Andre the Giant (2018) WEB Eng Movie Subtitles

1 00:00:26,134 --> 00:00:28,799 Most of us, when we're children, 2 00:00:28,800 --> 00:00:32,091 your parents read fairytales to you. 3 00:00:32,092 --> 00:00:37,466 There are knights, there are dragons, there are sorcerers, 4 00:00:37,467 --> 00:00:40,508 there are giants. 5 00:00:40,509 --> 00:00:44,049 He was those drawings come to life. 6 00:00:44,050 --> 00:00:48,008 He was a living manifestation of our childhood dreams. 7 00:00:50,800 --> 00:00:54,924 And from Grenoble in the French Alps, 8 00:00:54,925 --> 00:00:58,841 weighing 477 pounds, 9 00:00:58,842 --> 00:01:02,799 the eighth wonder of the world, 10 00:01:02,800 --> 00:01:06,591 André the Giant! 11 00:01:06,592 --> 00:01:09,133 Everybody remembers that moment 12 00:01:09,134 --> 00:01:11,299 where they first saw André the Giant. 13 00:01:11,300 --> 00:01:15,466 We're all intrigued by André the Giant the human, 14 00:01:15,467 --> 00:01:17,633 but the reason we're intrigued by that 15 00:01:17,634 --> 00:01:21,174 is because he seems like so much more. 16 00:01:21,175 --> 00:01:23,508 He was a god. 17 00:01:23,509 --> 00:01:25,508 The crowd goes wild. 18 00:01:25,509 --> 00:01:29,258 This is the one we've all been waiting for. 19 00:01:29,259 --> 00:01:30,842 André the Giant. 20 00:01:35,300 --> 00:01:36,841 Holy mackerel! 21 00:01:36,842 --> 00:01:38,758 André the Giant, off the top turnbuckle! 22 00:01:41,883 --> 00:01:43,924 André cleaning house! 23 00:01:43,925 --> 00:01:46,384 This is one man you do not want to get riled up. 24 00:01:48,676 --> 00:01:52,133 Look at the size of the Giant! 25 00:01:52,134 --> 00:01:54,008 André still undefeated. 26 00:01:56,092 --> 00:02:00,216 Oh, slam! André picked him up with ease! 27 00:02:00,217 --> 00:02:02,592 André is unbelievable! 28 00:04:16,758 --> 00:04:18,174 He was just starting. 29 00:04:18,175 --> 00:04:21,924 He was at the time maybe 6'9, 6'10 30 00:04:21,925 --> 00:04:23,717 when he was wrestling in France. 31 00:04:26,050 --> 00:04:28,133 He hadn't fully grown yet 32 00:04:28,134 --> 00:04:32,591 'cause he started around 19, 20 years old. 33 00:04:32,592 --> 00:04:36,049 He was leaner than what North American people remember of him. 34 00:04:36,050 --> 00:04:42,300 So he would do a much more athletic style than what we saw in North America. 35 00:04:59,384 --> 00:05:03,426 The first name that they used in France was Jean Ferré. 36 00:05:04,925 --> 00:05:08,258 The name come from a folk hero from France 37 00:05:08,259 --> 00:05:10,007 that was named Grand Ferré, 38 00:05:10,008 --> 00:05:12,049 which means Great Fairy. 39 00:05:12,050 --> 00:05:14,591 The backstory for the Jean Ferré character 40 00:05:14,592 --> 00:05:17,134 was that he was a lumberjack. 41 00:05:19,008 --> 00:05:21,007 That he was, you know, discovered 42 00:05:21,008 --> 00:05:24,384 in the middle of the woods chopping wood. 43 00:05:30,925 --> 00:05:35,133 You have to sell a background story to your character, 44 00:05:35,134 --> 00:05:36,966 and he had the size 45 00:05:36,967 --> 00:05:39,883 to be believable that he was a lumberjack. 46 00:05:56,008 --> 00:05:57,925 Thank you, Monsieur. 47 00:06:00,758 --> 00:06:05,757 André was wrestling in many venues all over Paris. 48 00:06:05,758 --> 00:06:08,716 He was also working a lot on the south coast of France, 49 00:06:08,717 --> 00:06:12,299 and during the summer was working in a lot of festivals 50 00:06:12,300 --> 00:06:13,842 all over the country. 51 00:06:26,342 --> 00:06:28,675 The first country outside of France 52 00:06:28,676 --> 00:06:30,716 where André wrestled was Monaco. 53 00:06:30,717 --> 00:06:32,757 And then he went to Japan, 54 00:06:32,758 --> 00:06:37,174 and he was called there "Monster Roussimoff." 55 00:06:37,175 --> 00:06:39,675 In June of 1971, that was the first match 56 00:06:39,676 --> 00:06:41,174 he ever had in North America, 57 00:06:41,175 --> 00:06:44,007 that was in Verdun, just a suburb of Montreal, 58 00:06:44,008 --> 00:06:45,716 and he was working for a promotion 59 00:06:45,717 --> 00:06:47,591 called Grand Prix Wrestling. 60 00:06:47,592 --> 00:06:50,007 The very first ad said that he was a giant 61 00:06:50,008 --> 00:06:54,675 of 7'4", 390 pounds, from the French Alps. 62 00:06:54,676 --> 00:06:56,841 Being a giant from the French Alps, 63 00:06:56,842 --> 00:06:59,508 it's a much better story than just being, you know, 64 00:06:59,509 --> 00:07:02,383 a guy from a town that nobody have heard of. 65 00:07:02,384 --> 00:07:08,216 From the French Alps, 7'4", 415 pounds, 66 00:07:08,217 --> 00:07:12,800 the friendly French Giant, Jean Ferré! 