The Competition

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Cast

Richard Dreyfuss
as Paul Dietrich

Amy Irving
as Heidi Joan Schoonover

Lee Remick
as Greta Vandemann

Sam Wanamaker
as Erskine

Joseph Cali
as Jerry DiSalvo

Ty Henderson
as Michael Humphries

Vickie Kriegler
as Tatiana Baronov

Adam Stern
as Mark Landau

Philip Sterling
as Mr. Dietrich

Gloria Stroock
as Mrs. Dietrich

Della Salvi
as Mrs. DiSalvo

Delia Salvi
as Mrs. DiSalvo

Priscilla Pointer
as Mrs. Donellan

Bea Silvern
as Mme. Gorshev

James B. Sikking
as Brudnell

Elaine Welton Hill
as Mitzi

Jennifer Shull

Ben Hammer
as Nichols

Rhio H. Blair
as Karnow

Ross Evans
as Judge Heimling

Sterling Swanson
as Rudko

Jimmy Sturtevant
as Vinnie DiSalva

Kathy Talbot
as Denise DiSalva

Vicki Kriegler
as Tatjana Baronova

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Critic Reviews for The Competition

Audience Reviews for The Competition

• Feb 02, 2014

  Good drama with great music. Not an incisive examination of the cutthroat world of music competition although they do delve into it somewhat. More a drama of a selfish man letting down his defenses and a young girl who learns more than she bargains for when she lets down her guard. Excellent performances from the leads with Lee Remick adding her special brand of class but putting an icy edge to it as Amy's teacher. The only rough patch is when the two leads, who are remarkably free of rhythm for supposed musicans, dance to contemporary and quite awful music. They're gluefoots. For classical music lovers this will be a treat.
  jay n Super Reviewer
• Oct 10, 2008

  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?
  Dimitris S Super Reviewer

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