A NIGHT OF IRON
The Pumping Iron 25th Anniversary Release Party- Nov. 12th, 2002

On November 12th of last year I was privileged, courtesy of FLEX magazine, to attend the screening and party celebrating the rerelease of George Butler's 1977 bodybuilding documentary Pumping Iron.

I'm not going to get into too much detail concerning the event here because I already dove deep into my emotional well in trying to describe to all of you just how exciting it was for me, the typical bodybuilding fan, to be in attendance that night. I'll just restate that it was a magical night for not only me but for most of the other attendees, including Lou Ferrigno, franco Columbu, Mike Katz, Ed Corney, Bill Grant, George Butler, Ronnie Coleman, Gunter Schlierkamp, Jim Lorimer, Triple H, Bev Francis and Steve Weinberger, Wayne DeMillia, and, of course, Arnold Schwarzenegger.

If you haven't already done so please do yourself a favor and pick up the February issue of FLEX to read the article and see some great photos from the evening by photographer Brian Moss. It happens to be a great issue regardless of this piece– a worthy investment of six bucks.

The following pictures were taken by the somewhat less professional, but not too shabby, photographer Terry-Ann Perine– my mother. These are just to get you started. I'll add more soon.

Enjoy!

Gunter posing for pictures at the Whitney	Shawn Perine interviewing Lou	Mike Katz, Shawn, Mike Katz Jr.
Arnold, Ed Corney preparng to watch	Arnold greeting his cousin and niece at the theater	Shawn with Mike and Franco at the Whitney
Arnold greeting Ronnie at the Whitney	Ronnie, Arnold, Gunter	Ronnie, Arnold, Gunter II
Ronnie posing at the Whitney	Shawn interviewing Ronnie	Look at those veins!

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