Au-delà du ring

Original title: Beyond the Mat

1999
R
1h 42m

IMDb RATING

7.6/10

9.6K

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Mick Foley, Noelle Foley, Terry Funk, and Dwayne Johnson in Au-delà du ring (1999)

A heartfelt documentary focusing on the day-to-day lives of professional wrestlers, some on the rise, some on the wane, and others fighting for their lives.

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A heartfelt documentary focusing on the day-to-day lives of professional wrestlers, some on the rise, some on the wane, and others fighting for their lives.A heartfelt documentary focusing on the day-to-day lives of professional wrestlers, some on the rise, some on the wane, and others fighting for their lives.A heartfelt documentary focusing on the day-to-day lives of professional wrestlers, some on the rise, some on the wane, and others fighting for their lives.

See production info at IMDbPro

IMDb RATING

7.6/10

9.6K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 3 wins & 2 nominations total

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Featured review

Fantastic!

This is the ultimate film for true fans of pro wrestling. If you have seen and enjoyed "Hitman Hart: Wrestling With Shadows" then you will love this film even more as it is even better!

"Beyond The Mat" is written & directed by life long wrestling fan Barry Blaustien and to be totally honest the film is ground-breaking. It really pulls no punches telling all about the inner workings of the world of pro wrestling.

"Beyond The Mat" focuses on three wrestlers. Terry Funk, who claims to be retiring but is still wrestling today in WCW, Jake "The Snake" Roberts, once a ring great and now nothing more than an out-of-shape, washed up crack head, and Mick Foley, who is now retired. And this is were "Beyond The Mat" gains respect from both wrestling fans and non-wrestling fans as it does not show them as supermen but as real people, with real lives, and real families.

So if you are willing to have you illusions of your favourite stars shattered before your eyes then see "Beyond The Mat" and you will gain a new level of respect for the world of pro-wrestling.

Trivia
Wrestling legend Roddy Piper described this film as "The best documentary ever made on professional wrestling."

Quotes
Jake Roberts: My mother was 13 years old when I was born. Why? Because my dad raped a little girl that was in a room asleep. My dad was going out with my mother's mother. There you go. There's some bones for Jake the Snake.

Crazy credits
Closing dedication: This film is dedicated to my wife, Lorrie and our children, Kasey and Corey, who have stood by patiently with love and support as I blabbed about wrestling for the last five years.