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Pumping Iron II: The Women (1985)
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3 May 1985 (USA)
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A Story of Strength, Desire, Courage... and a New Definition of Woman.
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"Pumping Iron," the film that turned the obscure sport of male bodybuilding into an overnight phenomenon and made Arnold Schwarzenegger a star...
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A Look AT Female Bodybuilding At It's Very Beginning
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(Credited cast) | Kris Alexander | ||
| Lori Bowen | ... | Herself |
| Lydia Cheng | ... | Herself |
| Carla Dunlap | ||
| Bev Francis | ... | Herself |
| Rachel McLish | ... | Herself |
| Steve Michalik | ||
| George Plimpton | ... | Himself |
| Randy Rice | ... | Himself |
| Clark Sanchez | ... | Judge |
| Steve Weinberger |
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Follows Pumping Iron (1977)
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Bodybuilding for women is "something new under the sun," something as Charles Gaines, the writer of Pumping Iron pointed out, has no precedent in all of history. Pumping Iron II is a documentary made about the very earliest years of women's bodybuilding as a sanctioned sport. As a documentary, it has its failings. But as a look at who the women were participating in bodybuilding in the mid 1980s, how they looked and what they had to say, it is unique. Of course, women doing bodybuilding at all is still controversial and some people have trouble accepting it. One of the other reviews of this film makes that plain, written by somebody who hates the idea of muscular women to such a degree he is hardly any judge of the quality of the film. Obviously, somebody who is that angered and disgusted by women with muscles should not bother to watch a documentary about them. But for those who like "buff" women or who are at least curious about them, Pumping Iron II is an important film and shouldn't be missed. And as women's bodybuilding becomes more and more accepted and popular, the film will become even more significant.