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Arnold Schwarzenegger: Pumping Iron
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Arnold Schwarzenegger (The Terminator) stars in the exciting "Pumping Iron," the box office blockbuster that elevated body building from freak show to art form and launched Schwarzenegger's mega-superstar career. Schwarzenegger is mesmerizing and ruthless as he psyches out competitors - including Lou "The Hulk" Ferrigno, Franco Columbo and Mike Katz - in his quest for a sixth straight Mr Olympia title. Surprising backstage and off-sight scenes reveal why they muscle warriors are seduced by the sport and how they and their families are consumed with defeating the Champion of Champions, Arnold Schwarzenegger.
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Schwarzenegger's uniquely muscular appearance earned him several movie roles. His first credited film appearance was in Hercules in New York (1970). Under the name Arnold Strong, Schwarzenegger played the title character who travels to New York and befriends a mild-mannered man. His accent in the film was so thick that his lines were dubbedbed. Schwarzenegger came to the attention of more people in the documentary Pumping Iron (1977).
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The irony of Gov. Schwarzenegger's proposal to publicly fund health insurance for an estimated 6.5 million residents who lack basic coverage is that illegal immigration has been one of the key factors in creating millions of uninsured Californians. A large percentage of U.S. citizen children without coverage are the offspring of illegal immigrants. Moreover, the presence of millions of low-wage illegal aliens in the California labor force has led to many employers dropping coverage that they used to provide to workers and their families.
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With the prompting of his friend and mentor Reg Park, Schwarzenegger accepted the lead role in Hercules in New York, released in 1970, not to build an acting career but as a way to build a bank account. Throughout the early to mid 1970s, he took on a handful of various roles, mostly on television shows. Ironically, the documentary Pumping Iron (1977) was the catalyst for Schwarzenegger's subsequent acting career.
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Schwarzenegger played forgettable roles in several 1970s movies, first gaining attention as the subject of George Butler's fine documentary, "Pumping Iron" (1976). He earned a Golden Globe Award as Most Promising Male Newcomer for his role in Bob Rafelson's "Stay Hungry" (1977) and starred in two sword-and-sorcery sagas, "Conan the Barbarian" (1982) and "Conan the Destroyer" (1984), each of which grossed over $100 million worldwide....
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Schwarzenegger drew wide attention and boosted his profile in the body-building film Pumping Iron (1977),[14][13] elements of which were dramatized. In 1991, Schwarzenegger purchased the rights to the film, its outtakes, and associated still photography.[28]
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