Personal Best

Personal Best

Infobox Film
name = PAGENAME


director = Robert Towne
producer = Robert Towne
writer = Robert Towne
starring = Mariel Hemingway
Scott Glenn
Patrice Donnelly
Jim Moody
music = Jill Fraser
Jack Nitzsche
cinematography = Michael Chapman
editing = Jacqueline Cambas
Jere Huggins
Ned Humphreys
Walt Mulconery
Bud S. Smith
distributor = The Geffen Film Company
released = 1982
runtime = 124 min.
country = United States
language = English
imdb_id = 0084489

"Personal Best" is a 1982 movie centered on a group of women who are trying to qualify for the Olympic Games track-and-field team.

The movie was directed by Robert Towne and starred Scott Glenn as the coach of the track team, along with actress Mariel Hemingway and real-life track star Patrice Donnelly.

The movie was praised by critics for providing a realistic look at the world of women's athletics, for exploring the complex relationships that can exist among teammates and their coach, and for its sensitive portrayal of the relationship between an older lesbian (Donnelly) and a younger bisexual woman (Hemingway).

References in popular culture

*The lesbian relationship in the movie is referenced by Ross Geller in an episode of the fourth season of Friends; paranoid that his current girlfriend will be drawn to his ex-wife's current lover, Susan, he cites the heavy sexual tension that can exist during shared exercise, adding "Didn't you see "Personal Best"?" An intrigued Joey Tribbiani responds, "No, but I'm "gonna"!"
*The lesbian relationship is also referenced in episode 10 of the first series of American Dad, and in the "puppy episode" of the Ellen 1998 sitcom.

External links

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