Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #18456 in DVD
• Released on: 2004-01-19
• Rating: Suitable for 15 years and over
• Aspect ratio: 4:3 - 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Format: PAL
• Original language: English
• Number of discs: 1

Amazon.co.uk Review
In 1977's hit documentary, Pumping Iron Arnold Schwarzenegger works the crowds, plots strategies for defeating multiple opponents, shares his parents' values with the press and inspires legions of admirers with his resolute optimism about the future. And all of this long before he decided to run for governor of California. Larger than life, though not necessarily larger than his rivals for the Mr Universe and Mr Olympia bodybuilding titles (especially a young Lou Ferrigno, hot on Schwarzenegger's competitive trail but much less interesting), he still comes across, at age 28, as a consummate politician, smart, likable, and crafty about exploiting others' psychological weaknesses.

The film still feels redundant (there's only so much beefcake the human eye will tolerate), but the emotional dramas--the unrewarded hard work, the unanswered hopes--are compelling. This 25th Anniversary edition includes a revealing 2003 interview with Schwarzenegger and a reunion of the film's bodybuilders and director. --Tom Keogh

Special Features

• Iron and Beyond - a look at the career of Arnold Schwarzenegger and his effects on the Hollywood action hero
  
• Raw Iron: The Making of Pumping Iron - exclusive out-takes and a reunion of the original bodybuilders
  
• Interview with Arnold Schwarzenegger
  
• Arnold Schwarzenegger – a pictorial biography

DVD Technical Information:

• Running Time: 80 minutes approx.