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26 May 1983 (Australia) morePlot:
The intertwined lives and loves of three highly-ranked athletes striving for the national team; Chris... more | add synopsisUser Comments:
not sex, but friendship between rivals moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Mariel Hemingway | ... | Chris Cahill | |
| Scott Glenn | ... | Terry Tingloff | |
| Patrice Donnelly | ... | Tory Skinner | |
| Kenny Moore | ... | Denny Stites | |
| Jim Moody | ... | Roscoe Travis | |
| Kari G. Peyton | ... | Penny Brill (as Kari Gosswiller) | |
| Jodi Anderson | ... | Nadia 'Pooch' Anderson | |
| Maren Seidler | ... | Tanya | |
| Martha Watson | ... | Sheila | |
| Emily Dole | ... | Maureen | |
| Pam Spencer | ... | Jan | |
| Deby Laplante | ... | Trish | |
| Mitzi McMillin | ... | Laura | |
| Jan Glotzer | ... | Karen | |
| Jan Van Reenen | ... | Yelovitch |
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Writer and director Robert Towne researched the project by hanging out with many track stars of both genders. The original plan was to show runners training for the 1980 Moscow Olympics. When the U.S. boycotted those games, some lines in the script had to be altered. moreSoundtrack:
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Excellent, the relationship, more friendship than sex between 2 women who are friends, lovers and rivals at the same time. At the end they are just friends. Not many movies about track and of course probably this is the only one about the intimacy of the relations between the runners, the difficulties of being not only lovers, but rivals that want the same prize. I liked it very much, instead of your typical sports film of difficulties until the final triumph, here we have the everyday training of this athletes, not famous, but hard workers. The final irony is they classify for the 80 olympic games and they could´t go.