This movie inspired arm wrestling matches in elementary schools across the nation from 87-89 until things finally died down. I was born in 79. I won some, lost some and got my first kiss because of one.
@@_scyas_1827 lol, most definitely! I think Smasher directly quoted the man "I'm not upset that you lied to me, I'm upset that from now on I can't believe you."
Yea man every Friday as a kid my moms would take me n my bro to the video store to pick out a movie, so many classic, this one got rented a few times lol
I would catch this on TBS during the early 90s when my dad was home. He liked this movie a lot. Why? He was a trucker as well. I just don't think he took part in any arm wrestling matches when he was on the road. I miss being a little kid and watching movies like this with him late on friday nights before I had to go to bed.
How this didn't win best picture and how "The Smasher" didn't win an Academy award for his performance will always be two of lifes biggest mysteries...
@@edswope28 It's sometimes done deliberately by management so people will drink more and just hang out less. I think this is why over the years resturants & bars merged together cause people who eat also spend more on booze thus It becomes more profitable.
This was probably the greatest movie ever made. It's been said that Spielberg, Lucas, Cameron and Scorsese have all credited this movie as a high water mark in the art of cinematic masterpieces. All great directors have wanted to make a movie about arm wrestling truck drivers but were afraid tackle such a difficult topic! How this film didn't sweep the Oscars is the greatest mystery of all time!
Every time someone tells me they are driving up to Vegas for the weekend I always say, "You ain't got a prayer in Vegas!" in my best Bull Hurley voice. To this day, no one ever knows what the hell I'm referencing..................
neckisstiff Again, I would laugh. It's just hard to find friends who have an encyclopedic knowledge of Over the Top. I'm just waiting for the opportunity to tell a youngster "Too bad your dad's yellow, kid." It just hasn't come up yet. But it will. And when it does, I'll be ready.
JohnLoCicero Next time someone asks me the question "What are your goals in life"... I'm gonna say "I drive trucks.... break arms... and arm wrestle... that's what I love to do... that's what I do best" !!!!
I watched this movie as a teenager and to say that I'm disappointed that I spent 20+yrs driving truck and not one time did anyone challenge me to an arm wrestling match is the understatement of the year
One of these days, I’m gonna step into a bar and randomly go up to someone and say, “Are you Hawk? I SAID ARE YOU HAWK? I’m the Smasher.” and see where it goes from there.
Didnt you break some dudes wrist the last time you arm wrestled, pretty sure you took the dude girlfriend to, brought her back to your place, tried to send her through some sort of teleportation pod..
@@Inlinetodie Yeah, I remember that night. I was binging on candy bars and won some broad on a bet in an arm wrestling match. Snapped the guy’s wrist like a twig and got the F-k outta there. Long story short, I took his girl back to my place and post coitus, I tried to make her go into one of my pods, but she said she was “afraid”. What a buzz kill she was.
@Skip R hahahahaha, easier to get away with these days, then back then, today everyone calls cops and lawyers, back then we stepped outside, slobberknockered and came back in for beer before we fucked off home for a cold shower
I met the actor once. He was my friends dad. He should up in a limo to visit him in Hesperia. Weird was I never remember him being that big aside from this role to be going around in a limo. Lol
Cesar S hahahahahahahah good call! I swear every time I’ve seen Demi Moore with the short hair I was like where did I see her before, and you just fucking nailed it.
SAYING "I'M THE SMASHER" IN 2021 GETS YOU FINED, JAILED, SERVED, AND EMASCULATED... I MISS THE 80S, WHEN MEN WERE RAISING MEN AND NOT RAINBOW MARSHMALLOWS.
I always wonder bull Harley would’ve made the expendables list, but he died too soon, Rip Big man, He will always have the line you ain’t got a prayer in Vegas
Bull knew Hawk wouldn't go for it, he was just making Hawk turn him down in public, trying to get in his head. Hell, he's probably the guy who put Smasher up to challenging Hawk, just to test him and see what his competition at Vegas will look like up close.
Lol, I heard that guy too! That was funny as hell. Only thing I can compare it to is from Dumb and Dumber when that one guy said "Kick his ass C Bass!".
