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Over the Top (1987)

PG 93 minutes EN Action , Drama

Some fight for money... Some fight for glory... He's fighting for his son's love.

Sylvester Stallone stars as hard-luck big-rig trucker Lincoln Hawk and takes us under the glaring Las Vegas lights for all the boisterous action of the World Armwrestling Championship. Relying on wits and willpower, Hawk tries to rebuild his life by capturing the first-place prize money, and the love of the son he abandoned years earlier into the keeping of his rich, ruthless father-in-law.

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Sylvester Stallone

Lincoln Hawk

Robert Loggia

Jason Cutler

Susan Blakely

Christina Hawk

Rick Zumwalt

Bob "Bull" Hurley

David Mendenhall

Michael Cutler/Michael Hawk

Chris McCarty

Tim Salanger

Terry Funk

Ruker

Bob Beattie

Announcer

Allan Graf

Collins

Magic Schwarz

Smasher

Bruce Way

John Grizzly

Jimmy Keegan

Big Boy (Richie)

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Production crew

James L. Schoppe

Production Design

David Gurfinkel

Director of Photography

James R. Symons

Editor

Giorgio Moroder

Original Music Composer

Don Zimmerman

Editor

William Ladd Skinner

Art Direction

Arthur Shippee

Property Master

Dave Friedman

Still Photographer

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I guess someone at Canon sat down and said "You know what, there are not enough movies about arm wrestling out there, we can pin the market on it." And they kind of did, I have never seen a movie about arm wrestling since... or before. In fact, this is the only one.
But, it also as a decent soundtrack in an 80s action flick kind of way. And, it tells a good story about a kid trying to re-connect with his father, who is a truck driver... and an arm wrestler.
And it manages to do it all in a very entertaining way, given the fact that it's about what a sport that you would think could only be boring, but the film manages to make look exciting... and I still have no idea how they did it using really nothing but a montague, and a typical 8os montage at that.
But, hey, it actually works, so take that where you will... and watch it, because it's really a lot better than anyone would think.

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Production companies: The Cannon Group, Warner Bros. Pictures, Golan-Globus Productions

Production countries: United States of America

Budget: $25,000,000

Revenue: $16,057,580

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PG (Some material may not be suitable for children under 10. These films may contain some mild language, crude/suggestive humor, scary moments and/or violence. No drug content is present. There are a few exceptions to this rule. A few racial insults may also be heard.)

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