I used to show this movie to my Creative writing class. It was a lesson on “Look, I don’t care how crazy your idea is, you CAN sell it to a movie production company and make money if you do it right.’
Stallone didn’t want to do Over the Top, but Cannon kept raising the offer til it hit $12M; you could say they twisted his arm.
It’s loosely based on a real story: John Brzenk won a truck in an arm-wrestling contest, then traded it for a Corvette. OTT even landed a toy deal. 🤣