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marketing/promotion of, 232, 276–79, 292, 351

memorabilia from, 147

Orgy Chamber in, 265–66

pre-production activities of, 229–37

Pressman-Arnold deal about, 228–30

ratings for, 277–78, 304–5, 385, 408

Red Sonja compared with, 315

releases of, 276–81

reshaping of Arnold’s body for, 254

script for, 231, 232

The Terminator as similar to, 301, 304

violence in, 275–76, 277–78.

See also specific movie Conan the Barbarian (movie), 234, 261, 262–81, 292, 304, 314, 328, 347, 351, 454, 605, 615

Conan the Destroyer (movie), 297, 303, 304–8, 314, 338, 401, 408

Conan the Warrior (movie), 228–37, 250, 251, 254, 257, 258

Congress, U.S.: Arnold’s views about, 556, 561

environmental issues and, 581

construction business, Franco and Arnold’s, 117, 119–21, 182

Conte, Dino, 201

Coppola, Francis Ford, 173, 209, 309

Corman, Roger, 300, 311

Corney, Ed, 197, 198

corporate jets, 442–43

Cosby, Bill, 222

Cox, Dave, 478

Cox, Ronny, 348

Crane, David, 427–30, 516

Crawford, Cindy, 441

Crossbow (movie), 440

Cruise, Tom, 400, 440

Cry Macho (movie), 598

Cuba; Maria and Arnold’s trip to, 416–18

Cuomo, Mario, 395

Curtis, Jamie Lee, 412, 413, 414

Curtis, Tony, 100

Dalí, Salvador, 258

Daly, John, 299, 302, 304, 311–12

damaging accusations; Arnold’s rules about, 511

Dangerfield, Rodney, 357, 358

Davis, Andy, 344

Davis, Barbara, 325, 355–56

Davis, Gray: accomplishments of, 464

Arnold’s 2006 campaign and, 545

Arnold’s campaign strategy and, 487–88

Arnold’s debate about entering race against, 465–66

Arnold’s joke about, 485

Arnold’s relationship with, 486, 568

Arnold’s swearing-in and, 514

Arnold’s views about, 486, 492

car tax and, 486, 518, 577

elections of 2002 and, 465, 479

electricity crisis in California and, 465

environmental issues and, 548

nurses’ mandate of, 526

popularity of, 464

recall of, 479–80, 482–83, 484–85, 486, 488–89, 491, 512, 532

and responses to natural disasters, 568

special election (2003) and, 506, 507, 508, 512

and veterans of Davis staff on Arnold’s staff, 538, 559

White’s assessment of Arnold’s run against, 468

Zingale as advisor to, 543

Davis, John, 334, 356

Davis, Marvin, 315, 325, 355–56, 475

Davis, Sammy Jr., 212, 356

Dawn, Jeff, 312

De Laurentiis, Dino: Arnold’s contract with, 299, 302–4, 314

Arnold’s first appointment with, 201–2

Arnold’s Golden Globe award and, 208

Arnold’s relationship with, 233, 266–67, 280, 315

Arnold’s release for The Terminator and, 302–4

Arnold’s reputation and, 298

Arnold’s views about, 303

Conan films and, 232–33, 266–67, 268, 280, 304–5, 314

Raw Deal film and, 326, 345

Red Sonja and, 314–15

reputation of, 268

role in Arnold’s career of, 236

Total Recall and, 345

De Laurentiis, Raffaella, 267–68, 270, 304–5, 315

De Niro, Robert, 203

Dean, Jimmy, 298

Death Wish (movie), 140, 201

decision making; Arnold’s views about, 607–8

The Deer Hunter (movie), 236

Del Mar racetrack (San Diego, California); as makeshift disaster shelter, 569–70

Delinger, Jack, 56

delta smelt issue, 588

Democrats, California: Arnold as governor and, 518–20, 522–23, 535, 546, 547–48

Arnold’s campaign for governor and, 504

Arnold’s selection of gubernatorial staff members and, 526

bipartisanship and, 518–20, 535, 547–48

California special election (2003) and, 506

unions and, 527.

