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Grappling with Cinema - Wrestling Movies and Wrestling "Actors" - The Something Awful Forums
The title for this thread would make a good peer reviewed article, I just realized
Anyway, it's obvious we all love wrestling here, but do we all love movies?
What about movies with wrestlers?
THEY LIVE
Full Movie via Google
I'm here to kick rear end and chew bubblegum.
And I'm all out of bubblegum.
First off, this movie contains the single best fight sequence ever.
If you've never seen it (or the really brilliant South Park parody) you are doing yourself a terrible disservice.
Rowdy Roddy Piper plays a vagrant who finds a pair of sunglasses that allow him to see which human beings are aliens, some of which are our friends, family, even politicians, communicating with us through subliminal messages.
It's up to Hot Rod and his sidekick, played with gap-toothed gusto by Keith David, to stop the aliens from taking over the Earth.
This film was made during John Carpenter's streak of really great movies during the late '70s and lasting about a decade.
They Live is a well done piece of social commentary on the consumption of mass media that disguises itself as a 50s throwback B-action flick.
Piper plays a great confused protagonist, but the real star here is Carpenter's storytelling via direction.
The movie, as with many of Carpenter's flicks, has a vaguely Lovecraftian sense to it, with something bubbling just below the surface far too big for the main character, and maybe humanity itself, to comprehend.
Plus the black dude is named Armitage.
The concept of using glasses to see zombies, or monsters or aliens, have been parodied and referenced thousands of times since, most frustratingly in the NES "piece of making GBS threads gently caress," Bart vs.
The Space Mutants
In more interesting wrestling trivia, the graffiti artist responsible for the Andre OBEY designs got his inspiration from this here film.
Rocky III
Quote: : wikipedia says
Rocky's opponent is James "Clubber" Lang, played by former bodyguard Mr.
T. Lang is a younger and more aggressive boxer than Rocky.
He is brash, arrogant, outspoken, and immensely strong.
The part made Mr.
T an icon, leading to him being one of the first elements outlined for The A-Team television series.
The film also features professional wrestler Terry "Hulk Hogan" Bollea as the supporting character "Thunderlips".
The role brought Hogan to a widespread audience.
Eye of the Tiger, motherfuckers.
Here Rocky would fight the two men who would go on to star in the main event of the very first Wrestlemania.
You'd be crazy to think Rocky III didn't have something to do with that.
Honestly Rocky III is probably the worst Rocky movie that wasn't Rocky V so I'm not going to go into a whole lot of detail about it.
The Wrestler
Give 'em the Ram Jam!
Now here's a movie I will go into detail about.
Here's the movie that [should have] won Mickey Rourke an Oscar.
Not only do most of the movie-goers who see The Wrestler love it, but it's universally loved by wrestlers.
Bret Hart praised it, Roddy Piper was moved to tears, DDP and Lex Luger attended the premiere.
Even Vince McMahon had high praises for it despite the dirtsheets published information saying Vince hated the portrayal of the industry being seedy and drug-filled and walked out of a private screening (I guess plans changed).
Rourke plays Randy the Ram, one time the biggest wrestler in the United States, headlining big shows in MSG, now living out of his van because he can't pay rent on his trailer.
Not only is it depressing as all hell to see a former star reduced to a shell of his former self, putting his aging body through hell in bingo halls for a couple hundred dollars, but seeing how Randy completely botches every meaningful relationship he has.
Marissa Tomei and Evan Rachel Wood play the loves in his life, one romantic and one familial.
Outside of the fiction of The Wrestler, the film probably has the closest ties to the wrestling industry of any movie made.
Both ROH and CZW were used during the filming of The Wrestler and some of your favorite wrestlers probably had cameos.
Ernest Miller, R-Truth, Claudio Castagnoli, Nigel McGuinness, BOBBY DEMPSEY.
The movie even made a start out of the Necro Butcher Dylan Summers.
Barton Fink
A struggling playwriter, Barton Fink is hired to write a low-budget wrestling flick.
What happens next is, well, unique.
I didn't know going into Barton Fink that it was going to be one of those movies that requires a critical viewing.
So by the time the ending came around I was hosed.
But I did realize that it's really loving good.
It's a movie I need to see again, but I know some of Wrestlehut loves this movie (likely for its excellent use and serious portrayal of the wrestling industry) and hopefully we can discuss it.
