No Pain, No Gain
No Pain, No Gain is a 2005 American comedy-drama film starring Gus Malliarodakis, Joe Hursley, Julie Strain, Harry Knowles, Lauren Powers, Toni Ferrai, co-written by Samuel Turcotte and Jodi Lane Baum and directed by Samuel Turcotte.
Plot
The story of a bodybuilder who longs to be respected for his mind. Mike Zorillo, a small town Ohio champion bodybuilder with a genius IQ, journeys to the Mecca of bodybuilding, Los Angeles, determined to beat his nemesis, Jake Steel, with natural science instead of steroids. Far from home, he's confronted by a gym culture of freaks, juicers and Hollywood wannabes. As he pursues his dream, he's also persecuted by the world's largest sports nutrition company, an entity that's hell-bent on destroying him. Against all odds, the honest and driven bodybuilder resolves to win the prestigious "Mr. West Coast" competition as a way to prove himself and his ideas to the world.
More details
author | Jodi Lane Baum Samuel Turcotte |
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director | Samuel Turcotte |
editor | Christopher Roldan Scott Arundale |
genre | comedy-drama |
keywords | against all odds bodybuilding los angeles natural science persecute small town |
musicBy | Terry Wollman |
producer | Raul V. Carrera Samuel Turcotte |
theme | independent |