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The Top Ten Quotes from
"Pumping Iron"
If you aren't someone
who's stumbled across this site by accident the odds are pretty
good that you're familiar with the 1975 bodybuilding documentary
"Pumping Iron."
And if you've made it to this, the second sentence of this article
then I'd place even money on the fact that you might, under the
right circumstances, admit to being just a little obsessed with
the film.
PUMPING
IRON FOR BEGINNERS
While
not likely, it is possible that a few readers of this article
will have never even heard of the film "Pumping Iron,"
much less seen it. So, for the uninitiated, a brief primer.
Filmed
in 1975 by George
Butler and based on the 1973 book of the same title
(written by Charles Gaines with Butler supplying the photography),
"Pumping Iron" chronicles a group of elite bodybuilders
as they prepare to compete in the most prestigious competitions
their sport has to offer.
Released
in 1977 it became a launching pad to success in film and
television for two of its stars, Arnold Schwarzenegger and
Lou Ferrigno, and helped spark a worldwide interest in fitness
that is still growing today.
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*An excellent interview with George Butler
in which he talks about the film can be found at needcoffee.com
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I am. I would estimate
that I've viewed it at least 50 times. The first was on public television
where it would play periodically until the early 80's. I caught
it every time. Then I obtained a poor copy of a copy from a friend
with two VCR's and watched that tape until it whistled and hissed
and the video looked like it was shot in a minor snowstorm.
Most recently I purchased
an okay dub on ebay
for around $20. And still to this day I consider the movie one of
my guilty pleasures.
Why "guilty?"
Because whenever I mention the film as one of my favorites to a
non-bodybuilder I almost always get an awkward stare. One that either
says, "Umm... What?" or "You're joking, right?"
So I kept my love
of "Pumping Iron" a secret to all but my closest confidants.
Until about a month ago.
It was then, while checking
in on the Getbig
message board that I discovered a thread in which people were quoting
their favorite lines from "Pumping Iron!"
And now that I know I'm
far from alone in my (near) obsession with the film I realized that
there might actually
be a few others out there who would be interested in seeing:
IRON
AGE 'S TOP TEN
"PUMPING IRON" QUOTES
10. "That was easy!"
"Easy?!
You try them!"
- Lou Ferrigno's
father, Matty, trying to egg him on in the gym, Lou's
response
9.
"I've gotta congratulate him...
and get back my crusher"
- Mike Katz's
reaction to Ken Waller's Universe win, and to his hiding
of Mike's exerciser
8.
"But when he wants the food it's
there."
- Arnold's
response to an analogy by Eddie Giuliani that a hungrier
wolf (than a complacent Arnold) could steal away his
title of "King of the Hill"
7.
"Jesus Christ, you guys are psyching
me out!"
- Arnold
to the Ferrigno family as he does his own psyche job
on Louie
6.
"I thought you were strong!"
"Don't worry."
- Model to
Arnold as he pretends to struggle with a crusher during
a photo shoot, Arnold's reply
5.
He's a big dude. He's an all the way big dude.
- Prisoner
commenting on Arnold after a jailhouse posing session
4.
"I have nothing to say. I just wanna eat my cake.
- Lou Ferrigno's
response to requests to make a birthday speech after
two months of dieting
3.
"Big breasts, little breasts. Big ass, little ass..."
- Arnold's
answer to a female reporter who asks him to describe
his "ideal woman"
2.
"(A pump) is like having sex with a woman and cumming."
- Arnold's
description of the way a pump feels
And...
My #1 Favorite Quote from "Pumping Iron":
1.
"You got arms Louie! He's got spaghetti arms!"
- Matty Ferrigno
to Lou, comparing his son's arms to Arnold's
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*BONUS*
Who
can forget Michael Small's twangy, funky, ultra-70's theme song
to "Pumping Iron?" With refrains like "Nobody's
gonna be bigger than I..." and a chorus of "Everybody
wants to live forever..." how can you? Well now, through
the magic of MP3 technology, we bring you the ultimate motivational
pre-workout song: Pumping
Iron by Michael Small.
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Little-known "Pumping Iron" factoid: Did you know
that famed R&B singer and Quincy Jones niece Patti Austin
performed backing vocals on the song Pumping Iron?
Have we left any great
lines out? You know we have. So feel free to let us know about our
omissions at info@ironage.us.
We'll
compile the best entries into a sequel article for a future issue!
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taken from http://www.iompao.com/uomo.html
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