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Bret Hart, five times' champion of the World Wrestling Federation, sits in a hotel room - one day before the most important fight of his life. Sure, it's just professional wrestling, but this match is...( read more  read more... ) different. It will be Bret's last in the WWF, a company for whom he's been the top guy and loyal champion for years. The owner of the company, the legendary Vince McMahon, wants him out, only months after signing an unprecedented twenty years contract. Now he wants him to lose his final match as well. It's not just another wrestling show for Bret. This fight will determine how his character 'The Hitman', wrestling's favourite good guy for the last decade, will be remembered. Sitting in a hotel room, one day before the match. What Bret doesn't know, is that he will be the target of the biggest double cross in the history of professional wrestling. Over the span of one year, an award winning documentary film crew followed Bret Hart. They hoped for an unprecedented look behind the scenes of the WWF. What they got was the most dramatic story in history of wrestling. HITMAN HART is a story about loyalty and betrayal, money and greed, dignity and disgrace. It's about fathers and sons, fans and icons, and keeping one's integrity in a world of moral uncertainty. In a word, it's a film about being human.

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R, 93 min.

Directed by: Paul Jay

Release Date: December 20, 1998

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DVD Release Date: May 12, 2009

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  • djkynky1
    June 17, 2007
    djkynky1
    Genius Documentary, what were the chances of the biggest swerve in wrestling history being caught on camera from behind the scenes! The sad thing about this is that Bret doe'snt let go of the fact that wrestling is a work, probably why he never will forgive Vince!
  • dukeakasmudge
    October 25, 2009
    dukeakasmudge
    If your a true wrestling fan then you shouldnt miss this documentary
  • doctordoom
    July 30, 2009
    doctordoom
    This is a decent documentry about Brett"The Hitman" Hart. It started off as the film crew just following the year and life of Brett and his wrestling career in the WWE(then called WWF). But it turned into seeing Brett being screwed by his boss Vince McMahon and the inner politics...( read more) and business of wrestling. I was a big fan of Brett as a kid growing up watching wrestling. I found this to be interesting film of life behind the scenes of the show. I don't following wrestling anymore and not sure if Ed and Brett are still bitter anymore. But it is a good look into Brett and his career into wrestling. The film is more for fans of wrestling or are a fan of Brett Hart.
  • PSisKING
    July 15, 2009
    PSisKING
    its about bret hart... so it's gota suck.
  • tipsyflipsy
    May 11, 2009
    tipsyflipsy
    In the end, Vince was right, that Bret wound up screwing Bret, but not just himself, but his whole family.
  • bigmachbk
    April 8, 2009
    bigmachbk
    One of the best movie that shows the real side of Sports Entertaiment(Wrestling...)
  • DustinP83
    April 3, 2009
    DustinP83
    Interesting documentary that shows the "Montreal screwjob" that resulted in Bret Hart leaving the WWE forever (except to be inducted into the Hall Of Fame/work on a DVD set). Shows some "real life" drama that happened in the "fake" world of wrestling.
  • POISONPR
    March 31, 2009
    POISONPR
    Told the history what happend in Montreal
  • 339z
    November 8, 2008
    339z
    wow this is a shocking wrestling movie 2 watch...this is a really good/intersting movie on wrestling 2 watch...this goes back to the good old days of wwf/wwe this shows about bret hart's most important match of his career at the 1997 survivor series which bret got screwed out of ...( read more)the wwf/wwe title by the heartbreak kid shawn micheals who is 1 of my favourite wrestlers...this is an imteresting Documentary, Sports & Fitness movie 2 watch because its all about bret hart, hbk shawn micheals, vince mcmahon...its an intersting Documentary, Sports & Fitness movie 2 watch n its got the rooster from the good old days 1996-1997 of the wwf which was so much better than it is now n bret hart is 1 of my favourite wrestlers ever
  • sxcjaydo
    July 10, 2008
    sxcjaydo
    this is a really good movie!

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