Hercules in New York is a 1969 fantasy adventure film. It is known for being the first feature film to star Arnold Schwarzenegger, who was about 22 years old when the film was produced. However, it is one of the films that Schwarzenegger admits regretting to having appeared in. Playing the film's title character, Schwarzenegger, because of his long last name and to play off the name of fellow cast member comedian Arnold Stang, is credited as "Arnold Strong Mr. Universe". Due to his thick Austrian accent, Schwarzenegger had all his lines dubbed, although modern showings of the film have his... audio track restored. However, even these restored showings cannot change the final scene's lines that Hercules speaks to Pretzie over a small transistor radio, in a voice that is clearly not Schwarzenegger's. On October 19, 2006, the San Francisco Chronicle reported that Premiere Pictures was auctioning off the rights to the film on eBay for a minimum bid of $550,000. The film begins with Hercules at Olympus, berating his father Zeus for not allowing him to leave the gods' abode to adventure on earth. Eventually Zeus sends Hercules, on a beam, to the land of men.
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| Release date: | February 25, 1970 |
| Directed by: | Arthur Allan Seidelman |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 91 Minutes |
| Producer: | Aubrey Wisberg |
| Genre: | Adventure, Fantasy, Action, Comedy |