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Personal Best (1982) [R]

Release Date:
February 5, 1982

Original Title:
Personal Best

Genres:
Drama

Production Companies:
Geffen Pictures
Warner Bros. Pictures

Production Countries:
United States of America

Ratings / Certifications:
US: R 

Runtime: 124

When you run into yourself you run into feelings you never thought you had

Overview from TheMovieDB

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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ADR Editor:
Eric Shrader

ADR Supervisor:
J. Paul Huntsman

Assistant Camera:
Don E. FauntLeRoy
John Boccaccio
Johnny Walker
Kenneth Zunder
Michael Genne

Assistant Director:
William S. Beasley
Jerry Grandey

Assistant Director Trainee:
Regina Gordon

Assistant Editor:
Michael Tompane
Robert Lederman
Seth Flaum
Mike Dobie

Assistant Location Manager:
Philip Procter

Assistant Property Master:
Barbara Adamski
Paul Rylander

Associate Producer:
Peter Peyton

Best Boy Electric:
Doug Dale

Boom Operator:
Jack Snyder

Camera Operator:
Mike Chevalier
Eric D. Andersen
Robert Marta
Lance Williams

Color Timer:
Richard Ritchie

Costume Design:
Ron Heilman
Linda Henrikson

Director:
Robert Towne

Director of Photography:
Michael Chapman

Editor:
Jere Huggins
Bud S. Smith
Jacqueline Cambas
Walt Mulconery
Ned Humphreys

Executive Producer:
David Geffen

First Assistant Camera:
Randall Robinson

Gaffer:
Don Stott

Grip:
Stephen V. Isbell
Bob Winger

Hairstylist:
Susan Germaine

Key Grip:
Cary Griffith
Michael E. Matteson

Leadman:
Howard McCormick

Location Casting:
Jeff Parguer

Makeup Artist:
Christina Smith
Karl Silvera

Music Editor:
Curt Sobel

Negative Cutter:
Donah Bassett

Original Music Composer:
Jack Nitzsche
Jill Fraser

Other:
Douglas J. Schulman
Edward M. Taylor

Producer:
Robert Towne

Production Assistant:
Richard Martini

Production Consultant:
Ron Rapiel

Production Coordinator:
Sheila A. Warner
Leah Brown

Production Design:
Ron Hobbs

Property Master:
Steven Westlund

Scenic Artist:
Benjamin Resella

Script Supervisor:
Ray Quiroz

Second Assistant Director:
Robert J. Doherty
Daniel J. Heffner
Michael Green

Second Unit Director:
Nikita Knatz

Set Decoration:
Rick Simpson

Set Medic:
B.J. Smith

Sound Editor:
Norval D. Crutcher
John A. Larsen
Michael P. Redbourn
Samuel C. Crutcher

Sound Mixer:
Bruce Bisenz

Sound Re-Recording Mixer:
Larry Stensvold
Gary Alexander
Chris Jenkins

Special Effects:
Dale Newkirk
Ken Speed

Still Photographer:
Stephen Vaughan

Storyboard Artist:
Nikita Knatz

Supervising Editor:
Bud S. Smith

Supervising Sound Editor:
David Pettijohn

Swing:
Keith McCormick
Richard Valdez

Technical Advisor:
Patrice Donnelly
Leroy R. Perry Jr.
Kate Schmidt
Jane Frederick
Chuck DeBus
Mitch Lewis

Transportation Captain:
Donald P. Desmond

Transportation Coordinator:
Alan Collis

Underwater Camera:
Alan Gornick

Unit Publicist:
Jeff Freedman

Utility Sound:
Ben Sobin

Writer:
Robert Towne

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