenegger

"You know Louis, you look like something Michelangelo carved out." -- Matty Ferrigno to his son

"Ive thrown up many times working out, but it's all worth it." -- Schwarzenegger

Production Notes:

• Produced by White Mountain Films.
• Also includes appearances by Matty and Victoria Ferrigno (Lou Ferrigno's parents) and Marianne Claire.
• Shot in Venice and San Francisco, California; Brooklyn, NY; Holyoke, Massachusetts; Pretoria, South Africa.

Cast and Crew: