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 original movie poster for Over the Top |
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| Directed by | Menahem Golan |
| Produced by | Menahem Golan Yoram Globus |
| Written by | Gary Conway & David Engelbach (story) Stirling Silliphant & Sylvester Stallone (screenplay) |
| Starring | Sylvester Stallone Robert Loggia Susan Blakely Rick Zumwalt David Mendenhall |
| Music by | Giorgio Moroder |
| Cinematography | David Gurfinkel |
| Editing by | James R. Symons Don Zimmerman |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. Pictures (USA) Cannon Films (non-USA) |
| Release date(s) | February 12, 1987 |
| Running time | 93 min. |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $15,000,000 (est.) |
| Gross revenue | $16,057,580 (USA) |
Over the Top is a 1987 dramatic chase film starring Sylvester Stallone, produced and directed by Menahem Golan about a long haul truck driver who tries to win back his alienated son while becoming a champion arm wrestler. The screenplay was written by Stirling Silliphant and Sylvester Stallone. The original music score is composed by Giorgio Moroder.
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Lincoln Hawk is a struggling trucker who arm wrestles on the side to make extra cash while trying to rebuild his life. Hawk's wife Christina is very ill at the beginning of the film, and asks that Hawk pick their son Michael up from military school so that he may get to know his son since they have been apart since Hawk left them ten years earlier. His father-in-law Jason Cutler is enraged since he feels his daughter was deserted by Hawk, that his daughter and Hawk should never have been married in the first place, and Hawk has no right to be in his grandson's life.
Over the course of a cross country trip, Mike learns to trust his father until finding out that his mother dies while they are on the road. Feeling he would have been there if not for Hawk, he leaves for his grandfather's estate. The film continues with Mike realizing that his grandfather has been hiding the truth about his father - the grandfather did everything possible to drive his parents apart and has been intercepting and hiding the regular letters Hawk had written to his son over the last few years. Eventually, Lincoln competes in the world arm wrestling competition, held at the Las Vegas Hilton. His hope is to win the grand prize of an expensive, new semi-truck and thus be able to start his own independent trucking business. Mike, stunned by his grandfather's deceptions, goes to the Hilton and finds Hawk. Apologizing for misjudging him, Mike gives Hawk the emotional support he needs to compete and he emerges from the contest victorious. As father and son celebrate, Cutler(who had followed Mike to the competition)looks on in silence, realizing he has lost any chance at regaining Mike's love.
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A toy line was released in 1986 by LewCo, based on the film. The line contained figures that you could use to stage your own arm wrestling matches, thanks to a knob on the back. The line was a blend of film characters and real arm-wrestlers, and were endorsed by the International Arm Wrestling Council. The figures are as follows:
There was also a scaled-down table for the figures to wrestle on, as well as a life-size one for kids to wrestle with. In addition, there was a workout set with a set of small weights with a cord with arm and wrist bands and a 20-inch tall version of the Lincoln Hawk figure.
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A soundtrack album was released in 1987 to coincide with the release of the movie. It contains music from Frank Stallone, Kenny Loggins (who performs the film's central theme, "Meet Me Half Way"), Eddie Money, and Sammy Hagar.
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