Product Details

• Actors: Arnold Schwarzenegger
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: A&E Home Video
• DVD Release Date: July 26, 2005
• Run Time: 50 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0009IXRJO
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #75,760 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)

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The amazing story of the boy from a small Austrian village who became the most successful competitive bodybuilder of all time and went on to become one of the most popular movie stars in Hollywood history, even though at first he could barely act. Schwarzenegger is active in Republican Party politics, even though he's married to Maria Shriver, a member of the Democratic Party dynasty--the Kennedy family!

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16 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Never Fear; he'll be Back!, December 20, 2003

By	Barron Laycock "Labradorman" (Temple, New Hampshire United States) - See all my reviews (TOP 50 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

This review is from: A & E Biography Series: Arnold Schwarzenegger [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Those of us who had become familiar with Arnold and his progress in the public domain from the time he first became the outrageous success he was in the bodybuilding world, also knew the world was hardy prepared for this steamroller of a human being, a man for whom the normal rules simply do not seem to apply. Other famous bodybuilders had tried to use their muscles and brawn to jump-start a Hollywood career, and although several such as Steve Reeves and Gordon Scott had been major stars in action films during the 1960s, neither was able to translate what was in actuality a brief spurt of public interest in men with superior physiques into a sustaining career.

And, for those of us who knew Arnold when he was merely the greatest bodybuilder of our generation, from the beginning there was something about Arnie that defied all the rules other mortals belabored under. Using the modest investment cash gained from the sale of his small gym in Munich to start himself, Schwarzenegger bought an apartment building and soon bought more property, growing up into the booming California real estate market in a way that propelled him into the ranks of the wealthy long before he ever read a movie script. Similarly, he and bodybuilding buddy Franco Columbo started a masonry business in Santa Monica, putting their brains and brawn to active work, and raking in the resulting financial dividends, reinvesting them to make the money work as hard as they did. This was no ordinary muscleman, and indeed, no ordinary young man. As revealed in this interesting and provocative A& E video biography, Arnold is simply more focused, more driven, and more talented than the rest of us ordinary human beings. .

As the story unfolds, we are treated to the real man behind all of the miscalculations and misrepresentations of the media, a man extremely driven to succeed in America, and willing to make the sacrifices to do it. Many people have underestimated him, only to find out later that there is much more to the man than an Austrian accent and a huge bicep. If a guy with a last name like Schwarzenegger can so beguile the public to become one of the biggest movie stars of the 1980s and 1990s, than perhaps we do have to recognize that America is still the land of opportunity. And as he has recently demonstrated by becoming the new Governor of California, nothing seems to be too big a challenge for the big guy. And it is perhaps too soon to assume he is finished as a movie star. After having a small success with "T-3', the third of the Terminator movies, it is rumored that at some point he plans to also make a third Conan epic. If either of those is a big a success as is possible, than perhaps he will stick around for a while. Just remember, one thing he has proved again and again, is that he will always "be back"! Enjoy!

8 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars IT WAS COOL, June 27, 1999

By	[e-mail] (America) - See all my reviews

This review is from: A & E Biography Series: Arnold Schwarzenegger [VHS] (VHS Tape)

I love A&E biographies and I'd have to say this one was my favorate with ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER I also love to wach his movies and I think he is the best man who does action movies. Even though this biographie isnt a action movie I thought it was good cause it tells a lot about him

5 of 30 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars HFXGKVBZYGKCXG, March 8, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: A & E Biography Series: Arnold Schwarzenegger [VHS] (VHS Tape)

II REALY LOVE ARONALD AND SO DOES MY DAD HE LOVES TO WATCH HIS MOVIES AND EVERY ONE IN MY FAMILY DOES TOO I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT WE ALL LOVE TO WATCH ARNOLDS MOVIES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!