Pumping Iron - Unseen Footage - Bud Cort

Some extra footage that didn't make it into the final cut of Pumping Iron. Taken from the Raw Iron extra featurette. A segment with Bud Cort, star of Harold and Maude.

For those of you who don't know about Pumping Iron, taken from Wikipedia:

Pumping Iron is a 1977 docudrama about the world of bodybuilding. The book as well as the movie are about the run-up to the 1975 Mr. Olympia bodybuilding competition. Released by George Butler's company Cinegate, the film focuses on Arnold Schwarzenegger and his competitors, Lou Ferrigno and Franco Columbu. The documentary was co-directed by Robert Fiore and George Butler. It was based on the book of the same name by Charles Gaines and George Butler (Simon and Schuster, 1974).

Pumping Iron documents, and to some extent dramatises, what is commonly referred to as "The Golden Age" of bodybuilding, a time when mass and size mattered less and symmetry and definition of the body was preferred. The documentary follows the two main bodybuilding competitions, the IFBB Mr. Universe (for amateurs) and the Mr. Olympia (for professionals) in Pretoria, South Africa. Though the documentary focuses on Schwarzenegger, many notable bodybuilders make appearances, including Lou Ferrigno, Franco Columbu, Mike Mentzer, Robby Robinson, Mike Katz, Albert Beckles, Ken Waller, Frank Zane, Paul Grant, Ed Corney, Serge Nubret and Danny Padilla — all talented champions in their own rights. Ed Corney appeared on the front dust jacket of the hardcover edition of the book and the front of the softcover version, as well as on the poster for the movie.

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• Pumping Iron
• Arnold Schwarzenegger
• Bud Cort
• bodybuilding
• documentary

[trashywilma]

Really, no comments? Where are the rabid "Harold and Maude" fans? It's Harold, you guys, in really short shorts.

[bettyfelon1]

"He happened to love body building"???? Really?

[csrchamp1]

He was running to get out of there LOL

[Model007]

That was funny hehehehe

[xxxHeyZeusxxx]

he should have brought Ruth Gordon along :D

[tubette69]

Bud Cort is so cute in this!

[leahcimrac]

Who is that guy? Looks like the film-makers wanted to create some type of light humour to the film.