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Andre the Giant documentary coming to HBO

Posted on 11/8/17 at 7:50 pm
Posted by Jack Ruby
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Posted on 11/8/17 at 7:50 pm
I know it was announced in February, but on the heels of the Flair 30 for 30, I thought the Andre doc would be a great counter. Bill Simmons and HBO are making it, a work he has been trying to get made forever.

Don't know when it will get released, but I know Robin Wright said about a month ago that she had filmed for it.

Andre was the anti-Nature Boy, a sweet, gentle human being who just happened to be the largest human alive and only wanted to be secluded on his ranch and be with his close friends who didn't look at him like a freak. Flair is loved by many, but he was essentially a piece of garbage, plus, perhaps no wrestler ever will hold such high regards in so many people's lives because of The Princess Bride.

HBO essentially invented the modern sports doc as we know it, I can't wait for this.


Posted by OMLandshark
Member since Apr 2009
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Posted on 11/8/17 at 7:54 pm to
I’m looking forward to this. André was also the greatest drinker who ever lived: LINK
Posted by WPBTiger
Parts Unknown
Member since Nov 2011
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Posted on 11/9/17 at 7:36 am to
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Andre the Giant documentary coming to HBO
Posted by lsucoonass
shreveport and east texas
Member since Nov 2003
68486 posts
Posted on 11/9/17 at 7:43 am to
Some wrestlers hated Andre, iron sheik and bad news brown are a couple. He's been accused of being a racist

He either loved or hated you

He's a fascinating guy, I'll be watching
Posted by Brosef Stalin
Member since Dec 2011
39271 posts
Posted on 11/9/17 at 9:09 am to
There is an A&E Biography show about Andre from the late 90s. They did several wrestling documentaries back then.
Posted by EyeTwentyNole
Member since Mar 2015
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Posted on 11/9/17 at 12:21 pm to
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Andre the Giant documentary coming to HBO


Posted by mizzoubuckeyeiowa
Member since Nov 2015
35626 posts
Posted on 11/9/17 at 2:07 pm to
I did that on purpose, I don't have to miss.

I recently saw Princess Bride in the theaters again...damn, Andre is so good in that movie - you never once feel like you're watching a wrestler trying to act.

When I was a kid...Wrestlemania III was bigger than the Super Bowl. Everybody was talking about it at school.

Andre vs. Hulk (who would win?)

What wasn't fake was how in the hell Hogan lifted Andre?

He weighed 550 pounds.
This post was edited on 11/9/17 at 2:07 pm
Posted by skullhawk
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Member since Nov 2007
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Posted on 11/9/17 at 2:33 pm to
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Bill Simmons and HBO are making it, a work he has been trying to get made forever.



Is this the first thing Simmons has done since his failed talk show? I wonder what other subjects they have planned?

I know he was working for years to get the 30 for 30 on AtG going.
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