Pumping Iron

Pumping Iron is a 1977 documentary movie about the run-up into the 1975 Mr. Olympia bodybuilding contest. The film focuses on Arnold Schwarzenegger and his rivals, Lou Ferrigno and Franco Columbu. The documentary has been co-directed from Robert Fiore and George Butler. It had been founded on the publication of the exact same title by Charles Gaines and George Butler (Simon and Schuster, 1974).