Generation Iron

Sep 20, 2013

1h 46m

★ 6.7

Overview

Generation Iron - examines the professional sport of bodybuilding today and gives the audience front row access to the lives of the top 7 bodybuilders in the sport as they train to compete in the world's most premiere bodybuilding stage - Mr. Olympia.

Genres

Documentary

Production Companies

American Media Group

Generation Iron Trailers

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Cast

Narrator (voice)

Mickey Rourke

Self

Michael Jai White

Self

Lou Ferrigno

Judge

Mike Katz

Self

Arnold Schwarzenegger

Self

Phil Heath

Self

Kai Greene

Self

Busta Rhymes

self

Victor Martinez

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