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Pulling John

Posted: Thu May 20, 2010 1:38 am
by Holland Oates
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.

Re: Pulling John

Posted: Thu May 20, 2010 11:53 am
by Soupbone
I have wanted to see this for a very long time ever since I saw the trailer on youtube that looked really cool!

Re: Pulling John

Posted: Thu May 20, 2010 8:52 pm
by Bobby
Is it available on dvd?

Re: Pulling John

Posted: Fri May 21, 2010 8:19 am
by Holland Oates
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.

Re: Pulling John

Posted: Tue Jul 06, 2010 9:57 am
by Sassenach
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.

Re: Pulling John

Posted: Fri Jun 28, 2013 1:04 am
by Turdacious
Great flick, EZ nailed it. Streaming on Netflix.

Re: Pulling John

Posted: Fri Jun 28, 2013 1:47 am
by buckethead
Is Emily Blunt in this?

Re: Pulling John

Posted: Fri Jun 28, 2013 1:52 pm
by Kazuya Mishima
One of my favorite documentaries. I probably watch it at least twice a year.

Re: Pulling John

Posted: Fri Jun 28, 2013 4:33 pm
by Bobby
They just showed "Over the top" on swedish tv.Hadn`t seen it in over 20 years and it wasn`t to bad.

Re: Pulling John

Posted: Thu Jul 04, 2013 5:32 pm
by T200
BucketHead wrote:Is Emily Blunt in this?
Yes.

She plays Gary Goodridge.