Bibliograph

American Gladiators, the battle begins, Orion Pictures ; supervising producer, Brian Blum ; art director, Karrie Souffer, The original series

Type

Label

American Gladiators, the battle begins, Orion Pictures ; supervising producer, Brian Blum ; art director, Karrie Souffer, The original series

Language

eng

Characteristic

videorecording

Intended audience

Not rated

Main title

American Gladiators

Oclc number

433049698

Responsibility statement

Orion Pictures ; supervising producer, Brian Blum ; art director, Karrie Souffer

Runtime

630

Sub title

the battle begins

Summary

Two male and two female contestants pit their strength, speed and athletic skills against a group of highly trained professional athletes known as the American Gladiators. Premiering in 1989, the weekly program featured a total of six grueling events for each contestant : Assault, Breakthrough and Conquer, Human Cannonball, Joust, Powerball and the Eliminator. The second half of Season One added The Wall, in which the contenders had two minutes to scale a rock climber's wall with a Gladiator in hot pursuit

Target audience

adult

Technique

live action

resource.variantTitle

Battle begins

Classification