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Pumping Iron

Arnold Schwarzenegger and Lou Ferrigno face off in a no-holds-barred competition for the title of Mr. Olympia in this critically-acclaimed film that made Schwarzenegger a household name.

Director

George Butler, Robert Fiore

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documentary, sport

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N/A

Production

White Mountain Films,Rollie Robinson

Awards

1 win

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Pumping Iron Collection: Pumping Iron

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Robbie Robinson

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Marianne Claire

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Big Tony

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Patrick Reynolds

Physique Photographer at Mr. Olympia

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Do you visualize yourself as a piece of sculpture - Pumping Iron

Do you visualize yourself as a piece of sculpture

Or the most satisfying feeling you can get in a gym is the pump - Pumping Iron

Or the most satisfying feeling you can get in a gym is the...

It's as satisfying to me as coming is - Pumping Iron

It's as satisfying to me as coming is

It's as satisfying to me as coming is. - Pumping Iron

It's as satisfying to me as coming is.

All right, got to do that. - Pumping Iron

All right, got to do that.

I heard about those guys in here. - Pumping Iron

I heard about those guys in here.

Yes, I got this pose. - Pumping Iron

Yes, I got this pose.

In every contest I ever won... - Pumping Iron

In every contest I ever won...

I don't worry about Mike Katz, anyway.
The only one guy I worry about is Robbie. - Pumping Iron

I don't worry about Mike Katz, anyway. The only one guy...

I don't worry about Mike Katz anyway The only one guy I worry about is Robbie - Pumping Iron

I don't worry about Mike Katz anyway The only one guy I...

Gonna be according to countries
in alphabetical order. - Pumping Iron

Gonna be according to countries in alphabetical order.

You didn't see a blue T-shirt around? - Pumping Iron

You didn't see a blue T-shirt around?

Number 89,
from the United States of America... - Pumping Iron

Number 89, from the United States of America...

1 9, 1 6, 1 7, 1 6, 1 7. - Pumping Iron

1 9, 1 6, 1 7, 1 6, 1 7.

It's a nine, yes. - Pumping Iron

It's a nine, yes.

Will the following gentlemen step forward? - Pumping Iron

Will the following gentlemen step forward?

And for your information... - Pumping Iron

And for your information...

Can you believe the tension
with these fellas? - Pumping Iron

Can you believe the tension with these fellas?

I wonder what time it is back
in the States, do you know? - Pumping Iron

I wonder what time it is back in the States, do you know?

Second place... - Pumping Iron

Second place...

Suffice to say the other two gentlemen won
their height categories... - Pumping Iron

Suffice to say the other two gentlemen won their height cate...

I never experienced anything like it. - Pumping Iron

I never experienced anything like it.

Milk is for babies - Pumping Iron

Milk is for babies

I was always dreaming about very powerful people - Pumping Iron

I was always dreaming about very powerful people

-I dreamt about Arnold last night.
-Really? - Pumping Iron

-I dreamt about Arnold last night. -Really?

Lou Ferrigno, 24 years old,
a former sheet metal worker. - Pumping Iron

Lou Ferrigno, 24 years old, a former sheet metal worker.

Five. - Pumping Iron

Biceps, the back, trapezius another thing. - Pumping Iron

Biceps, the back, trapezius another thing.

-Come on, you can do it now.
-I can't concentrate with girls pushing. - Pumping Iron

-Come on, you can do it now. -I can't concentrate with ...

Don't ever feel sorry for yourself - Pumping Iron

Don't ever feel sorry for yourself

Look like a road map back here
with fingers all over it. - Pumping Iron

Look like a road map back here with fingers all over it.

Four. - Pumping Iron

Two more. - Pumping Iron

One more, Eddie. Flex when you come up. - Pumping Iron

One more, Eddie. Flex when you come up.

When I first started doing sports... - Pumping Iron

When I first started doing sports...

I'm the strongest bodybuilder
that ever lived, I think. - Pumping Iron

I'm the strongest bodybuilder that ever lived, I think.

-Okay, Franco.
-Lazy bastards. - Pumping Iron

-Okay, Franco. -Lazy bastards.

I missed it. - Pumping Iron

You're admiring what you're gonna show them And then you go - Pumping Iron

You're admiring what you're gonna show them And...

Franco is pretty smart but Franco is a child - Pumping Iron

Franco is pretty smart but Franco is a child

You give them kind of pranksterish advice - Pumping Iron

You give them kind of pranksterish advice

Okay, turn to your right,
Serge, face that way. - Pumping Iron

Okay, turn to your right, Serge, face that way.

Don't lean back too much,
you get wrinkles in the back. - Pumping Iron

Don't lean back too much, you get wrinkles in the back.

Your back was out of sight. - Pumping Iron

Your back was out of sight.

I had weak points a few years ago - Pumping Iron

I had weak points a few years ago

The finals of the Mr. Olympia contest. - Pumping Iron

The finals of the Mr. Olympia contest.

Second place
in the under-200-pound category... - Pumping Iron

Second place in the under-200-pound category...

And the winner... - Pumping Iron

And the winner...

What did you say Louie - Pumping Iron

What did you say Louie

-I can take you.
-Keep looking. - Pumping Iron

-I can take you. -Keep looking.

I can take you Keep looking - Pumping Iron

I can take you Keep looking

-I watch you.
-I watch you, too. - Pumping Iron

-I watch you. -I watch you, too.

-Lou, relax.
-Would you? - Pumping Iron

-Lou, relax. -Would you?

From the United States via Austria... - Pumping Iron

From the United States via Austria...

Now we'll call on all three contestants... - Pumping Iron

Now we'll call on all three contestants...

Louie goes through his posing,
and you watch every pose. - Pumping Iron

Louie goes through his posing, and you watch every pose.

Third place, from United States of America... - Pumping Iron

Third place, from United States of America...

Second place, from France, Serge Nubret. - Pumping Iron

Second place, from France, Serge Nubret.

And the winner... - Pumping Iron

And the winner...

Ladies and gentlemen,
the two body-weight winners... - Pumping Iron

Ladies and gentlemen, the two body-weight winners...

Franco and Arnold - Pumping Iron

Franco and Arnold

Turn around. - Pumping Iron

The winner of the 1975... - Pumping Iron

The winner of the 1975...

I'm gonna come over and have
a nice meal over at your house. - Pumping Iron

I'm gonna come over and have a nice meal over at your h...

Louie, he moved over for you, Louie. - Pumping Iron

Louie, he moved over for you, Louie.

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Arnold Schwarzenegger and Lou Ferrigno face off in a no-holds-barred competition for the title of Mr. Olympia in this critically-acclaimed film that made Schwarzenegger a household name.

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Director: George Butler, Robert Fiore

Writer: Charles Gaines, George Butler

Production: White Mountain Films,Rollie Robinson

Genre: documentary, sport

Year: 1977

MetaScore: 72/100

ImdbRating: 7.3

BoxOffice: N/A

Released: 23 Jun 1977

Awards: 1 win

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Pumping Iron Collection: Pumping Iron

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