See also specific person or issue

Demolition Man (movie), 463

denazification, 9–10

Denmark; Arnold’s mission to, 579–80

Denver, Colorado; Ehringer-Arnold real estate investments in, 286–87, 386

Depardieu, Gerard, 443

Deukmejian, George, 292, 514

DeVito, Danny, 357, 361–62, 363–64, 374, 497, 522, 608

diamond mine story, South Africa, 609

Dickerson, Chris, 253–54

Die Hard movies, 336, 350, 408

diet: Arnold’s bodybuilding, 60, 64

muscle magazine recommendations for, 95

smorgasbords and, 95

Dimensional Fund Advisers; Arnold’s financial interest in, 426–27

Dirty Harry (movie), 191

Dischinger, Franz, 48, 52

Dobbins, Bill, 289

Dole, Bob, 365, 367

donkey raises, 86

dot-com.crash, 464–65

Douglas, Kirk, 232

Douglas, Michael, 202

Dowd, Matthew, 543

Downey, John G., 601

Drake, Bill, 81, 88, 96, 202, 328

Draper, Dave, 74, 81, 91, 100, 126, 128

Dreier, Dave, 502

Dreyfuss, Richard, 345

driving; Arnold as learning about, 39–40

drugs/steroids: bodybuilding and, 64–65, 511

rejections in Hollywood and, 237.

See also

marijuana/hashish

Duchin, Peter, 331

Dukakis, Michael, 369, 370, 372

Duncan, Arne, 584

Duncan YMCA (Chicago, Illinois), 106

Dunmoyer, Dan, 543, 567

Durante, Jimmy, 357

Duvall, Robert, 234

Earl, Robert, 401, 443, 444, 445

Earth Communications Office, 472

earthquake, San Fernando Valley (1971), 120–21

Easter; Schwarzenegger family and, 452, 470

Easton, Robert, 193–94

Eastwood, Clint, 159, 174, 191, 299, 337, 338, 365, 403, 442, 466, 617

Easy Rider (movie), 157

Ebert, Roger, 314

economics: theory versus reality in, 285–86.

See also

Buffett, Warren; Friedman, Milton

economy: of California, 464–65, 479, 485–86, 504, 511, 527, 534, 545, 555, 570–79, 582–83, 586–87

Obama-Arnold relationship and, 582

Reagan and, 286–88

Schwarzenegger Institute (USC) studies of, 600

education: Arnold as governor and, 516–17, 527, 542, 547, 572, 584, 587

basic beliefs of Republican party and, 521

Schwarzenegger Institute (USC) studies of, 600.

See also

Proposition 98;

teachers

Ehringer, Al,

216, 232, 286, 287, 386, 608

Eiferman, George, 163–64

Eisenhower, Dwight D., 13, 370, 469

Elaine’s (New York City restaurant), 204, 205, 209, 210, 329

emotions: Arnold’s views about, 177–78, 184

comparison of bodybuilding and acting and, 185

Morris’s coaching of Arnold about, 177–79

Encyclopedia of Modern Bodybuilding (Schwarzenegger), 122, 289

End of Days (movie), 459–61

English; Arnold as learning, 89, 133, 135–36, 140–41

Enron, 465

environmental issues: Arnold as governor and, 546, 548–50, 555, 556, 557, 560, 561–62, 583–84, 585–86, 587–88

Arnold’s post-gubernatorial activities and, 597

Arnold’s principles of success and, 604, 605, 613–14

ballot initiative (2010) about, 585–86

Conan the Barbarian set and, 275

and Congress, 556, 561

contradictions in Arnold’s life and, 603

drought of 2009 and, 587–88

elections of 2008 and, 574

Obama-Arnold relationship and, 582

Proposition 23 and, 585

Republican party and, 562

Schwarzenegger Institute (USC) studies about, 600

United Nations work on, 580–82, 613–14

Environmental Protection Agency, California, 516

Environmental Protection Agency, U.S., 548–49, 550

Eraser (movie), 410, 441, 513

Erhard Seminars Training (EST), 183

E.T. (movie), 236, 278, 281, 304, 317, 407, 408