Worlds Strongest Man - Thirty Years Of Pain [DVD] [2008]

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Product Description ------------------- This special documentary marks three decades of extraordinary WSM competition. Over the years Worlds Strongest Man has provided amazing action, spectacular settings and a cast of contestants to set the heart racing. Now, for the first time, this iconic competition's past glories can be found in one incredible DVD. From the very first event in Universal Studios, California, right up to the 2008 finals in Charleston, West Virginia, this documentary captures all the great feats of strength and remarkable action that make World's Strongest Man what it is today. Interviews with the shows founder Barry Frank as well as multi title heroes, Bill Kazmaier, Geoff Capes and Magnus ver Magnusson help bring the last thirty years to life. BONUS FEATURE: The Making Of Worlds Strongest Man Filmed around the 2006 WSM finals, this exclusive feature offers a unique in behind the scenes of the Worlds Strongest Man. "Access-all-areas" and follow the athletes through their medicals, familiarisation with each event and interviews pre and post competition. Featuring Terry Hollands, Mariusz Pudzianowski, Magnus Samuelson, Svend Karlsen and Jouko Ahola Review ------ Trials of strength featuring contestants who resemble grunting, gurning ains of don t enjoy quite the sort of following of other fringe sports . Even darts with its similarly proportioned participants has more fans. That said, Iceland seems to take the World s Strongest Man competition very seriously. According to one of the interviewees in this brief history, everyone in the country remembers where they were when they heard about the death (from a heart attack at the age of 33) of national hero Jon Pall ( I am the Viking! ) Sigmarsson. Which suggests this was Iceland s JFK/Diana moment. Thirty Years of Pain doesn t dig too deeply into this bizarre world, but it presents an entertaining pageant of these monstrously overdeveloped specimens of humanity running while clutching anvils, tossing cabers, pulling trucks and even hoisting half a dozen rather nervous-looking Playboy bunnies into the air. Telegraph rating: * * * --Telegraph Review