New Arnold Schwarzenegger Documentary Coming Soon
We get word today from the guys over at the TheArnoldFans that there maybe a new Arnold Schwarzenegger Documentary coming out very soon.
They got an exclusive interview with the director of both Pumping Iron films, George Butler, and during their long chat, they learn that this film maker will at last complete his trilogy. TheArnoldFans made sure to get every possible detail we could from the pre-production conceptual development that Mr. Butler has in mind. Although I learned that Arnold Schwarzenegger himself purchased and owns all the rights to the original Pumping Iron film and all the out-takes, George Butler has other ideas how another film can still be made.
Here is a few of the highlights from their interview with Mr. Butler to read the rest of the story Gooooo visit the Balliest Arnold Fan Site in the WORLD Here.
Pumping Iron
TheArnoldFans: George, even though Arnold now owns all the original Pumping Iron footage, what are the odds a you can still produce another sequel?
George Butler: Well, the thing that I could do is, I've got somewhere between six and seven thousand photos of Arnold that I took between 1972 and 1985 or so, and these days you can make an entire movie out of the stills. Only about 150 have ever been seen. Bob Kennedy's magazine did a big issue recently which you may have seen and I gave him about 8 unpublished photos.
This is roughly the same as if someone photographed Marilon Monroe when she was 14 through the age of 25, when she started to become a star. Because I took the bulk of the pictures before anyone knew who Arnold was and I took them during the peak of his bodybuilding fame which was when he was in the best shape of all. These photos are completely candid and I took them all over the world so, in theory, I can make a photo out of these stills and put in stock footage and do a series of interviews including Arnold and others.
TheArnoldFans: Yes, you must do this! Will this be done in the next couple of years?
George Butler: Yes, maybe the next couple of years. I mean it would take me a year to do it. I'd have to take the time off from my regular film-making and I've got plenty of films to make at the moment.
TheArnoldFans: As far as all those photos, did he ever say which ones he wouldn't want you to release?
George Butler: Here's what I did, when I sold the movie, Pumping Iron to Arnold, Arnold said to me, 'George, there's a certain number of photos that you took done for Playboy and etc, which I prefer not to see published.' So I said to him 'send me a representative of yours and they can look at ALL the photos I have and they can edit out the pictures they don't want published.' I can think of about 50 photos then that came OUT of my collection and they were appraised for a million dollars... and I gave them to Arnold.
TheArnoldFans: I understand you sold the footage of Pumping Iron to Arnold but who owns the rights to the name? In other words, if you put out a movie with these 6,500 photos of Arnold, can you call the new film Pumping iron 3? Or does Arnold own the Pumping Iron name?
George Butler: He owns the name Pumping Iron but I do still own the name rights to Pumping Iron 2. A new film would be advertised as "from the director and producer who made Pumping Iron." The title itself can be anything but not legally Pumping Iron because Arnold owns that name. But fitting may be that I call it "Arnold's Rib" as from the bible, a name taken from Adam and Eve in the garden of paradise and God made Eve out of Adam's rib. I don't know, If I came up with the name Pumping Iron, I can come up with something equally as good.
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