Hitman Hart: Wrestling with Shadows is a documentary film which follows World Wrestling Federation superstar Bret Hart during his last year in the WWF, from his WWF Championship victory at SummerSlam to his final match with the company at Survivor Series on November 9, 1997.
As his contract nears expiration in March 1996, professional wrestler Bret "Hitman" Hart is torn between two companies, World Wrestling Federation (WWF) and World Championshi...
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Hitman Hart: Wrestling with Shadows is a documentary film which follows World Wrestling Federation superstar Bret Hart during his last year in the WWF, from his WWF Championship victory at SummerSlam to his final match with the company at Survivor Series on November 9, 1997.
As his contract nears expiration in March 1996, professional wrestler Bret "Hitman" Hart is torn between two companies, World Wrestling Federation (WWF) and World Championship Wrestling (WCW). On one hand, the WWF is his home. The chairman of the company, Vince McMahon, is a father figure to Hart and takes credit for Hart's rise to international wrestling stardom. However, the company's new creative approach to marketing professional wrestling, "WWF Attitude," which relies on an emphasis on sex and the replacing of heroic wrestling characters with disaffected anti-heroes, has left Hart disillusioned.
Ted Turner's WCW, on the other hand, is willing to pay him a great deal to "jump ship" as well as give him a fresh...
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