I just mention it here because it stars Jeff Bridges, Sally Field, and Arnold Schwarzenegger in one of his first films. The plot revolves around a gym trying to resist a shady buyout. There is also a bit of a sub-plot involving class warfare and the nouveau riche.
In addition to Sally Field's ass, Arnold playing the fiddle, and a great fight in the gym, the film has an insane cast including...
RG Armstrong
Scatman Crothers
Ed Begley Jr
Joe Spinell
Robert Englund
Joanna Cassidy
Get some!
Quirky is the keyword here--but quirky in a highly entertaining way. Directed by Bob Rafelson, this film stars Jeff Bridges as a not-so-good ol' boy. Wealthy and aimless, he is involved in a real estate deal with a group of high-powered partners--and his only responsibility in the whole shebang is to evict the tenants of one building that needs to be torn down and has a gym filled with body builders. Disconnected from everything in his life, he feels a bond to these outsiders, particularly the surprisingly articulate, fiddle-playing Arnold Schwarzenegger (in one of his first film roles). He also finds himself attracted to the blue-collar gym employee played by Sally Field and so becomes an impediment to his own business partners. Oddly funny and affecting, a sleeper that never had much of a release. --Marshall Fine
