Arnold Alois Schwarzenegger is an American actor, bodybuilder, entrepreneur, politician, governor, terminator, a vivid example of the realization of the "American dream". Schwarzenegger’s home country is Austria, he was born and lived here before moving to the United States in 1966. During his acting career, he starred in many films, some of them, despite their decent age, are popular now.
The first films with Schwarzenegger
The very first feature film to feature Schwarzenegger was Hercules in New York, which was released in 1969. This film is only remarkable for the fact that it was the first in Arnold’s acting career, otherwise it’s a cheap adventure piece that tells about the adventures in the world of people of the mythical hero Hercules.
When organizing the filming of Hercules in New York, coach Joe Weider recommended the creators of the picture of the young Arnold Schwarzenegger. Joe tricked the creators into saying that Arnold brilliantly played Hamlet in London.
After Hercules, there was one episodic role in the film Long Farewell in 1973 and a role in the television film Happy Anniversary or Goodbye in 1974.
In April 1975, the film "Stay Hungry" was released, for the role in which Schwarzenegger received the Golden Globe Award as the most promising actor. The film itself is a passing thriller and is interesting again only because it contains a very young Arnold.
In the period from 1976 to 1982, he plays episodic roles in the series "Streets of San Francisco" and "Loafers of the Beach of San Pedro" and low-budget action movies "Vulture" and "Scoundrel". In 1980, starred in the film "The Story of Jane Mansfield, " where he plays the role of Mickey Harjitei, who won the title of Mr. Universe in 1956.
In 1982, the film "Conan the Barbarian" was released, which brought Schwarzenegger worldwide fame, and the filmmakers got box office in the amount of $ 68 million and the Saturn Award in 8 nominations.
In 1984, a sequel to the fantasy saga of the adventures of a young barbarian named Conan appeared. The new film was called "Conan the Destroyer", the main role in it was played by the growing popularity of Arnold.
Terminator - an iconic film in the film career of Schwarzenegger
In the same 1984, The Terminator was shot by the future creator of Titanic and Avatar, directed by James Cameron. Schwarzenegger plays the terminator, a role that includes only 17 sentences elevated Arnold to world stars. After the premiere of the film, the word "terminator" became a household word, and the famous phrase I'll be back entered the list of the most famous movie quotes.
Initially, Cameron believed that the Terminator should look like a person of standard build, so as not to stand out in the crowd. So this role was written under Lance Henriksen.
