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Actors: Mariel Hemingway, Scott Glenn, Patrice Donnelly, Kenny Moore
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Personal Best |
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Chris Cahill (Hemingway) is a young, up-and-coming distance runner while Tory Skinner (Donnelly) is a veteran looking for one more big win. They become friends and lovers as well as competitors on the track, under the aggressive coaching of Terry Tingloff (Glenn), both hoping to earn berths on the 1980 Olympic team. Former pentathlete Donnelly is notable in this role but only made one other film; distance runner Kenny Moore appears in a supporting role, as does Frank Shorter playing a TV announcer. Robert Towne, one of the greatest screenwriters of all time, wrote and directed this pleasant but somewhat bland 1982 film.
--David Loftus, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Personal Best |
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Plot
Time/era of movie:
- 1960's-1970's
Kind of sports story:
- running
Sports story?
Yes
Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Profession/status:
- athlete
Age:
- 20's-30's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Hair color?
- blonde
Hair type
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn straight
Body type
- (woman) skinny
Unclothed?
- Chest
Events of movie makes character more...
- tougher
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor?
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- very athletic
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- (woman) short/butch/lez
Unclothed?
- chest
How much in movie?
- 80%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 20's-30's
Profession/status:
- coach/trainer
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 40%
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- West
Misc setting
- sports arena
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- no torture/death
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- kissing
- lesbians!
- seeing nude female butt
- seeing nude male butt
- sex under blankets
Any profanity?
- Occasional swearing
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