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- 1977
- PG
- Cinema 5 Distributing
- 1 h 26 m
- 1977
- PG
- Cinema 5 Distributing
- 1 h 26 m
Summary Pumping Iron is a docudrama about the world of professional bodybuilding, with a focus on the 1975 IFBB Mr. Universe and 1975 Mr. Olympia competitions.
Directed By: George Butler, Robert Fiore
Written By: Charles Gaines, George Butler
- 1977
- PG
- Cinema 5 Distributing
- 1 h 26 m
- 1977
- PG
- Cinema 5 Distributing
- 1 h 26 m
Pumping Iron
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7.6
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Summary Pumping Iron is a docudrama about the world of professional bodybuilding, with a focus on the 1975 IFBB Mr. Universe and 1975 Mr. Olympia competitions.
Directed By: George Butler, Robert Fiore
Written By: Charles Gaines, George Butler
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 12 Critic Reviews
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 12 Critic Reviews
72
75% Positive
9 Reviews
9 Reviews
25% Mixed
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
0% Negative
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Arnold conquers all comers, your heart, and the world!
Its strongest card is the outrageously charismatic Schwarzenegger, but its view of musclemen and physique contests in general has a charm not unlike Rocky.
Chronicling the 1975 Mr. Olympia contest, where Schwarzenegger faced off against TV Hulk Lou Ferrigno, this is now more a compelling document of his days before superstardom than it is a real insight into bodybuilding.
It remains notable primarily as a record of pre-Hollywood Arnold Schwarzenegger.
An offbeat, engaging little movie about the mad mad world of bodybuilders. [24 Jan 1977, p.61]
Pumping Iron offers a revealing record of his [Schwarzenegger] earliest dalliances in the spotlight.
It holds the viewer's interest, but it does so by setting up the bodybuilding champions for you to react to in a certain way, and then congratulating you for seeing them in that psychologically facile way.
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Production Company
Rollie Robinson,
White Mountain Films
Release Date Jan 18, 1977
Duration 1 h 26 m
Rating PG
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Awards
Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
