- The Competition (film)
Infobox Film
name = The Competition
caption =
director =Joel Oliansky
producer =William Sackheim
eproducer =Howard Pine
aproducer =
writer =Joel Oliansky Joel Oliansky &William Sackheim (story)
starring =Richard Dreyfuss Amy Irving Lee Remick Sam Wanamaker
music =Lalo Schifrin
cinematography =Richard H. Kline
editing =David Blewitt
distributor =Columbia Pictures
released =3 December 1980
runtime = 125 min
country = U.S.
awards =
language = English
budget =
gross =
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imdb_id = 0080556The Competition is an American movie starring
Richard Dreyfuss andAmy Irving , made in 1980. The plot turns on the conflict between professionalism and romance at an International Piano Competition.Credit
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Columbia Pictures Presents
ARaster -William Sackheim Production
*Film Editor :David Blewitt , A.C.E.
*Original Music byLalo Schifrin
*Costumes Designed byRuth Myers
*Production Design byDale Hennesy
*Director of Photography :Richard H. Kline ,A.S.C.
*Executive Producer :Howard Pine
*Screenplay byJoel Oliansky
Story byJoel Oliansky andWilliam Sackheim
*Produced byWilliam Sackheim
*Directed byJoel Oliansky *1980, U.S., 125min 15sec, Color,
Dolby Stereo Cast
Starring
*Richard Dreyfuss - "Paul Dietrich"
*Amy Irving - "Heidi Joan Schoonover"
*Lee Remick - "Greta Vandemann"
*Sam Wanamaker - "Andrew Erskine"Co-starring
*Joseph Cali - "Jerry DiSalvo"
*Ty Henderson - "Michael Humphries"
*Vicki Kriegler - "Tatjana Baronova"
*Adam Stern - "Mark Landau"
*Bea Silvern - "Madame Gorshev"
*Philip Sterling - "Mr. Dietrich"
*Gloria Stroock - "Mrs. Dietrich"
*Delia Salvi - "Mrs. DiSalvo"
*Priscilla Pointer - "Mrs. Donellan"
*James B. Sikking - "Brudenell"
*Elaine Welton Hill - "Mitzi"
*Ben Hammer - "Nichols"Music
*The Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra
Conducted byLalo Schifrin *Ginastera, Sonata For Piano
Eduardo Delgado, Pianist
*Brahms, Piano Concerto No. 1
Ralph Grierson, Pianist
*Chopin, Piano Concerto in E Minor
[http://www.lincolnmayorga.com Lincoln Mayorga] , Pianist
*Prokofiev, Piano Concerto No. 3 in C major"Daniel Pollack , Pianist
*Beethoven, Piano Concerto No. 5"
Chester B. Swiatkowski, Pianist*LOVE THEME - THE COMPETITION
(People Alone)
Music byLalo Schifrin
Lyrics by Wilbur Jennings
Sung byRandy Crawford Awards nomination
1981
Academy Awards *Nominated: Best Film Editing -
David E. Blewitt
*Nominated: Best Music, Original Song: "People Alone"
(Music byLalo Schifrin , Lyrics byWill Jennings )1981
Golden Globes *Nominated, Best Original Score - Motion Picture -
Lalo Schifrin External links
*imdb title|0080556|The Competition [http://www.townhallrecords.com/cgi-bin/townhall.pl?detail=THCD-31 Soundtrack Recording]
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