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Personal Best(Movie, 1982)

2h 4min | Genre: Drama
Personal BestRating: 2.8/5 (with 1616 votes)
Personal Best is a 1982 American drama film written, produced and directed by Robert Towne. It stars Mariel Hemingway and real-life track star Patrice Donnelly, along with Scott Glenn as the coach. The film is about the lesbian relationship between two track-and-field teammates whose relationship might interfere with their performance. The film was shot in California and Oregon. Several issues arose during production, including a strike by the Screen Actors Guild and a $110 million lawsuit. The film received positive reviews after its release. Both Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert placed Personal Best on their lists of the ten best films of 1982. It garnered a 73% approval rating at review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes. Despite its popularity with film critics, the film did not succeed at the box office. ()
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About Personal Best

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.

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Additional Information

Production country: United States of America (USA)
Plays in: Oregon
Original language: English (EN)
Spoken languages: English (EN), Spanish (ES)
Translated into 7 languages: English (EN), Spanish (ES), Hungarian (HU), Italian (IT), Dutch (NL), Russian (RU), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)
Status: Released
Release date DE: 02/05/1982
Cast: Mariel Hemingway, Scott Glenn, Patrice Donnelly, Jim Moody
Director: Robert Towne
Producer: Robert Towne
Screenwriter: Robert Towne
Director of Photography: Michael Chapman
Composer: Jack Nitzsche

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