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Mariel Hemingway (TV's "Civil Wars," "Star 80") and Scott Glenn ("The Silence of the Lambs") star in Oscar-winner Robert Towne's ("Chinatown," "Shampoo") controversial, gripping and skillfully photographed movie. Two aspiring female athletes become friends, lovers and ultimately Olympic competitors in a relationship that suggests that the "war between the sexes" is not a battle over gender, but over sexuality. "One of the year's 10 best" (Siskel & Ebert)

1982 · 2h 4m
Director Robert Towne

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Mariel Hemingway (TV's "Civil Wars," "Star 80") and Scott Glenn ("The Silence of the Lambs") star in Oscar-winner Robert Towne's ("Chinatown," "Shampoo") controversial, gripping and skillfully photographed movie. Two aspiring female athletes become friends, lovers and ultimately Olympic competitors in a relationship that suggests that the "war between the sexes" is not a battle over gender, but over sexuality. "One of the year's 10 best" (Siskel & Ebert)

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Average 7
Reviews 34
Fresh 25
Rotten 9

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Studio
Warner Bros.
Released
1982
Run Time
2 hr 4 min
Rated
R
Region of Origin
United States
© 1982 Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. All Rights Reserved.

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Original Audio
English
Audio

English (United States) (AAC)

Subtitles

English (United States) (CC), French (France)

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Closed captions (CC) refer to subtitles in the available language with the addition of relevant non-dialogue information.