Personal Best
When you run into yourself you run into feelings you never thought you had
1982
Rated
R
124
minutes
Drama
Directed By:
Robert Towne
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.
Language
English
Release Date
February 5, 1982
Budget
$15,000,000
Revenue
$5,700,000
Cast
Mariel Hemingway
Chris Cahill
Scott Glenn
Terry Tingloff
Patrice Donnelly
Tory Skinner
Kenny Moore
Denny Stites
Jim Moody
Roscoe Travis
Kari G. Peyton
Penny Brill
Jodi Anderson
Nadia "Pooch" Anderson
Maren Seidler
Tanya
Martha Watson
Sheila
Emily Dole
Maureen
Pam Spencer
Jan
Deby Laplante
Trish
Mitzi McMillin
Laura
Jan Glotzer
Karen
Jan Van Reenen
Yelovitch
Allan Feuerbach
Zenk
Jane Frederick
Fern Wadkins
Cindy Gilbert
Charlene Benveniste
Marlene Harmon
Pam Burnside
Linda Waltman
Debbie Floyd
Cindy Banks
Kim Stone
Milan Tiff
Willie Lee
Earl Bell
Randy Van Zile
Larry Pennell
Rick Cahill
Luana Anders
Rita Cahill
George De La Pena
Raoul
Robert Patten
Colin Sales
Margaret Ellison
Nellie Bowdeen
Charlie Jones
Television Announcer #1
Frank Shorter
Television Announcer #2
Jim Tracy
Duane
Janet Hake
Waitress
Sharon Brazell
Hostess
Susan Brownell
Women's Team Member
Desiree Gauthier
Women's Team Member
Sharon Hatfield
Women's Team Member
Linda Hightower
Women's Team Member
Joan Russell
Women's Team Member
Themis Zambrzycki
Women's Team Member
Clim Jackson
Men's Team Member
John Smith
Men's Team Member
Chuck DeBus
Coach
Gregory Clayton
Trainer
David Edington
Waiter
Robert Horn
Water Polo Coach
Wendell Ray
P.A. Announcer
Len Dawson
Football Announcer
Leroy R. Perry Jr.
Chiropractor
Richard Martini
Meet Manager
Andrew Traister
Olympic Official (uncredited)
Timothy M. Hill
Track Fan (uncredited)
Jim Vitti
Track Fan (uncredited)
Dave Wang
Track Fan (uncredited)
Show Full Crew
Directing
Robert Towne
Director
William S. Beasley
Assistant Director
Jerry Grandey
Assistant Director
Daniel J. Heffner
Second Assistant Director
Nikita Knatz
Second Unit Director
Robert J. Doherty
Second Assistant Director
Ray Quiroz
Script Supervisor
Michael Green
Second Assistant Director
Regina Gordon
Assistant Director Trainee
Production
Robert Towne
Producer
David Geffen
Executive Producer
Leah Brown
Production Coordinator
Richard Martini
Production Assistant
Ron Rapiel
Production Consultant
Peter Peyton
Associate Producer
Jeff Parguer
Location Casting
Philip Procter
Assistant Location Manager
Sheila A. Warner
Production Coordinator
Writing
Sound
Chris Jenkins
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
John A. Larsen
Sound Editor
Curt Sobel
Music Editor
Jack Nitzsche
Original Music Composer
Larry Stensvold
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Samuel C. Crutcher
Sound Editor
Michael P. Redbourn
Sound Editor
Gary Alexander
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Douglas J. Schulman
Other
Bruce Bisenz
Sound Mixer
J. Paul Huntsman
ADR Supervisor
David Pettijohn
Supervising Sound Editor
Norval D. Crutcher
Sound Editor
Ben Sobin
Utility Sound
Eric Shrader
ADR Editor
Jack Snyder
Boom Operator
Jill Fraser
Original Music Composer
Camera
Michael Chapman
Director of Photography
Don E. FauntLeRoy
Assistant Camera
Michael Genne
Assistant Camera
Stephen Vaughan
Still Photographer
Michael E. Matteson
Key Grip
Cary Griffith
Key Grip
Kenneth Zunder
Assistant Camera
Stephen V. Isbell
Grip
Johnny Walker
Assistant Camera
Randall Robinson
First Assistant Camera
Eric D. Andersen
Camera Operator
Robert Marta
Camera Operator
Mike Chevalier
Camera Operator
John Boccaccio
Assistant Camera
Alan Gornick
Underwater Camera
Lance Williams
Camera Operator
Bob Winger
Grip
Art
Rick Simpson
Set Decoration
Ron Hobbs
Production Design
Nikita Knatz
Storyboard Artist
Paul Rylander
Assistant Property Master
Barbara Adamski
Assistant Property Master
Howard McCormick
Leadman
Steven Westlund
Property Master
Keith McCormick
Swing
Richard Valdez
Swing
Editing
Donah Bassett
Negative Cutter
Bud S. Smith
Editor
Bud S. Smith
Supervising Editor
Seth Flaum
Assistant Editor
Walt Mulconery
Editor
Jacqueline Cambas
Editor
Mike Dobie
Assistant Editor
Ned Humphreys
Editor
Robert Lederman
Assistant Editor
Jere Huggins
Editor
Richard Ritchie
Color Timer
Michael Tompane
Assistant Editor
Costume & Make-Up
Karl Silvera
Makeup Artist
Christina Smith
Makeup Artist
Linda Henrikson
Costume Design
Susan Germaine
Hairstylist
Ron Heilman
Costume Design
Crew
Patrice Donnelly
Technical Advisor
Donald P. Desmond
Transportation Captain
Chuck DeBus
Technical Advisor
Ken Speed
Special Effects
Dale Newkirk
Special Effects
Leroy R. Perry Jr.
Technical Advisor
B.J. Smith
Set Medic
Alan Collis
Transportation Coordinator
Jeff Freedman
Unit Publicist
Benjamin Resella
Scenic Artist
Mitch Lewis
Technical Advisor
Jane Frederick
Technical Advisor
Kate Schmidt
Technical Advisor
Edward M. Taylor
Other
Lighting