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Netflix's Arnold sees Schwarzenegger recall his experience watching the movie that changed his life and inspired his bodybuilding journey. Arnold's three episodes explore Arnold Schwarzenegger's journey from bodybuilding champion to unlikely movie stardom and even more unlikely political career. Arnie first got into bodybuilding as a young man, using it to transform his body and pursue his dreams of heading to America. Arnold displays his single-minded focus on becoming the "best," and how he helped bring the sport into the mainstream.

Of course, it also helped Schwarzenegger make the move into movies too. The charisma Arnold displayed in the documentary Pumping Iron helped him land roles like Conan The Barbarian, and from there he became one of the biggest movie stars in the world. Netflix's Arnold docuseries focuses on several key turning points in his life, but arguably one of the most important is when he went to...

Netflix's Arnold sees Arnold Schwarzenegger reflecting on his bodybuilding career, but how many competitions did he actually win? Arnold's first episode finds Schwarzenegger recounting his childhood growing up in the town of Thal in Austria, and how seeing the fantasy epic Hercules And The Captive Women (Aka Hercules and the Conquest of Atlantis) as a teenager would change his life. This starred bodybuilder Reg Park, winner of several Mr. Universe titles, and the young Arnie would later find an American muscle magazine that revealed Park's fitness program.

Schwarzenegger then used Park as his "blueprint" for where he wanted to go in life and quickly began training to become a bodybuilder. Arnold is now considered one of the most important figures in the history of the sport and helped bring it mainstream acceptance during the '70s. Bodybuilding also helped Arnold's movie career, and he officially retired from bodybuilding following a 1980 Mr.

This debut feature of muscleman favorite Reg Park is one of the better sword ‘n’ sandal epics; it has good action and a terrific villainess in Fay Spain. The okay story is Benoit’s L’Atlantide, re-shaped to fit the fad for all things Hercules. The Film Detective’s disc is the Woolner Bros.’ American release, trimmed by half a reel and given an entirely new audio mix. It’s still an impressive show.

Hercules and the Captive Women

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1961/ 1963 / Color / 2:35 widescreen / 95, 101 min. / Street Date April 13, 2021 / Ercole alla conquista di Atlantide, Hercules Conquers Atlantis / 24.99

Starring: Reg Park, Fay Spain, Ettore Manni, Luciano Marin, Laura Efrikian, Enrico Maria Salerno, Ivo Garrani, Gian Maria Volontè, Mario Petri, Salvatore Furnari, Maurizio Coffarelli, Nicola Sperli.

Cinematography: Carlo Carlini

Film Editor: Maurizio Lucidi

Original Music: Gino Marinuzzi Jr., Armando Trovajoli

Written by Vittorio Cottafavi, Sandro Continenza, Duccio Tessari, Nicolò Ferrari using a...

The Film Detective (Tfd), a classic media streaming network and film archive that restores and distributes classic films for today’s cord-cutters, wholly owned by Cinedigm (Nasdaq: Cidm), announces the collector’s release of Hercules and the Captive Women (1963), coming to Blu-ray and DVD April 13.

The latest special-edition release from vintage film champion Tfd, this epic sword-and-sandal adventure stars Reg Park and Fay Spain, with direction from Vittorio Cottafavi. Originally released in 1961 as Ercole alla conquista di Atlantide in Italy, Hercules and the Captive Women is the version edited for the U.S., released for audiences in 1963.

Action-packed from the beginning, Hercules (Park) first encounters Ismene (Altan) when he must save her from a shape-shifting creature. Victorious, Ismene brings Hercules home to Atlantis where they come face to face with Ismene’s mother, the evil Queen Antinea (Spain), prepared for battle to end her pursuit of world conquest.

The release...

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