Over the Top - crew, film crew

The entire team, the film crew of the film "Over the Top"
Over the Top (1987)
Timing: 1:34 (94 min)
Over the Top - TMDB rating
6.45/10
1834
Over the Top - Kinopoisk rating
7.169/10
29195
Over the Top - IMDB rating
5.8/10
65000

Film crew

Director

Producer

Executive Producer

James D. Brubaker
Executive Producer

Casting

Ron Surma
Casting

Editor

Don Zimmerman
Editor
James R. Symons
Editor

Art Direction

William Ladd Skinner
Art Direction

Costume Design

Tom Bronson
Costume Design

Stunts

Christine Anne Baur
Stunts

Production Design

James L. Schoppe
Production Design

Stunt Coordinator

Photo Gary McLarty #27776

Gary McLarty

Gary McLarty
Stunt Coordinator

Set Decoration

Cloudia Rebar
Set Decoration

Original Music Composer

Photo Giorgio Moroder #27769

Giorgio Moroder

Giorgio Moroder
Original Music Composer

Unit Production Manager

Duncan Henderson
Unit Production Manager

Associate Producer

Photo Tony Munafo #37617
Tony Munafo
Associate Producer

Second Assistant Director

Photo Josh McLaglen #12342
Josh McLaglen
Second Assistant Director

Stunt Double

Photo Mark De Alessandro #11578
Mark De Alessandro
Stunt Double

Director of Photography

Photo David Gurfinkel #76410

David Gurfinkel

David Gurfinkel
Director of Photography

Pilot

Ross Reynolds
Pilot

Assistant Art Director

David F. Klassen
Assistant Art Director

Property Master

Arthur Shippee
Property Master

Script Supervisor

Julie Pitkanen
Script Supervisor

Still Photographer

Dave Friedman
Still Photographer

Sound Mixer

Charles M. Wilborn
Sound Mixer

First Assistant Director

Tom Davies
First Assistant Director

Screenplay

Set Designer

Roland E. Hill Jr.
Set Designer
Ross Gallichotte
Set Designer

Story

David Engelbach
Story

Music Supervisor

Paula Erickson
Music Supervisor

Songs

Gaffer

Randy Glass
Gaffer

Music Editor

George Brand
Music Editor

Executive In Charge Of Production

Rony Yacov
Executive In Charge Of Production
Christopher Pearce
Executive In Charge Of Production

What's left behind the scenes

  • The prototype for Sylvester Stallone's character was arm wrestler John Brzenk.
  • Rick Zumwalt (1951-2003) received $10,000 for shaving his head for the filming. He liked the new look so much that he never grew his hair back.
  • Many years later, Sylvester Stallone explained why he agreed to star in this film. “Menachem Golan (1929-2014) kept increasing my fee until I finally thought, ‘Oh well, nobody will watch this anyway.’”
  • Rick Zumwalt was the third person chosen to play the opponent for Sylvester Stallone's character. Initially, the choice fell on Cleve Dean (but he looked so massive compared to Stallone that their fight would have seemed implausible), then on Ox Baker (1934-2014), and only then on Zumwalt.
  • As soon as the future film project was approved, a wrestling tournament 'Over The Top' was organized, as depicted in the film. Preparation (including qualifying competitions) began in Beverly Hills in August 1985, continued throughout North America, Europe, Israel and Japan. The final took place on July 26, 1986, at the Hilton Hotel in Las Vegas – it was an 18-hour wrestling marathon. The film features real wrestlers and footage shot during the final – with the exception of scenes with Sylvester Stallone, whose fights with opponents were filmed the day after the final. The film was shot in the same location as the final, and the extras in these scenes are wrestling fans who attended the final.
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