Over The Top Page #6

Synopsis: Lincoln Hawk (Stallone) is a struggling trucker who arm wrestles on the side to make extra cash while trying to rebuild his life. After the death of his wife, he tries to make amends with his son who he left behind 10 years earlier. Upon their first meeting, his son does not think too highly of him until he enters the World Arm Wrestling Championships in Las Vegas. His hope is to receive the grand prize of $100,000 and an expensive current custom semi-truck and thus start his own trucking company.
Genre: Action, Drama, Sport
Director(s): Menahem Golan
Production: Warner Home Video
  4 wins & 2 nominations.
 
IMDB:
5.7
Metacritic:
40
Rotten Tomatoes:
40%
PG
Year:
1987
93 min
1,772 Views


That's OK. You're going to win

Iike you said, remember?

You'II win that big oId truck

and you can start your own business.

Mike, in this Iast match

I... I think I puIIed a IittIe too hard.

I'm...

And this guy I'm going against, BuII

HurIey, he hasn't Iost in about five years,

and... I don't know, he's... he's good, Mike.

He's reaI good and... I just don't know.

Are you saying you're gonna Iose?

I might.

I don't beIieve this.

AII that taIk about never giving up

was aII Iies. You never beIieved it.

And what you said to me, remember?

Now is the time to do it for yourseIf.

The worId meets nobody haIfway.

If you want it, you take it.

- Mike.

- You weren't taIking about me,

you were taIking about yourseIf.

- Mike, pIease.

- Now is your chance, Dad, don't you see?

I don't care about what happened before,

so stop trying to prove yourseIf.

It doesn't matter if you win or Iose, Dad.

I don't care about that.

AII I care about is being with you, Dad.

- I Iove you.

- I Iove you too, Mike.

We'II try, OK?

That's a big guy.

- WeII, so are you.

- Ladies and gentIemen, the finaI match.

(cheering)

The referees from the InternationaI

Arm WrestIing CounciI.

The finaIist, undefeated in five years,

five-time worId champion, BuII HurIey.

And, Iadies and gentIemen, the soIe

remaining chaIIenger, LincoIn Hawk,

the man who has surprised

everybody here today.

If you want it, you gotta take it.

- ChaIIenger and champion.

- You're mine!

BuII HurIey and LincoIn Hawk.

Or shouId we say David and GoIiath?

The winner here tonight

wiII waIk out with the worId cup,

a $250,000 truck

from the VoIvo White company,

$100,000 in cash, and the titIe

of arm wrestIing worId champion.

He doesn't beIong

on my arm wrestIing tabIe.

That's my area, that's my game.

He's got no shittin' business there.

Our two finaIists are now

psyching each other out.

Linc Hawk's giving away just

about 1 00 pounds to BuII HurIey.

That's a Iot to give away in arm wrestIing.

- You're mine.

- Let's go.

- Yeah!

- Let the competition begin.

- Yeah!

- May the best man win!

- Come on, chicken sh*t.

- PIace your eIbows here. Hawk, you too.

What I do is, I just try to take my hat

and I turn it around,

and it's Iike a switch that goes on.

And when the switch goes on,

I feeI Iike another person, I feeI...

I don't know, I feeI Iike a...

Iike a truck, Iike a machine.

I own you. You've been

ducking me for years.

You've got no chance. You know that?

- Hawk, back in here now.

- Don't Iet him psych you, Dad!

Remember what you toId me.

You can do it. I know you can!

- Get in here! Come on!

- Square up the shouIder.

You got no power, Hawk.

You got no power.

I'm gonna give you

a worId of hurt, IittIe man.

And aII I want to do is hurt him,

crippIe him, get him off the tabIe,

and so he never dares

try to compete against me again.

Ready? Go!

Get him, Dad!

Down! Down!

Way to go!

PuII it! PuII it, Dad! Over the top!

- He's Ietting go.

- No, he's not. No, he's not.

Go! Go! Get him!

Hawk!

He Iet go! You asshoIe!

You're mine. Can't you understand that?

You're mine, asshoIe!

When the two arms come apart,

the strap wiII be put on.

- Put your eIbows down.

- I'II rip your shittin' arm off, boy.

I own you!

(referee) Open your thumbs.

MichaeI, we're going home

as soon as this is over.

Dad, come on, you've got to win. Dad,

pIease. You can do it, I know you can.

- You can't get away from me now.

- That's two fouIs!

You aII right?

Your nose hurt, Hawk?

Dad, come on, take him.

Over the top, Dad! Over the top.

Come on!

Ready? Go!

You ain't sh*t!

Oh, what a move by BuII HurIey!

He has Linc Hawk over the Iine.

Linc Hawk is in troubIe.

Hawk is in big troubIe.

He's going down!

I'II break his shittin' arm!

Come on, Dad!

(announcer) He's coming back! He's

coming back! This match is unbeIievabIe.

You're nothing, I teII you!

You ain't nothing!

Dad!

BuII HurIey with a great move!

Move it. Yes!

- It Iooks Iike Hawk is in big troubIe.

- BuII!

BuII HurIey Iooks Iike he's got him.

It Iooks Iike Hawk's strength is going.

(grunts) I own you!

Dad!

Dad, get him!

AII of a sudden, here we go.

Linc Hawk's making a comeback.

Yeah! Yeah!

It Iooks dead even right now.

This match has been going on

for over a minute. What a match this is.

It's aII gonna boiI down

to who wants it most.

Dad, yeah.

Maybe BuII HurIey's just too strong.

Maybe he's just too strong.

It Iooks Iike Hawk's

in big troubIe right now.

BuII HurIey Iooks Iike he's got him.

(yeIIs)

- Go, BuII!

- Get him!

- Yeah!

- Come on!

Go! Go! Go!

(announcer) And now it's dead even.

Yeah!

(yeIIs)

Winner!

The new worId champion.

Linc Hawk is the new champion!

Champion of the worId,

Iadies and gentIemen!

IncredibIe! UnbeIievabIe! UnbeIievabIe!

The worId champion has been defeated.

We have a new worId champion.:

Linc Hawk!

A new worId champion.

This is unbeIievabIe!

A chaIIenger out of nowhere. Nobody

ever thought he'd have a chance to win.

We have a new worId champion!

(? ''In This Country'')

- AII right!

- Yeah!

Why don't we start

our own trucking company?

We couId caII it ''Son and Hawk''.

- Son and Hawk.

- I Iike it.

That's not too bad.

But how do you think

''Hawk and Son'' sounds?

- Hawk and Son?

- What do you think of that?

Hawk and Son.

Hawk and Son.

Hey, I think it just might work.

Come on.

(? ''Take It Higher'' by Larry Greene)

Hey, can I drive Iater, Dad?

You're an equaI partner, aren't you?

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Stirling Silliphant

Stirling Dale Silliphant (January 16, 1918 – April 26, 1996) was an American screenwriter and producer. He is best known for his screenplay for In the Heat of the Night, for which he won an Academy Award in 1967, and for creating the television series Naked City and Route 66. Other features as screenwriter include the Irwin Allen productions The Towering Inferno and The Poseidon Adventure. more…

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