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6.1The movie centers on a piano competition whose winner is assured of success. It is Paul's last chance to compete, but newcomer Heidi may be a better pianist. Can romance be far away? Will she take a dive despite the pressure to win from her teacher, Greta, or will she condemn Paul to obscurity?
Released: 1980-12-03123 minDir: Joel OlianskyDrama, Romance, Music
Cast
- Richard Dreyfuss as Paul Dietrich
- Amy Irving as Heidi Joan Schoonover
- Lee Remick as Greta Vandemann
- Sam Wanamaker as Andrew Erskine
- Joseph Cali as Jerry DiSalvo
- Ty Henderson as Michael Humphries
Themes
- love affair
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Ratings
IMDb
6.6/10
2,934 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
67%
- Year
- 1980
- Runtime
- 123 min
- Genres
- Drama, Music, Romance
- Rated
- PG
- Awards
- Nominated for 2 Oscars. 5 nominations total
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- drama film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Cast member
- Philip Sterling
- Composer
- Lalo Schifrin
- Cinematographer
- Richard H. Kline
- Narrative location
- San Francisco
- Filming location
- San Francisco
- Duration
- 126
- FilmAffinity ID
- 512800
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 1981-08-28
- title
- The Competition
- nominated for
- Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Actor
- distributed by
- Columbia Pictures
- review score
- 67%
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