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Titolo originale: Ready to Rumble
Regia: Brian Robbins |
Anno: 2000
Origine: United States of America |
Generi: Azione Commedia
Tag: sports | pro wrestling |
Cast: David Arquette | Scott Caan | Chris Owen | Oliver Platt | Rose McGowan | Joe Pantoliano | Caroline Rhea | Ellen Albertini Dow | Lewis Arquette | Bill Goldberg | Page Falkinburg Jr. | Richard Lineback | Martin Landau | Tait Smith | Kathleen Freeman | Ahmet Zappa | Steve Borden | Scott Bigelow | Randy Poffo | Booker Huffman, Jr. | Sid Eudy | Eduardo Hernández | Curt Hennig | Glenn Gilbertti | Peter Gruner Jr. | Charles Ashenoff | Óscar Gutiérrez Rubio | Perry Satullo | Mike Hayner | Mark Hildreth | Stephanie Bellars | Michael Buffer | Gene Okerlund | Tony Schiavone | Mike Tenay | Charles Robinson | Billy Silverman | Chae An | Teri Byrne | Melissa Bellin | Sharmell Huffman | Vanessa Sullivan | Julia Schultz | John Cena |

Due entusiasti fan del wrestling maschile vedono il loro idolo soffrire quella che sembra una sconfitta umiliante, e decidono di partire per Atlanta, il quartier generale del World Championship Wrestling, per sostenerlo. Scoprono che non è l’uomo che idealizzavano, ma riescono ugualmente a raddrizzare la sua carriera, dopo una serie di divertenti equivoci.

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Martin Landau replaced Jack Palance as Sal Bandini. D
Rose McGowen hated her time making this film. D
Perry Saturn, one of the two men who attacked Sal Bandini (Martin Landau) had left WCW before this m [...] D
The Triple Cage match at the end of the film happened twice in real life. Once on a episode of Nitro [...] D
David Arquette lost his father Lewis Arquette less than a year after this movie's release. Lewis had [...] D
The main wrestler in the film, Jimmy King, is based upon WCW's Ric Flair and WWF's Jerry "The King" [...] D
The scenario of Jimmy King getting screwed by Titus Sinclair was based on a real life issue between [...] D
Rey Mysterio appears in the opening match. This was around the time when he did not wear a mask as p [...] D
There were plans to do a sequel which never materialized. D
The character of Nitro Girl Sasha is based on Kimberly Page. D
While David Arquette and Rose McGowan were love interests in this film, they previously played sibli [...] D
The part where Jimmy King is betrayed by his own son Frankie is based on a similar story-line with R [...] D
Martin Landau's character is based upon legendary wrestling coach Stu Hart. Hart was almost elderly [...] D
Even though none of the main NWO characters were in the movie, an NWO comforter is seen in Jimmy Kin [...] D
David Arquette was a longtime wrestling fan. After this film and after the cancellation of WCW, Arqu [...] D
According to David Arquette in a 2007 WWE.com interview, WWE superstar Shane Helms served as his stu [...] D
Jimmy King, Titus Sinclair, and Sasha are the only WCW personalities made up for the film. Everyone [...] D
The character of Titus Sinclair is based on WCW Vice-President Eric Bischoff, who was originally goi [...] D
Chris Kanyon served as Oliver Platt's stunt double. D
The WCW World Heavyweight Title used in the movie is completely opposite to the actual title, color [...] D
At one point of the film, when the cop is going off on his son about people that ended up as failure [...] D
Around the time of this movie's release, David Arquette made a string of appearances on WCW televisi [...] D
For promotional purposes, WCW head writer Vince Russo wrote for David Arquette to make many guest ap [...] D
WWE Superstar John Cena can be seen background in the gym scene where Goldberg appears the first tim [...] D
Rose McGowan admitted she hated this movie and didn't want to be in it, eventually giving in after t [...] D
Scott Caan did all his own stunts for this movie. D
In the movie, the boys' home state is Wyoming as well as Sasha saying that she grew up in Cody, Wyom [...] D
The purpose for this movie being made was to regain WCW's fan-base that it was losing. D
Oliver Platt accidentally struck Randy Savage in the face during the filming of a fantasy scene. The [...] D
According to an interview he did with YouShoot in 2013, Diamond Dallas Page said that he pitched an [...] D
This is WWE Superstar John Cena's first appearance in a movie; however, it is not a speaking part. D
David Arquette was given the WCW World Heavyweight title two weeks after the release of the movie as [...] D
The way Jimmy King lost the title, when he was supposed to have won, is a spoof of the infamous Mont [...] D
During filming of the tag-team match where he and Billy Kidman defeated Juventud Guerrera and Prince [...] D
There are a total of six nutshots, (low blows), in this movie, (half of which to the main character [...] D
Featured on the podcast Slow Pitch. D