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Post by WireNWood on Jun 9, 2004 21:29:53 GMT -5
.. that most of you probably went through many years ago.
We get our video rentals from netflix.com . I'm a happy customer. DVDs come in the mail. Today I opened the envelope to find one just for me.
Pumping Iron.
I am about to see it for the first time - this weekend at the latest.
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Post by Tim Wescott on Jun 9, 2004 21:37:26 GMT -5
You`ll love it and you will definately workout harder after seeing it.
Look for me in the beginning of the movie as a long -haired kid applauding Mike Katz while he`s onstage.
You`d never recognize me. ;D
Great flick!!
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Post by GerryT on Jun 9, 2004 23:09:47 GMT -5
Tim, never knew you were a movie star! Will have to watch it again and look for you. The film is a classic and a definitive documentary on the sport. The scenes with Arnold and Lou were super.
Would also recommend PI II, The Women. Bev Francis shook the sport to the ground, as no female before her had such extreme muscularity. The contrast between Bev and Rachel McLish was like night and day. Gave judges a real dilemma. Today, Rachel would probably have won Figure Olympia.
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Post by Tim Wescott on Jun 9, 2004 23:25:49 GMT -5
Gerry,I`ll post the pics from the movie in this thread tomorrow morning. Ken B. did a screengrab and I have 4-5 pics saved in my e-mail folders. Get ready for a shock!  I`m Arnold`s co-star...................yeah right! ;D |
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Post by WireNWood on Jun 12, 2004 0:32:57 GMT -5
Black-and-white plaid shirt - open in the front?
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Post by Tim Wescott on Jun 12, 2004 11:09:25 GMT -5
Ray,I`ll post the pics later today....much to my dismay!! I`m a poet ,and didn`t even know it! |
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Post by Tim Wescott on Jun 12, 2004 11:39:14 GMT -5
Here`s one of the 5 pics I have from Pumping Iron,starring yours truly!! I`m the dorky looking kid with long hair parted on the side in the button up maroon shirt.My then training partner ,Ray Harris is the black kid to the left of the pic in the blue sweater.we were powerliftiners/bodybuilders back then.The other shot`s are too similar to warrant posting ,not that thios one does, ;D but they are either me sitting,or me clapping for Mr. America Mike Katz who is onstage at the time. I give you all your laugh for the day! Enjoy!! ;D  |
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Post by Mystic79 on Jun 12, 2004 12:20:18 GMT -5
Is that Gary Coleman sitting to the right of you! Wow! Lots of celebrities in that room. Hehe, great pic Tim. You also said you are training with Mike Katz when he is doing overhead dumbbell presses in his garage?
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Post by Tim Wescott on Jun 12, 2004 12:30:39 GMT -5
Jay, That`s not me in the garage gym,that`s Joe Ugolik,Teenage Mr. america.
I wish I looked that good!
Nice hair-doo huh? ;D
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Post by GerryT on Jun 14, 2004 11:13:41 GMT -5
We all change with age, Tim. My high school photos are so bad i could not afford to laugh at anyone!
Al least you're immortalized on celluloid.
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Post by Tim Wescott on Jun 14, 2004 17:00:38 GMT -5
Gerry,That and 2 cents`ll buy me a coffee!! ;D You`re too kind buddy. |
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Post by Ken B. on Jun 16, 2004 4:22:21 GMT -5
WireNWood - did we ever get your initial impression of Pumping Iron? I was looking forward to your review. I remember me and a buddy going to the afternoon showing back in 1977 of Pumping Iron, it hit us so hard we stayed right through the following showing of it as well!  |
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Post by Gord on Jun 16, 2004 12:19:04 GMT -5
Tim, like or not, you are part of Pumping Iron history and folklore. You, therefore, have earned the right to feel and act smug. ;D
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Post by Tim Wescott on Jun 16, 2004 12:52:54 GMT -5
And I do so every chance I get Gord!! ;D
It`s been very tough on me to not act snobbish after I acheived celluloid stardom! Doh!! ;D
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Post by WireNWood on Jun 17, 2004 16:20:50 GMT -5
OK - well, since you asked. Remeber that I've warned you before - I think too much. It was, of course, VERY inspiring seeing those men and their incredible development. Seeing these guys in moving pictures made them more real to me. These revered names had previously only been seen in stills. Now I have seen them laughing, eating, hugging their children, riding on a bus, and walking across the street. It makes them seem so much more like me - and THAT part gives me a huge jolt, because it removes excuses. Excuses that I didnt' even realize I harbored. Hearing Arnold @ age 27 talk I was impressed with what a sharp mind he obviously has, to go along with his determination. I loved the childhood photos of him - especially one where he was sitting at the dinner table and he looked sooooo skinny. I remember thinking that Poppa Ferrigno (Maddie?) wasn't much of a coach... which brings me to the part where I think too much. The disc also had "The Making of Pumping Iron". It revealed some of the ways that things in PI had been given the Hollywood treatment, proving once again that even when Hollywood calls something a "documentary" it is full of lies. It was intentionally made to look like Lou always trained in a dark basement while Arnold was always in the sunshine surrounded by adoring crowds...etc, etc. I think they really made Lou look like an idiot child and did so on purpose. We seldom heard him say a complete sentence, but they let us hear him grunt and yell a lot. I can almost hear the director saying "If you want to be in this movie, Lou, when your Dad speaks just stare and the floor and nod your head." By the end of PI I was tempted to believe that Lou really is just a big dull-minded meathead, and of course when you hear him speak without a director telling him what to do it is obvious that he is not. He isn't nearly as magnetic as Arnold, but he's certainly not the dimwit they make him out to be. The poor guy was young and looking for some fame... he got some of that. More power to him, I guess. Of course, this is just one of the ways the fillm was fictionalized. There are more and I'm sure you're all plenty familiar with them. Anyway, I know I'm rehashing stuff that's all been said before almost 30 years ago, and I'll get down off my soapbox now.  You asked. Yes, watching those guys definately was a HUGE boost to my desire-to-improve. |
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Post by Tim Wescott on Jun 17, 2004 16:40:44 GMT -5
Ray, I`d say that was a pretty accurate review!
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Post by whssenior on Jun 17, 2004 21:41:02 GMT -5
that's pretty cool that you had a cameo in that video tim. do you and ray harris still work out together? also, what was it like seeing mike katz and ken waller in person?
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Post by Tim Wescott on Jun 18, 2004 3:32:26 GMT -5
No I still talk to Ray Harris once in a while though.It`s pretty early but I`ll post some thoughts on Harris who I thought could have gone as far as he wanted to in either bodybuilding or powerlifting.
Never saw Waller but saw Katz in his prime many times.I still see him today as he MC`s a lot of contests that I`ve been in.
Mike is really a great guy!
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Post by GerryT on Jun 18, 2004 7:40:22 GMT -5
Mike is a terrific person indeed, Tim. Caught up with him
at Jr USA which he co promoted and he is doing well.
Proud of his family and loves to talk about the grandchildren. Like and respect him a lot.
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Post by whssenior on Jun 18, 2004 13:01:42 GMT -5
thats cool , can't wait to hear a ray harris story. |
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