There are many more movies that have ties to wrestling.
Hogan's starring roles should be discussed, Jesse "This stuff makes me a sexual Tyrannosaurus" Ventura is worth a mention.
Steve Austin, Christian, John Cena and Jericho have taken acting turns.
Plus WWE has a film division now!
But even after this beautiful, in-depth, highly educational OP, I still feel like I'm forgetting something...
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Batmanuel posted:
Kennedy Kennedy goes behind enemy lines and repeats his name or something.
Speaking of expendables.
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Hogan's best movie is Suburban Commando.
With a cameo from The Undertaker
Also, the Rock peaked at Mummy 2.
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Let's discuss...
This is a pretty bad movie and even at twelve the only reason I watched it was because it has wrestling and was on after Nitro or Thunder one night.
I guess I laughed a little.
But the best part about it is it lead to the greatest champion of all time.
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Weekly font posted: But the best part about it is it lead to the greatest champion of all time.
I went and saw this opening night, and I didn't even like WCW.
It was a great movie then, and its still a movie I will sit and watch if its on.
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Body Slam
(Full movie on YouTube )
Dirk Benedict is a band manager who becomes a wrestling manager.
Roddy Piper is coked up.
Captain Lou Albano plays Captain Lou Murano.
Charles Nelson Reilly and Billy Barty are in it.
There's a hair anthem with the lyrics "Body slam, take me to the limit if you can." And there are very literal cameos (almost all they do is stand up and get introduced) by Ric Flair, Bruno Sammartino, Freddie Blassie and Adnan Al-Kaissie.
And if nothing in the above paragraph got a reaction out of you, there is absolutely no reason you should watch this movie ever.
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Starring Rey Mysterio Sr (if you like tacky horror movies, it's worth a watch)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KldPXfcoWQg
Also, off the top of my head (I watch too many horror films):
2001 Maniacs (with Mad Man Pondo)
Ed Wood (with George Steel)
Death Racers (with Raven, Corporal Robinson and ICP)
Texas Chainsaw Massacre 4 (with Debra)
Predator/Running Man (with Jesse Ventura)
Princess Bride (with Andre the Giant)
The Devil's Rejects (with DDP)
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Meat Recital posted:
(There's also this poster in Russian.)
Yes, that is Hulk Hogan as Zeus.
Russian poster needs more Big Show
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The greatest opening scene of all time in all of cinema comes from the classic Christmas film SANTA'S SLAY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FKrsAFWPnl4
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Apsouthern posted:
Starring Rey Mysterio Sr (if you like tacky horror movies, it's worth a watch)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KldPXfcoWQg
Also, off the top of my head (I watch too many horror films):
2001 Maniacs (with Mad Man Pondo)
Ed Wood (with George Steel)
Death Racers (with Raven, Corporal Robinson and ICP)
Texas Chainsaw Massacre 4 (with Debra)
Predator/Running Man (with Jesse Ventura)
Princess Bride (with Andre the Giant)
The Devil's Rejects (with DDP)
Dark Rising (Christian)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tj0TTwNVotw
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Tzirean posted: Body Slam
(Full movie on YouTube )
The cover blurb is hilariously backhanded.
Isn't a rejected diva search chick in Wrestlemaniac too?
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Tzirean posted: And there are very literal cameos (almost all they do is stand up and get introduced) by Ric Flair, Bruno Sammartino, Freddie Blassie and Adnan Al-Kaissie.
If we're talking cameos, nothing beats Randy Savage as Bonesaw McGraw in Spiderman 1.
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Terry Funks turn as a drunken has been bouncer in Roadhouse remains one of the best wrestler cameos in any film.
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The Wrestler really is a great movie, depressing and weirdly inspiring at the same time.
If you haven't seen Barton Fink, you are doing yourself a disservice and your Mom and Dad talk quietly and sadly about you at night while shaking their heads.
But for whatever reason, the number one wrestling movie moment of all time for me remains the scene in Ready To Rumble where Joe Pantoliano is walking backstage and Booker T says hello to him and Pantoliano mumbles back distractedly,"Yeah hey Book."
I don't know why, I can't explain it, but something about it just cracks me up every single time.
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Axissillian posted: You dicks are forgetting Sam Elliot beating up Terry Funk in Roadhouse
"Pain don't hurt."
Patrick Swayze recently discovered this was untrue.
