Even bigger than you imagined
An ambitious and wide-ranging documentary exploring Andre’s upbringing in France, his celebrated career in WWE, and his forays in the entertainment world.
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Earnest, classical in form, nostalgic and resolved.
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- Stephen Campbellon TMDB · Oct 20198/10
**_A fitting tribute to man who was legitimately one of a kind_** >_André was a superstar. He was the biggest and the greatest superstar this business has ever known, and ever will know. He was André the Giant; he was the one that laid the groundwork for Hulk Hogan, for Stone Cold Steve Austin, for The Rock, for anybody else that walks through the doors of the WWE Universe. It wouldn't have happened if it wasn't for André. And to know him as a superstar and a giant, I remember when I was a fan I used to watch him, and he would put his hand on the top rope and step over, when he was in his p__rime, and I was looking at his leg hanging off the ring, it looked like a Clydesdale. He was bigger than anyone I'd ever seen and I never imagined I'd be friends with him or I'd get to meet him. Fast forward to him being the greatest of all time, as a person, what he went through, I would walk behind him in the airport, and I would hear, "did you see that guy" and very unkind things. And he could hear them, so for him to walk through and be as kind of a person as he was and as gentle a person, because if he'd have been a mean person, there would have been none of us around. Talk about the guy t
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Cast
- André RoussimoffSelf (archive footage)
- Hulk HoganSelf
- Arnold SchwarzeneggerSelf
- Vince McMahonSelf
- Ric FlairSelf
- Gene OkerlundSelf
- Billy CrystalSelf
- Rob ReinerSelf
- Robin WrightSelf
- Jerry LawlerSelf
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- Jason HehirDirector
- Harris MendheimEditor
- Jake RogalProducer
- Bill SimmonsProducer
- Rick BernsteinProducer
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