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Arnold Arnold Schwarzenegger and the Movies Dave Saunders Published in 2009 by I.B.Tauris & Co Ltd 6 Salem Road, London W2 4BU 175 Fifth Avenue, New York NY 10010 www.ibtauris.com Distributed in the United States and Canada Exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York NY 10010 Copyright © 2009 Dave Saunders The right of Dave Saunders to be identifi ed as the author of this work has been asserted by him in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. All rights reserved. Except for brief quotations in a review, this book, or any part thereof, may not be reproduced, stored in or introduced into a retrieval system, or transmitt ed, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior writt en permission of the publisher. ISBN 978 1 84511 948 5 A full CIP record for this book is available from the British Library A full CIP record is available from the Library of Congress Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: available Typeset by JCS Publishing Services Ltd, www.jcs-publishing.co.uk Printed and bound in Great Britain by CPI Antony Rowe, Chippenham Contents List of Illustrations vii Acknowledgements ix Introduction: There’s Something About Arnold: Schwarzenegger’s American Dreams 1 I Machina ex Deus: Rise of the Übermensch 9 II Colossus: Arnold’s Hollywood Putsch 47 III Man of Irony: Or, How Arnie Learned to Grow and Love 121 IV Fall and Rise: The Will to Power 187 Epilogue: The Litt le Boy From Thal 207 Notes 211 Index 239 Illustrations 1. Hercules and Pretz ie commandeer a chariot in Hercules in New York 27 2. Bodybuilding as artistic practice (Pumping Iron) 40 3. Arnold’s conqueror-god makes play in Pumping Iron 45 4. Schwarzenegger’s memorable arrival in The Terminator 66 5. Making a ‘purchase’ (The Terminator) 67 6. John and Jenny enjoy the idyll of the ranch (Commando) 78 7. Ready for ‘World War III’ in Commando 82 8. Dillon and Dutch at odds in Predator 88 9. The alien hunter admires Arnold’s skull (Predator) 98 10. Ridzik and ‘Gumby’ in Red Heat 115 11. Twins: Schwarzenegger and DeVito pair up 128 12. Crises of identity in Total Recall 140 13. Melina and Quaid (Total Recall) 141 14. John Kimble: protector, drill instructor and kindergarten cop 155 15. The interrogation of Helen Tasker (True Lies) 180 16. End of Days’ Jericho Cane: Arnold as fl awed saviour 194 17. ‘I’m back’: Arnold returns for a last bow as the Terminator (Terminator 3) 202 Acknowledgements T he many who have inspired and appraised this manuscript during its gestation must be commended en masse for their diligence and patience. For gett ing Arnold into the public domain, the always- supportive Philippa Brewster should be held accountable. My family and friends naturally warrant praise for feeding, watering, talking to and indulging me during the period of cogitation that produced the ensuing book. Especial gratitude for supporting me in numerous, wholly appreciated ways goes to my late and much-missed mother Jill (a perceptive, witt y and honest critic of both Arnold’s fi lms and an early draft of this book), my father David, my brother Tom, my sister Isobel, Les Whitham, Simon Messenger, Ben Cowdall, Tim and Kate Mason, Leon Daye, Hajnalka Elek, students and staff at the Department of Media Arts, Royal Holloway, University of London, Dave Green and Jim Hornsby of the University of Bedfordshire, and my brothers-in-law (past and present) Nick Joyce and Dave Wheeler. Lastly, Paco Nunez – with whom I had many productive discussions while a fellow postgraduate at Royal Holloway – in no small part stimulated this endeavour; I therefore dedicate this book to him. Dave Saunders 2009

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This book provides is a comprehensive, in-depth examination one of modern cinema’s biggest and most ideologically defined screen presences. Tracing Arnold Schwarzenegger’s entire film career and life from teenage bodybuilder in post-war Austria to Governor of California, Saunders blends obse