Personal Best
Overview
Two highly competitive female athletes discover erotic feelings for each other as they train for the Olympics.
Awards:
Main Cast & Crew:
Nikita Knatz - Director
Robert Towne - Director
Mariel Hemingway
Scott Glenn
Patrice Donnelly
Kenny Moore
Jim Moody
Kari Gosswiller
Maren Seidler
Martha Warren
Pam Spencer
Jodi Anderson
Details
- Format: DVD (Manufactured on Demand, Full Frame, Mono Sound, Dolby)
- Run Time: 128
- Color Format: Color
- UPC: 883316690901
- Genre: DRAMA
- Rating: R (MPAA)
- Release Date: January 2013
Movie Reviews
Notes:
Feature-film directing debut for screenwriter Robert Towne.
Reviews:
"...PERSONAL BEST offers audiences a lot to like in solid characterizations, plus some shock that is a Robert Towne trademark..." - 02/03/1982 Variety
"...Flashes of wit as well as skin....[Donnelly] is amazingly effective..." - 02/05/1982 New York Times, p.C8
"[A] boldly languorous film about competition..." -- Grade: B - 01/18/2008 Entertainment Weekly, p.71
"[T]he generosity and intimacy of Towne's direction, and his expert handling of mainly non-actors...give the film a tangible authenticity." - 06/01/2008 Sight and Sound, p.90
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