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Personal Best (1982)
Directed by Robert Towne
“When you run into yourself you run into feelings you never thought you had.”
Drama · 2h 04m
Young sprinter Chris Cahill is having difficulty reaching her potential as an athlete, until she meets established track star Tory Skinner. As Tory and her coach help Chris with her training, the two women form friendship that evolves into a romantic relationship. Their intimacy, however, becomes complicated when Chris' improvement causes them to be competitors for the Olympic team.
Cast
Mariel Hemingway
Chris Cahill
P
Patrice Donnelly
Tory Skinner
Scott Glenn
Terry Tingloff
K
Kenny Moore
Denny Stites
Jim Moody
Roscoe Travis
Larry Pennell
Rick Cahill
Luana Anders
Rita Cahill
George De La Pena
Raoul
K
Kari G. Peyton
Penny Brill
J
Jodi Anderson
Nadia "Pooch" Anderson
M
Maren Seidler
Tanya
M
Martha Watson
Sheila
Crew
- Director
- Robert Towne
- Writer
- Robert Towne
- Director of Photography
- Michael Chapman
- Original Music Composer
- Jill Fraser, Jack Nitzsche
- Editor
- Jacqueline Cambas, Jere Huggins, Ned Humphreys, Walt Mulconery, Bud S. Smith
- Producer
- Robert Towne
Details
- Release date
- 1982-02-05
- Runtime
- 2h 04m
- Genres
- Drama
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- Spanish, English
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- Geffen Pictures
- Budget
- $16,000,000
- Box office
- $5,700,000