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Pumping Iron

Movie
1977
1h 26m
PG
English
Documentary
User Score: 
7.5
Critic Score: 
82
Pumping Iron' Poster
Amateur and professional bodybuilders prepare for the 1975 Mr. Olympia and Mr. Universe contests as five-time champion Arnold Schwarzenegger defends his Mr. Olympia title against Serge Nubret and the shy young Lou Ferrigno.
Pumping Iron Poster

Pumping Iron

PG
Movie
1977
1h 26m
English
Documentary
Amateur and professional bodybuilders prepare for the 1975 Mr. Olympia and Mr. Universe contests as five-time champion Arnold Schwarzenegger defends his Mr. Olympia title against Serge Nubret and the shy young Lou Ferrigno.
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CRITIC SCORE
82

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MX23 says...
13 years ago
A classic documentary for bodybuilding fans, and an introduction to the most influential actor of the action genre.
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siggi963 says...
2 months ago
The classic documentary about Arnie and his bodybuilder pals. This documentary lay the basis for Arnie’s career in cinema and in politics. A classic.
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Maeldun says...
7 months ago
Endlessly referenced and quoted, (probably?) quite remarkable for the time and remembered as the starting point of today's fitness obsessed culture. Kind of a boring, understated watch in the present though. In many ways it's just a cheap 70's documentary: no hand holding, barely any context, lots of footage and some fabricated story lines.
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jekyl6669 says...
2 years ago
A fascinating look into the world of professional bodybuilding. I'm not sure how much was actually dramatized or played up for the cameras, but they got some juicy drama out of this with the Arnold and Ferrigno competition. It was clear early on how much charisma Arnie had, so it's no surprise how far he went with his stardom.
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Featured User Reviews

$hubes
5/10  2 years ago
The best I can give this is a "Meh" (5) rating but that's because I'm not a bodybuilder and the sport doesn't hold any interest whatsoever for me. I stumbled across this after viewing some recent documentaries/competitions among the "World's Strongest Men" and that kind of piqued my curiousity about More
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cineast78
a month ago
**Probably the most significant film about bodybuilding ever made.**

This film is a masterclass for any documentary filmmaker—though it's more of a docudrama than a traditional documentary. Fiction and reality are cleverly intertwined in a way that helped lay the groundwork for the subsequent b More
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