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Overview

User Rating:
7.2/10   3,898 votes
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Director:
Writer:
Barry W. Blaustein (narrative written by)
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Release Date:
17 March 2000 (USA) more
Tagline:
The movie Vince McMahon does not want you to see! more
Plot:
Heartfelt documentry focusing on the lives of professional wrestlers and how their sport is not fake. full summary | add synopsis
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Awards:
3 wins & 2 nominations more
User Comments:
Foley is Good and the real world is faker than wrestling more (79 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
Barry W. Blaustein ... Himself - Narrator
Vince McMahon ... Himself
Jim Ross ... Himself - Sr. VP of Talent
Jim Bell ... Himself - Sr. VP of Merchandising
Darren Drozdov ... Himself
Roland Alexander ... Himself
Tony Jones ... Himself - XPW wrestler
Michael Modest ... Himself
Terry Funk ... Himself
Mick Foley ... Himself
Danny Zucker ... Himself - Childhood Friend
Dave Meltzer ... Himself - Journalist
Jake Roberts ... Himself
Ed Beckley ... Himself - Promoter

Chyna ... Herself
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Beyond the Mat: Unrated Director's Cut (USA) (director's cut)
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MPAA:
Rated R for language and violent content.
Runtime:
102 min | USA:108 min (director's cut)
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1.85 : 1 more
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Certification:
Finland:K-15 | Canada:14A (Canadian Home Video rating) (director's cut) | USA:R (No. 37049) | Australia:M | Germany:16 | Netherlands:16 | Singapore:R(A) | UK:15 | USA:Unrated (director's cut)

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Since the release of the film, the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) lost a lawsuit to the World Wildlife Fund and was forced to change their name from WWF to World Wrestling Entertainment. more
Quotes:
[after a match]
Barry W. Blaustein: So where are you going next?
Jake Roberts: My daughter's. She's, uh, doing her master's in psychology. So she's a real freak.
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Movie Connections:
References "South Park" (1997) more
Soundtrack:
I'll Be Seeing You more

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2 out of 2 people found the following comment useful.
Foley is Good and the real world is faker than wrestling, 20 March 2004
9/10
Author: changingshades (jon_dye_is_god@hotmail.com) from St Petersburg Florida

Yes, that's the title to the second Mick Foley book, but it also does a good job of summarizing this wonderful documentary. This movie shows wrestling for the dangerous and addictive sport it is and that people seem to forget because the endings are predetermined. If you can watch the scenes where Foley is repeatedly hit in the head in front of his wife with a chair and then try and talk about how fake the sport is. Look at the life of Jake Roberts and say that there isn't something inherently messed up. Though it depicts horrible acts of violence and drug use, but this movie is more shocking in the damage people in this sport do to themselves in pursuit of this "fake" sport with so little respect for themselves. A chilling and wonderful documentary.

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