Stay Hungry
“If you've got an appetite for life:”
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A dishonest businessman asks rich layabout Craig Blake to help him buy a gym, which will be demolished for a development project in Alabama. But after spending time with weightlifter Joe Santo and gym worker Mary Tate Farnsworth, Craig wants out of the deal. The property negotiations turn ugly, causing a brawl at the gym and a spectacle at a big bodybuilding meet, as Craig learns that it's not easy to turn your back on fair-weather friends.
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A grimy, good-natured 70s gem about unlikely friendships forged in the iron-pumping crucible of a bodybuilding gym. It’s a surprisingly earnest look at ambition, loyalty, and finding your place, all with a loose, lived-in feel.
raucoussurprisingly heartfeltgrittynostalgicsteady70s character studylean and meanlow-keybuddy comedyambitionfriendshipidentitymasculinity
based on novel or booksportsbodybuildinggym
