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A great short documentary on John Breznk along with close to another hour of bonus footage.

Well worth viewing by anyone whether you are a fan of arm wrestling or not.

Strangely Breznk seems to almost sink into the background with all of his friends and competitors talking him up.

He comes across as a great competitor and a great guy.
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I have wanted to see this for a very long time ever since I saw the trailer on youtube that looked really cool!
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Is it available on dvd?
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Bobby wrote:Is it available on dvd?
Yeap. Got it from Netflix a couple of days ago.

I'm going to watch it again when I get home.
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This finally came up on my Netflix queue. I don't think I've watched an arm wrestling match in my life (although I have seen Over The Top--holla!); but this was very enjoyable and well paced.

Brzenk comes across as a stand up guy, really likeable.

Travis is an asshole.

Interesting to note that Alexey went on to win a silver medal on 2 man bobsled at the 2006 games, and bronze at the 2010 games for 4 man team. He has apparently since quite arm wrestling to focus on judo and bobsled.
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Great flick, EZ nailed it. Streaming on Netflix.
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Is Emily Blunt in this?

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One of my favorite documentaries. I probably watch it at least twice a year.

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They just showed "Over the top" on swedish tv.Hadn`t seen it in over 20 years and it wasn`t to bad.
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BucketHead wrote:Is Emily Blunt in this?
Yes.

She plays Gary Goodridge.
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