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The Competition (1980)

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Can two prodigies fall in love and stay in love, even when they are competing against one another in an international piano competition? Richard Dreyfuss and Amy Irving attempt to answer that question in The Competition. Richard Dreyfuss plays Paul Dietrich, a shabby prodigy slouching past the thirty year mark. Embittered at never having won an international competition and being pushed and prodded by his parents, Paul decides to enter one last time and, if he fails, he will devote himself to

PG, 2 hr. 9 min.

Drama, Romance

Directed By: Joel Oliansky

In Theaters: Dec 3, 1980 Wide

Cast

Richard Dreyfuss
Paul Dietrich
Amy Irving
Heidi Jones Schoonover
Lee Remick
Greta Vandemann
Sam Wanamaker
Andrew Erskine
Joseph Cali
Jerry DiSalvo
Ty Henderson
Michael Humphries
James B. Sikking
Brudnell
Vickie Kriegler
Tatiana Baronov
Adam Stern
Mark Landau
Bea Silvern
Mme. Gorshev
Philip Sterling
Mr. Dietrich
Gloria Stroock
Mrs. Dietrich
Delia Salvi
Mrs. DiSalvo
Priscilla Pointer
Mrs. Donelian
Ben Hammer
Nichols
Elaine Welton Hill
Mitzi
Sterling Swanson
Rudko
Jennifer Shull
Ross Evans
Judge Heimling

Critic Reviews for The Competition

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Nasty little sports film. Lots of fun with pianoes

December 21, 2004 Comment

Eric Lurio

Greenwich Village Gazette

The Competition offers a winning examination of one person's struggle to come to terms with his understanding of personal achievement and his capacity to love.

January 29, 2004 Full Review Source: Spirituality and Practice

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Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat

Spirituality and Practice

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Excellent classical music and that's it.A relic of the 1980 production is a forgettable small,semi-independent feature,carved with a trifle of characteristics penetrated in its protagonists.Mere information though,the duo of Dreyfuss-Irving can't hold much.Why oh why those "intellectual" romances always end up in a sappy,sugary manner?

October 10, 2008

Dimitris Springer

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Where can one get a DVD or copy of the movie? Trying for ages to get hold of this movie!

August 1, 2011

Jane Krog

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