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1961 27 min
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A candid-camera view of professional wrestling as seen in the Montréal Forum, where some of the biggest bouts are staged, and in back-street wrestling parlors where the warriors practice their art. Nothing escapes the probing camera as well-muscled tyros grapple, punch, squirm, roar and grimace, adding their own variations of showmanship to amuse and excite the crowd.

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A candid-camera view of professional wrestling as seen in the Montréal Forum, where some of the biggest bouts are staged, and in back-street wrestling parlors where the warriors practice their art. Nothing escapes the probing camera as well-muscled tyros grapple, punch, squirm, roar and grimace, adding their own variations of showmanship to amuse and excite the crowd.
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  • director
    Michel Brault
    Claude Jutra
    Marcel Carrière
    Claude Fournier
  • executive producer
    Jacques Bobet
  • camera
    Michel Brault
    Claude Fournier
    Claude Jutra
  • editing
    Michel Brault
    Claude Fournier
    Claude Jutra
  • sound
    Marcel Carrière
  • participation
    Édouard Carpentier
  • narration
    Stanley Jackson
  • artistic adviser
    Roland Barthes

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Education

Ages 14 to 16
School subjects
History and Citizenship Education - Modernization of Quebec Society (1929-1980) Media Education - Popular Culture Physical Education - Outdoor Education Social Studies - Social History
A candid look at the world of professional wrestling in the early 1960s, which makes for excellent viewing in history and social science classes. Compare current and past forms of popular entertainment. How has professional wrestling changed? Why do you think these changes have occurred? Compare professional wrestlers to ancient gladiators, boxers, martial artists and Greco-Roman wrestlers. How do each of these sports relate to violence? Why has violence as entertainment always fascinated human beings?
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