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a funny story about this film..


Tony Halme (a former "actor", boxer, wrestler, bouncer, bodyguard etc..) who is a very controversial character, claims in his autobiography that he was hired to produce some cheering in Finnish for this film, cause in the '72 Munich olympics Prefontaine competed and lost against Finnish runner legend Lasse Virén..

Anyway, Halme said that since nobody understood him, he just spoke total BS in Finnish, things like "I'm gonna rob a bank", "she looks hot, I'd nail her anytime" etc..

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Yes, I read the biography, also. Too bad you can't even rent this movie in Finland, I'd love to see (and hear) the scene.. :)

Those of you who don't recognize the name Tony Halme will probably know him as the former Finnish WWF-wrestler Ludvig Borga.

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wait wait
there is a WWF in FinLand?
gawd
I need 2 get out more
so if like some WWF guy from like the states
blurted out some random challenge 2 like the Finns
wood they so so so show 4 like an ultimate cage match?


just asking





or like some random guy in Brazil
so so so boom the finns r flying 2 Brazil




o0o as 2 the thread
Um, don't like most peeps in the like crowd yell random stuff
& like sing random songe
& like tip a few 2 manny back?

so so like the finn is like
"I'm gonna put one over on these guys --- they r paying me 2 like act like a bill-lig-grr-rant fan & I'm going 2 act all polite --- & say pleeze & thank you"

wait wait
it's just come 2 me
they r hiring me 2 like talk Finn
I'll so so so shout in German
I'll show them
I'll shout backwards
wait wait
I'll put the Noun before the Adverb
& like use the wrong tense

crazy americans
I'll show them

no buddy will ever check

I'll brag about it 4 the rest of my like life
how I put one over on those rubes in the states

scissors 2 banjo
banjo scissoroo

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Unfortunately, not true. You can hear Halme's voice, but he's saying stuff like: "Pidä polvet korkealla" and "Näytä mihin suomalainen pystyy!". No cussing...

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