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Jerusalem posted: "Pain don't hurt."
Patrick Swayze recently discovered this was untrue.
Roadhouse was the only good Swayze movie
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Paul Revere 3000 posted: Buff Bagwell was in a softcore porn flick once.
Bubba Dudley and Tommy Dreamer in Whack Attack 5.
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Http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0078056/
Paradise Alley - Stallone, post-Rocky I but pre-Rocky III plays a wrestler in 1940s New York.
Saw this years ago and can't remember much about it.
Probably kept kayfaybe - I've a feeling Sly was asked to throw a match and wouldn't do it.
According to IMDB it's got Terry Funk and Tom Waits in it, which would make it the greatest film of all time, except for the fact that it also co-stars Armand Assante in it, which by definition makes it terrible.
Tag line: "The Carboni Boys.
They haul ice, lay out stiffs and dance with monkeys.
"
I should watch this again...
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This hasn't been mentioned yet, likely because nobody has seen it.
I happen to own it for some reason.
Hell Comes to Frogtown
A post-apocalyptic movie where almost everybody alive is sterile.
A mutant race of frog-men steal a bunch of fertile women, so the government enlists Sam Hell (Rowdy Roddy Piper) to get them back and impregnate them.
The government also attaches an exploding codpiece to Hell's junk so that he can't just abandon the mission.
His entourage are sexy ladies.
Rory Calhoun is in it.
It's really bad.
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Unsurprisingly, a few Marvel movies have had wrestlers in them.
Spiderman's Bonesaw aside, there is:
The Punisher - Kevin Nash as "The Russian"
Blade Trilogy - Paul Levesque as Jarko Griswood
X-Men - Tyler Mayne as Sabretooth
There's probably more.
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TMNT 2: The Secret of the Ooze.
Kevin Nash as Super Shredder.
This, Andre the Giant in Princess Bride, and Hogan in Rocky III are, as far as I'm concerned the holy trinity of wrestlers acting.
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Karmine posted: TMNT 2: The Secret of the Ooze.
Kevin Nash as Super Shredder.
This, Andre the Giant in Princess Bride, and Hogan in Rocky III are, as far as I'm concerned the holy trinity of wrestlers acting.
A scene where he is mostly forgettable and doesn't even show his face is part of the greatest wrestling cameos ever?
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For the record El Santo (Mexican wrestling Hogan Jesus x50) was in like 100 movies all terrible, where he beats up everything from other wrestlers to Super Godzilla.
One of them was on MST3K.
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Dr. Zoidborg posted: Unsurprisingly, a few Marvel movies have had wrestlers in them.
Spiderman's Bonesaw aside, there is:
The Punisher - Kevin Nash as "The Russian"
Blade Trilogy - Paul Levesque as Jarko Griswood
X-Men - Tyler Mayne as Sabretooth
There's probably more.
Kevin Nash was also in Grandma's Boy
I think the non-wrestling movie with the most wrestlers was Adam Sandler's remake of The Longest Yard.
You had Austin, Nash, Goldberg, Khali, & Bob Sapp.
Am I missing anyone?
Smashpro1 fucked around with this message at Sep 17, 2009 around 01:26
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FishBulb posted: For the record El Santo (Mexican wrestling Hogan Jesus x50) was in like 100 movies all terrible, where he beats up everything from other wrestlers to Super Godzilla.
One of them was on MST3K.
Luchador movies rule and El Santo movies rule
Take it back you heathen
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The Berzerker posted: Hell Comes to Frogtown
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xlTofwK8FLQ
It took me years to track down a copy of this film.
It didn't disappoint when I finally saw it.
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Smashpro1 posted: Kevin Nash was also in Grandma's Boy
I thin k the non-wrestling movie with the most wrestlers was Adam Sandler's remake of The Longest Yard.
You had Austin, Nash, Goldberg, Khali, & Bob Sapp.
Am I missing anyone?
I forgot about that.
He got offended when he was called a hooker.
And that leads me to the largest stretch of acting range to date: Paul Wight as Captain Insano in the Waterboy.
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Axissillian posted: A scene where he is mostly forgettable and doesn't even show his face is part of the greatest wrestling cameos ever?
Look I was a huge Ninja Turtles fan at the time so it is largely a nostalgia thing.
If I was gonna make a real list I would probably replace Nash with Necro Butcher in the Wrestler because that poo poo was seriously awesome.
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