Pumping Iron is a docudrama, released in what year, about the world of professional bodybuilding, with a focus on the 1975 IFBB Mr. Universe and 1975 Mr. Olympia competitions, the film also features segments on bodybuilder Francesco Columbu, an Italian actor, author, former champion bodybuilder and "World's Strongest Man" competitor?
Pumping Iron Pumping Iron is a 1977 docudrama about the world of professional bodybuilding, with a focus on the 1975 IFBB Mr. Universe and 1975 Mr. Olympia competitions. Directed by George Butler and Robert Fiore, it is inspired by a book of the same name by Butler and Charles Gaines, and nominally centers on the competition between Arnold Schwarzenegger and one of his primary competitors for the title of Mr. Olympia, Lou Ferrigno. The film also features segments on bodybuilders Franco Columbu and Mike Katz, in addition to appearances by Ken Waller, Ed Corney, Serge Nubret, and other famous bodybuilders of the era.
Ernestine Shepherd Ernestine Shepherd (June 16, 1936) is an American bodybuilder who is best known for being, at one point, the oldest competitive female bodybuilder in the world, as declared by the Guinness Book of World Records in 2016 and 2017; as of 2016 she is (2017)-(1936)-((11)<(06)or(11)==(06)and(30)<(16)) years old and still an active, albeit no longer competitive, bodybuilder.