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Status
Released
Release
2002
Runtime
14m
This short documentary explores just how the film Pumping Iron revolutionized the fitness industry and created an international icon in Arnold Schwarzenegger. It also touches on what Hollywood's idea of an action star was and is.
11 Cast Members
Liev Schreiber
Self - Narrator (voice)
Clint Eastwood
Self - Actor & Director
Sylvester Stallone
Self - Actor & Director
John Milius
Self - Director
James Cameron
Self - Director
George Butler
Self - Director
Carl Weathers
Self - Co-star: Predator
Bill Phillips
Self - Author: 'Body for Life'
John McTiernan
Self - Director
Dwayne Johnson
Self - "The Rock"
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Self (uncredited)