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Over the Top
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Over the Top is a sport, drama, and action film directed by Menahem Golan and produced by Golan and Yoram Globus, from a screenplay by Stirling Silliphant and Sylvester Stallone. Stallone stars alongside Robert Loggia, Susan Blakely, and Rick Zumwalt, with cinematography by David Gurfinkel and a score by Giorgio Moroder. Filmed in California, Arizona, and Utah, its narrative is set in the Las Vegas Valley.
Released in the United States on 13 February 1987, it ran 93 minutes on a budget of 25,000,000 and earned a revenue of 16,057,580. Produced by Warner Bros. Entertainment, The Cannon Group, and Golan-Globus Productions, it received the Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Supporting Actor and Worst New Star.
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6.5Lincoln Hawk a hard-luck big-rig trucker takes us under the glaring Las Vegas lights for all the boisterous action of the World Armwrestling Championship. Relying on wits and willpower, Hawk tries to rebuild his life by capturing the first-place prize money, and the love of the son he abandoned years earlier into the keeping of his rich, ruthless father-in-law.
Cast
- Sylvester Stallone as Lincoln Hawk
- Robert Loggia as Jason Cutler
- Susan Blakely as Christina Hawk
- Rick Zumwalt as Bob "Bull" Hurley
- David Mendenhall as Michael Cutler/Michael Hawk
- Chris McCarty as Tim Salanger
Themes
- underdog
- sports
- bad father-in-law
- father-in-law
- road trip
- truck
- on the road
- truck driver
- arm wrestling
- eighteen wheeler
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Ratings
IMDb
5.9/10
64,693 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
32%
Metacritic
40/100
- Year
- 1987
- Runtime
- 93 min
- Genres
- Action, Drama, Sport
- Rated
- PG
- Awards
- 4 wins & 3 nominations total
via OMDb · IMDb
Key facts
- Directed by
- Menahem Golan
- Screenplay by
- Stirling Silliphant Sylvester Stallone
- Story by
- Gary Conway David C. Engelbach
- Produced by
- Menahem Golan Yoram Globus
- Starring
- Sylvester Stallone Robert Loggia Susan Blakely David Mendenhall
- Cinematography
- David Gurfinkel
- Edited by
- James Symons Don Zimmerman
- Music by
- Giorgio Moroder
- Color process
- Metrocolor
- Production company
- The Cannon Group, Inc.
- Distributed by
- Warner Bros.
- Release dates
- February 12, 1987 ( 1987-02-12 ) (New York and Los Angeles ) February 13, 1987 ( 1987-02-13 ) (United States)
- Running time
- 93 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $25 million
- Box office
- $16,057,580
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- action film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Director
- Menahem Golan
- Screenwriter
- Sylvester Stallone
- Cast member
- Terry Funk
- Composer
- Giorgio Moroder
- Producer
- Yoram Globus
- Production company
- Warner Bros. Entertainment
- Cinematographer
- David Gurfinkel
- Narrative location
- Las Vegas Valley
- Filming location
- Utah
- Duration
- 93
- FilmAffinity ID
- 172843
- Distribution format
- video on demand
Show 7 more facts
- publication date
- 1987-02-13
- title
- Over the Top
- distributed by
- Netflix
- nominated for
- Golden Raspberry Award for Worst New Star
- review score
- 32%
- capital cost
- 25000000
- box office
- 16057580
Sources (15)
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Encyclopedic overview
Over the Top is a 1987 American sports drama film that combines the emotional drama of a child custody hearing with arm wrestling. It stars Sylvester Stallone as Lincoln Hawk, a long-haul truck driver who tries to win back his estranged son Michael while becoming a champion arm wrestler. It was produced and directed by Menahem Golan, and its screenplay was written by Stirling Silliphant and Stallone. Robert Loggia, Susan Blakely, and David Mendenhall are among the supporting cast.
Over the Top was released on February 13, 1987, by Warner Bros. in the United States. The film was a box-office bomb, and received middling reviews from critics but has made a cult following ever since.
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