67 00:07:19,050 --> 00:07:22,757 And there's a shot to the top of the head. 68 00:07:22,758 --> 00:07:24,716 And he's going into the figure-four. 69 00:07:24,717 --> 00:07:26,716 - Well... - Commentator ♪2: Oh! 70 00:07:26,717 --> 00:07:29,882 First thing, I said, "There's money to be made with the guy." 71 00:07:29,883 --> 00:07:31,550 And they did draw money, 72 00:07:31,551 --> 00:07:32,757 they sold out all over, 73 00:07:32,758 --> 00:07:35,924 and the Giant became a household name. 74 00:07:35,925 --> 00:07:39,716 We'd get into a little town and they'd come from all over. 75 00:07:39,717 --> 00:07:42,924 You'd draw 3, 4, 5, 6 thousand people 76 00:07:42,925 --> 00:07:44,259 at least 5 nights a week. 77 00:07:45,758 --> 00:07:47,007 There's a shot 78 00:07:47,008 --> 00:07:49,258 to the top of the head. 79 00:07:49,259 --> 00:07:52,217 Maurice is in very bad shape. 80 00:07:55,092 --> 00:07:57,091 Wrestling comes out of circus sideshows, 81 00:07:57,092 --> 00:07:59,425 and André in a lot of ways was one of these... 82 00:07:59,426 --> 00:08:01,007 sideshow spectacles. 83 00:08:01,008 --> 00:08:04,133 Anybody would pay a quarter and line up to see him. 84 00:08:04,134 --> 00:08:06,258 But you don't go back a second or a third time. 85 00:08:06,259 --> 00:08:09,924 So at a certain point, the move with a wrestler like André 86 00:08:09,925 --> 00:08:11,383 is to move on, 87 00:08:11,384 --> 00:08:13,174 to migrate to a different territory, 88 00:08:13,175 --> 00:08:17,258 and, you know, try out greener pastures. 89 00:08:17,259 --> 00:08:18,966 ♪ One, two, three ♪ 90 00:08:18,967 --> 00:08:23,216 ♪ I'm your boogie man, that's what I ** ♪ 91 00:08:23,217 --> 00:08:25,633 ♪ I'm here to do whatever I can... ♪ 92 00:08:25,634 --> 00:08:29,133 The '70s was the heart of the territorial era 93 00:08:29,134 --> 00:08:30,717 in pro wrestling in the United States. 94 00:08:33,634 --> 00:08:36,383 I love to hurt people 95 00:08:36,384 --> 00:08:40,007 and I'm gonna hurt you very, very bad. 96 00:08:40,008 --> 00:08:42,133 Heads up! Ooh! Oh! 97 00:08:42,134 --> 00:08:43,799 When André came down, 98 00:08:43,800 --> 00:08:45,924 professional wrestling was divided up 99 00:08:45,925 --> 00:08:47,966 into these fiefdoms around the country. 100 00:08:47,967 --> 00:08:49,633 I think at one time there were as many 101 00:08:49,634 --> 00:08:51,966 as 32 separate territories. 102 00:08:51,967 --> 00:08:53,091 Hello again, everybody, 103 00:08:53,092 --> 00:08:54,799 and welcome to Mid-South Wrestling. 104 00:08:54,800 --> 00:08:56,049 Welcome to another hour 105 00:08:56,050 --> 00:08:57,675 of Florida Championship Wrestling. 106 00:08:57,676 --> 00:09:00,425 Welcome again to an exciting hour of wrestling. 107 00:09:00,426 --> 00:09:04,007 You had certain stars in your territory, 108 00:09:04,008 --> 00:09:06,174 in your region, and they were seen 109 00:09:06,175 --> 00:09:09,757 as far as your local television coverage would go. 110 00:09:09,758 --> 00:09:12,008 Nobody had a national TV show. 111 00:09:16,676 --> 00:09:18,967 Lone Eagle rolling over, and here they come back. 112 00:09:20,717 --> 00:09:22,966 There they go again, come on. 113 00:09:22,967 --> 00:09:25,341 ♪ Do what you want, I'm your boogie man... ♪ 114 00:09:25,342 --> 00:09:30,675 You have g***t to wrestle me right here and right now. 115 00:09:30,676 --> 00:09:33,550 ♪ Do what you want, I'm your boogie man ♪ 116 00:09:33,551 --> 00:09:35,466 We had a TV show in Memphis. 117 00:09:35,467 --> 00:09:38,341 200 miles north of Memphis, 118 00:09:38,342 --> 00:09:40,383 then that started the St. Louis territory. 119 00:09:40,384 --> 00:09:42,924 Then they had a whole set of different wrestling stars there. 120 00:09:42,925 --> 00:09:45,841 And over to the east was the Carolinas territory, 121 00:09:45,842 --> 00:09:47,841 and they had a whole set of different stars there. 122 00:09:47,842 --> 00:09:52,216 Outside of Canada when André first came to North America, 123 00:09:52,217 --> 00:09:55,384 he was wrestling mainly in the Midwest. 124 00:09:57,008 --> 00:09:59,757 Minneapolis, Milwaukee, Detroit. 125 00:09:59,758 --> 00:10:02,799 In Detroit, he was actually called the "Polish Giant." 126 00:10:02,800 --> 00:10:07,049 And in Minneapolis, he was called either André Roussimoff 127 00:10:07,050 --> 00:10:09,299 or André the Giant Frenchman. 128 00:10:09,300 --> 00:10:14,216 The name under the Giant, the first time it actually happened, was in Chicago. 129 00:10:14,217 --> 00:10:17,466 There was a promoter there who wanted to book André, 130 00:10:17,467 --> 00:10:20,007 so he called the promoter back in Montreal. 131 00:10:20,008 --> 00:10:24,258 So he said, you know,...