See Arnold Run (2005) (TV)

User Rating:

4.7/10   

Director:

J.B. Rogers

Writers (WGA):

Nigel Andrews (book)
Matt Dorff (written by)

Release Date:

January 2005 (USA)

Genre:

Biography | Comedy | Drama

Tagline:

The totally pumped-up original movie of one man's American Dream.

Plot:

A look at the life of Arnold Schwarzenegger, from his early days as a body builder up until his successful campaign for governor of California.

Plot Keywords:

Campaign | California | Governor | Arnold Schwarzenegger | Politics

Cast

Jürgen Prochnow	...	Arnold Schwarzenegger
Roland Kickinger	...	Arnold Schwarzenegger ('73)
Nora Dunn	...	Arianna Huffington
Bob Morrisey	...	Don Sipple
Pat Skipper	...	Mike Murphy
David Burke	...	Paul Miner
Peter White	...	Bob White
Alex Hyde-White	...	George Gorton
Nicole DeHuff	...	Barbara
Craig Zimmerman	...	George Butler ('73)
Mariel Hemingway	...	Maria Shriver Schwarzenegger
David Grant Wright	...	LA Times Reporter
Kristen Shaw	...	Barbara Walters
Mike Ergas	...	Franco Columbu
Nick Stellate	...	Frank Zane

MPAA:

Rated R for some sexual references.

Runtime:

Argentina:90 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Certification:

UK:12 | Argentina:13 | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Cypress Point Productions

Quotes:

Arnold Schwarzenegger: [looking at Lou Ferrigno's picture] I'm bigger, stronger, greater. I will win. I will conquer.
Arnold Schwarzenegger: [looking at Gray Davis's picture] I'm bigger, stronger, greater.

Nice try, but not good enough

The actors portraying both young and current Arnold have some facial similarity to him. Roland Kickinger ("young Arnold") also has the right body for the job, but here the similarities end: Jürgen Prochnow ("old Arnold") is too old for this casting, has no bodily resemblance to a bodybuilder, looks too short and his acting is too gloomy. There are also other things in the movie that have very bad fit with reality. "Old Arnold" is dominated by his wife, lacks all shred of leadership (as opposed to the real charismatic Arnold). "Young Arnold" is a loner, desperately trying to succeed, while the truth was that Arnold enjoyed hilarious success even before he set foot on American soil, and was actually brought over by a strong sponsor (Weider). I wondered whether the director saw "Pumping Iron", because he missed the real atmosphere around young Arnold, as well as some aspects of his personality. Not all is bad, but having followed Arnold since 1970 - I was disappointed. I hope a better re-make will be done some time into the future. Even a mix-up of the original Pumping Iron + actual clips from the real campaign would have made a better result. Not recommended (5/10).