Stay Hungry
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Actor: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jeff Bridges, R.G. Armstrong, Robert Englund, Sally FieldBrand: SCHWARZENEGGER,ARNO
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 1.0; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 1.0
Format: Anamorphic, Color, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.85:1
Running Time: 102 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2004-05-18
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
Movie Reviews of Stay Hungry
Movie Review: Before They Were Stars (or Govenor)
Summary: 5 Stars
Stay Hungry is a film about the new south trying to preserve the old south. This was the turning point for all of the stars.
The film takes place in Birmingham, Alabama. The Blake's have been part of Birmingham society forever. Craig (Jeff Bridges) recently lost his parents and are at odds with himself. He has fallen in with some shady real estate developers. Craig has been given the assignment to buy the last piece of property for a development. This building is a gym.
The gym contains an assortment of characters. The receptionist is Mary Kate Farnsworth (Sally Field), Joe Santo (Arnold Schwarzenegger) is a former Mr. Austria training for the Mr. Universe Competition,
Joe and Mary Kate take his Craig and his friend society Dorothy to the lake. The lake is where Joe and Mary Kate go to relax. This is the beginning of the relationship between Craig and Mary Kate.
Craig gets further drawn into their culture when Joe takes him to meet some of his fiddling friends. This is a great scene with people who play music just for enjoyment.
Things start to go wrong for Craig when Craig's business partners trash the gym. Then Joe brings Mary Kate and Joe to a country club event. When Joe took Craig to his friends, the accept him for who he is but the country club set want Joe and Mary Kate to know they just guests.
The day of the Mr. Universe contest arrives. Troy and Vernon have been set up with hookers and Vernon and the hookers steal the prize money. When the contestants suspect something is wrong, a crazy chase through the streets happen. A lot of this is impromptu with the citizens of the city as observers.
In the end, Craig and Mary Tate find each other.
At the time of this film Sally Field was still in transition. Norma Rae was still three years away and Sybil had not aired yet. This was an early chance to see her potential. She shines as the little hill girl who escaped to the big city.
Jeff Bridges had some early success with films like The Last Picture Show. But he never became a star in his own right. Stay Hungry would be one of many great performances that he did not capitalize on.
Arnold Schwarzenegger was the world's most renowned body builder but his first two films were disastrous quickies designed to capitalize on his name. This was his first quality film. Arnold knew that he over his head with this part, so he played it as close to himself as possible. And that paid off for Arnold winning the Golden Globe and critics awards.
The cast featured numerous actors that made their name in the 80's and 90's, mostly on television. Robert Gilliland (Designing Women) played Craig's business partner. Ed Begley, jr. (St. Elsewhere / Arrested Development) played a country club friend. Fannie Flagg (The New Dick Van Dyke Show / Match Game) as a country club matron. Joanna Cassidy (Who Framed Roger Rabbit / Six Feet Under) is a society dilettante. Roger Mosley (Magnum PI) and Robert Englund (Nightmare on Elm Street) are two guys who work at the gym. Scatman Crothers as Craig's houseman.
DVD EXTRAS :
Commentary by Bob Rafelson, Jeff Bridges and Sally Field
Video Introduction by Rafelson - 5 minute introduction where director Rafelson explains the origins of the film.
Summary of Stay Hungry
Jeff Bridges (Seabiscuit) is at his best (The Village Voice), Academy AwardÂ(r) winner* Sally Field (Forrest Gump) is a revelation (New York Post) and Arnold Schwarzenegger (The Terminator) radiates assurance and appeal (The Wall Street Journal) in this inventive (Time) and upbeat film (Gene Siskel), for which he won a coveted 1977 Golden Globe.** Directed by Bob Rafelson (The Postman Always Rings Twice) from a screenplayby Charles Gaines and Rafelson, Stay Hungry is obviously the work of a master you'll have areal good time (CBS-TV)! When entrepreneur Craig Blake (Bridges) buys a small gym, he fully expects to demolish the place to make room for a high rise. Instead, he finds himself drawn into a world he never knew existed. From a perky gymnast (Field) who wears her heart on her leotard to a philosophizing Mr. Universe hopeful (Schwarzenegger), the freewheeling spirit of the gym touches Craig in a way he never expectedand plunges him into a hilarious off-the-wall plot to stop his high rise from ever rising! *Actress: Places in the Heart (1984); Norma Rae (1979) **Best Acting Debut in a Motion PictureSimilar DVD Movies
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