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Actors: Richard Dreyfuss, Amy Irving, Lee Remick
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about The Competition |
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Richard Dreyfuss plays aging piano player Paul Dietrich in this movie about winning the super bowl of piano competitions. After failing to win a small competition in Cincinatti Paul debates his future as a piano player with his father who is proud of his son's talent. Paul explains to him that this is his last shot and that if he fails he will take a job teaching. His father convinces him to go to San Francisco and play in the biggest of all competitions. Once there, Paul falls in love with a young piano virtuoso Heidi Joan Schoonover (Amy Irving). We watch as Paul and Heidi's relationship goes on an emotional roller coaster as they struggle with each other and the realities of winning and losing the competition.
--Bobby Blades, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of The Competition |
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Plot
Time/era of movie:
- 1980's-1999
Romance/Love/Hugging
Yes
Job/Profession/Poverty Story?
Yes
Job:
- musician
Lover is...
- competitor
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- singer/musician
Age:
- 20's-30's
Hair color?
- brunette (Brown)
Hair type
- (man) short/standard curly
Body type
- (man) average
Unclothed?
- Chest
Events of movie makes character more...
- sensitive
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- (woman) long curly
Body type
- (woman) average
How much in movie?
- 60%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Identity:
- general circumstances
Setting
City?
Yes
City:
- San Francisco
Misc setting
- theater
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- no torture/death
Movie makes you feel...
- challenged
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- kissing
- sex under blankets
Any profanity?
- Occasional swearing
If soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Orchestra/classical
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