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Stay Hungry

  • 19761976
  • RR
  • 1h 42m
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5.6/10
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Stay Hungry (1976)
So-called 'special agent' infiltrates into the gym, which is targeted by a dirty business fraud.
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So-called 'special agent' infiltrates into the gym, which is targeted by a dirty business fraud.So-called 'special agent' infiltrates into the gym, which is targeted by a dirty business fraud.So-called 'special agent' infiltrates into the gym, which is targeted by a dirty business fraud.
IMDb RATING
5.6/10
4.5K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
3,315
7,065
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Director
      • Bob Rafelson
    • Writers
      • Charles Gaines(screenplay)
      • Bob Rafelson(screenplay)
    • Stars
      • Jeff Bridges
      • Sally Field
      • Arnold Schwarzenegger
    Top credits
    • Director
      • Bob Rafelson
    • Writers
      • Charles Gaines(screenplay)
      • Bob Rafelson(screenplay)
    • Stars
      • Jeff Bridges
      • Sally Field
      • Arnold Schwarzenegger
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 37User reviews
    • 29Critic reviews
    • 60Metascore
    • Awards
      • 1 win & 1 nomination

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    Arnold Schwarzenegger and Jeff Bridges in Stay Hungry (1976)
    Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jeff Bridges, and Sally Field in Stay Hungry (1976)
    Arnold Schwarzenegger in Stay Hungry (1976)
    Jeff Bridges and Sally Field in Stay Hungry (1976)
    Arnold Schwarzenegger in Stay Hungry (1976)
    Arnold Schwarzenegger in Stay Hungry (1976)
    Jeff Bridges, Robert Englund, and Dennis Burkley in Stay Hungry (1976)
    Jeff Bridges and Sally Field in Stay Hungry (1976)
    Jeff Bridges and Sally Field in Stay Hungry (1976)
    Stay Hungry (1976)
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    Jeff Bridges and Scatman Crothers in Stay Hungry (1976)

    Top cast

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    Jeff Bridges
    Jeff Bridges
    • Craig Blake
    Sally Field
    Sally Field
    • Mary Tate Farnsworth
    Arnold Schwarzenegger
    Arnold Schwarzenegger
    • Joe Santo
    R.G. Armstrong
    R.G. Armstrong
    • Thor Erickson
    Robert Englund
    Robert Englund
    • Franklin
    Helena Kallianiotes
    • Anita
    Roger E. Mosley
    Roger E. Mosley
    • Newton
    Woodrow Parfrey
    Woodrow Parfrey
    • Uncle Albert
    Scatman Crothers
    Scatman Crothers
    • William
    Kathleen Miller
    Kathleen Miller
    • Dorothy Stephens
    Fannie Flagg
    Fannie Flagg
    • Amy
    Joanna Cassidy
    Joanna Cassidy
    • Zoe
    Richard Gilliland
    Richard Gilliland
    • Hal
    Mayf Nutter
    Mayf Nutter
    • Richard Packman
    Ed Begley Jr.
    Ed Begley Jr.
    • Lester
    John David Carson
    John David Carson
    • Halsey
    Joe Spinell
    Joe Spinell
    • Jabo
    Clifford A. Pellow
    • Walter Jr.
    • (as Cliff Pellow)
    • Director
      • Bob Rafelson
    • Writers
      • Charles Gaines(screenplay) (novel)
      • Bob Rafelson(screenplay)
    • All cast & crew
    • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro

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    • Trivia
      Jeff Bridges recalled a cut workout scene, in which he was doing toe raises, and Arnold Schwarzenegger was riding on his back for weight. However, due to the head-on camera angle it appeared that a sex scene was occurring between the two men. Bridges laughed uproariously at the take, and was disappointed that it was cut from the film.
    • Goofs
      When Franklin discovers the first burglar on a ladder inside the gym, he knocks over the ladder and when it and the burglar crash through a wooden gate and hit the floor, you can see the burglar bounce twice. It is obvious there was a mattress positioned to cushion the fall.
    • Quotes

      William: [to Craig] Your grandmama, your grandmama, bless her soul. If she could see what you're doing down here in her living room, where she entertained quality born ladies and gentlemen, she'd come out of that picture on the wall and drive a butcher knife through your heart and I would help her.

    • Connections
      Featured in The 34th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1977)
    • Soundtracks
      Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy
      (uncredited)

      Written by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    User reviews37

    Review
    Top review
    8/10
    A property buyer's plan to purchase and demolish a gym leads to a life-changing experience.
    I stumbled across this movie on the UK's little-watched TV network Channel 5. Initially intrigued by the idea of seeing Arnold Schwarzenegger's screen debut, I was quickly engrossed in this excellent and almost unknown film and the way in which the disparate characters inter-relate over the course of the story. The film manages to appear beguilingly simple and yet it deals with such issues as class, aspiration, loyalty, identity and love.

    The way in which all the characters slowly but surely reveal their flaws and weaknesses is quite brilliant. Stand-out scenes include Arnie's bodybuilder character playing the fiddle (yes, the fiddle!) with a bunch of hillbillies out in the woods, Jeff Bridges' drunken jig, and the sight of about a hundred pumped-up bodybuilders running almost naked through rush hour traffic, which for me is one of the classic and most unexpected comic moments in cinema.

    I may think more of this film because I 'discovered' it almost by chance, but I will always see it as an underrated classic and I urge everyone to seek it out.
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    3
    • SP-3
    • Aug 7, 1998

    Details

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    • Release date
      • May 10, 1976 (Brazil)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Mister Universum
    • Filming locations
      • Country Club of Birmingham - 1 New Country Club Road, Birmingham, Alabama, USA
    • Production company
      • Outov Productions
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 42 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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