Yo Roland I’m a truck driver back in 09 my wife and I stopped at that same truck stop in dumb and dumber it’s much different than in the movie but I locked my keys in my truck had to have the police help me get it unlocked. But what I had in my truck would’ve gotten me a few years in prison 😂
It was like he wanted to grab his little weenie then eat some fried chicken in the mens room after he did then arm wrestle hawk… the 80,s were awesome 😎
The Smasher's corner man (the one who slaps him, not the vocal extra) is Richie Giachetti, and if you know boxing, you'll know that he was considered to be one of the greatest trainers of all time. He led Larry Holmes (greatest jab ever?) to the heavyweight championships, staged a few Ali exhibitions (he's also responsible for Don King getting a leg up in the business through those exhibitions), trained Mike Tyson for multiple fights (including the infamous ear bite fight against Holyfield), and sadly passed away in 2016. He did the fight choreography on Rocky's III and IV as well, and that scar underneath his left eye was from a bar fight after a guy shoved a broken beer bottle into the socket. He and Stallone were lifelong friends and even (briefly) roommates when Stallone was into the promotion scene (they co-trained a prospect during this time). Was an interesting character all around.
@Nathan Jarrett so you assume because i'm younger i don't pull my weight and pay my way? i work for a living (security industry) your average paul blart here live on my own pay my own rent buy my own food. i dont need some geriatric wierdo calling me out cause he misses getting butt fucked in the 80's.
@Nathan Jarrett they dont give security guards mace or any weapons. i hate pigs. sounds like you'd make a good cop though. why are you trying to analyze me you psychotic wierdo i made a funny comment and your narcissistic butthole mouth had to start spewing shit all over the comment section. i've got nathan to say to you mate.
Right on! Small movies with big heart! I miss that so much! 80's man...when movies were movies,when music was music,when men were men and women women. Fuck this shit now! 80's rules and Sly rules too.
He did notice the aliases he responds to and ones he says. There are parts of this movie where he goes by the name hawk other times he goes by hawks. Bull calls him hawks in this scene lol
This was 1987 when an Action Movie had actors there were "real" athletes that were former Champions of Sport. Over the Top had many Champion Armwrestlers taking part in this great movie!
Smasher: I don’t believe anything!!! Me: You need oxygen to live. Smasher: Bullshit! (Dies 3 minutes later) Oh damn and the movie just happens to be free after this clip was recommended. What a treat!
at his peak Stallone was awesome. He had a unique look aswell as a unique body in that it was built in the right places and difined nicely. too bad we all get old.
Large, muscular, sweaty men with mullets crowded up together in the same room, yelling and challenging each other..... “WELCOME TO THE 80’s WWF ROYAL RUMBLE !!!”
I know it's just a movie obviously, but I wonder why The Smasher wasn't in the competition in Vegas later in the movie? He gave Hawk some trouble, and being Hawk won the world championship, this guy probably would have gone really far in the competition I bet. The Smasher LOL!!
Rudolf M That's definitely possible. Or I was thinking maybe because he already lost to Hawk that he didn't see the point of even going to the competition just to be let down. Who knows what the real reason, or the movie reason is though? A couple of good guesses though in my opinion.
regardless of whatever judgment may get passed on smasher, the dude is friggin AWESOME, so raw and 100% genuine, and honorable, this is one of my most entertaining scenes of the movie and i loved this movie when i saw it decades ago for first time!
Some things in life are just epic with no particular reason, so is Stallone, arm wrestling movie, Blaster shirt wearing Rick Zumwalt, Rocky, Rambo, etc etc..... you all understand my feelings if you're here - 35 years later.
Bull Hurley.. One of the best villains in a movie ever. Two guys who obviously know each other, and would probably be friends except Lincoln put his name into Bull's Pot. And Harley gave Hawk shit the whole match and still raised Hawk's hand in victory, much like his real life persona.. It's fascinating for me, but at the same time it's strictly business. I can shake a guy's hand, then try to rip his arm off a minute later. After it's over, we can both laugh about it. - Rick Zumwalt
