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Best Foreign Language Film | 1982
Final film of director Robert Aldrich. After this picture wrapped, Aldrich had surgery which ended in fatal kidney failure. Aldrich had been planning a sequel.
Legendary female wrestler Mildred Burke, along with two of her pupils (who appear in the first match while the credits roll), trained the two leads for several weeks. After intensive work, Laurene Landon and Vicki Frederick were able to perform the wrestling action without doubles.
At the time of initial release, in the US, the film was considered a box office flop, but did reasonably well abroad. The film was originally planned as being the first part of a 2-picture story, with the sequel to be predominantly centred - and shot - in Japan, but due to the death of Robert Aldrich, this never happened.
The male lead character of Harry Sears was originally written for Paul Newman. In the end, the part was cast with actor Peter Falk.
The film's wrestling match finale runs for twenty minutes, and was staged at the MGM, in Reno, Nevada. Even though the film was an MGM (film studio) release, contrary to common misperception, the two businesses are not (nor were they ever) connected. Previous studio owner, Kirk Kerkorian used the studio's name and applied it to his already-established gaming business.
"Fan: [Yelling to Molly, while walking through the arena hall, with Iris and Harry] Hey honey, you look better, with your clothes off! Molly: [Flips him off]"
"Chick Hearn - TV Reporter: [During the Reno match, Iris is repeatedly slamming the referee's head into the canvas] They've got the referee pinned! They're playing Yankee Doodle Dandy with his head!"
