Jerome Gary
Pumping Iron
Arnold Schwarzenegger har hovedrollen i denne dokumentaren om de siste 100 dager før Mr. Olympia-konkurransen i 1975. Femdobbelt mester Schwarzenegger blir satt opp mot den blyge nykommeren Lou Ferrigno (TV-serien ”The Incredible Hulk”) i et oppgjør som er både mentalt og fysisk krevende. Med psykisk krigføring, intens besluttsomhet, drittslenging og den lettbente sjarmen som senere skulle gjøre Schwarzenegger til stjerne, endret PUMPING IRON kroppsbyggerverden for alltid og ble startskuddet for begge menns karrierer.
Stripper
The background: A strippers' convention and a major contest. The movie focuses on a few strippers, each with her own strong motive to win.
Stripper
Jerome Gary, the director of Pumping Iron which brought fame to Arnold Schwarzenegger, directed and produced the documentary STRIPPERS. The film gives an insiders look at the profession of stripping and at the women who choose to enter it. The strippers appear as themselves, and the focus centers on the stories of a few women who compete in an international striptease contest held in Las Vegas. Janette Boyd, a seasoned Vegas dancer, works diligently to save money for the future of her young daughter and herself, only to be betrayed by a man who steals her entire investment. Kimberly Holcomb plays Danyal, a young woman who shares stories of her attraction to sadomasochism, and plans a stage act in which she will use fake blood. Accustomed to their hometown ‘regulars’ who don’t view the girls as merely sex objects, the atmosphere of the competiton comes as a hard blow. The film presents a poignant glimpse at the lives of these women and at the reasons they have chosen stripping as their career.