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  1. Synopsis. Young sprinter Chris Cahill is having difficulty reaching her potential as an athlete, until she meets established track star Tory Skinner. As Tory and her coach help Chris with her training, the two women form friendship that evolves into a romantic relationship. Their intimacy, however, becomes complicated when Chris' improvement ...

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    • Chris Cahill; Terry Tingloff; Tory Skinner
    • R
    • 1982
  2. Personal Best. This directorial debut of Chinatown Oscar® winner* Robert Towne is abracing celebration of athletes who live the way they play: with totalpassion. The price before discount is the median price for the last 90 days. Rentals include 30 days to start watching this video and 48 hours to finish once started.

    • 128 min
  3. Personal Best is a 1982 American drama film written, produced and directed by Robert Towne. It stars Mariel Hemingway and real-life track star Patrice Donnelly, along with Scott Glenn as the coach. The film is about the lesbian relationship between two track-and-field teammates whose relationship might interfere with their performance.

    • $15 million
    • February 5, 1982
    • Robert Towne
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  5. Watch Personal Best. R. 1982. 2 hr 4 min. 6.3 (3,199) 71. Personal Best, directed by Robert Towne in 1982, is a sports drama film that follows the story of two female track-and-field athletes pursuing their dreams of competing in the Olympics. The movie revolves around the intense training, personal sacrifices, and emotional struggles of these ...

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    • Robert Towne
    • R
  6. About this movie. This directorial debut of Chinatown Oscar winner Robert Towne is a bracing celebration of athletes who live the way they play: with total passion. Mariel Hemingway plays a promising hurdler who finds needed emotional and athletic seasoning with a caring mentor (Patrice Donnelly). After the two fall in love, their relationship ...

  7. Personal Best. Robert Towne's “Personal Best” tells the story of two women who are competitors for pentathlete berths on the 1980 U.S. Olympics team--the team that did not go to Moscow. The women are attracted to one another almost at first sight, and what begins as a tentative exploration develops into a love relationship.

  8. Young sprinter Chris Cahill is having difficulty reaching her potential as an athlete, until she meets established track star Tory Skinner. As Tory and her coach help Chris with her training, the two women form friendship that evolves into a romantic relationship. Their intimacy, however, becomes complicated when Chris' improvement causes them to be competitors for the Olympic team.

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