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'''''Stay Hungry''''' is a [[1972]] novel by [[Charles Gaines]] which tells the story of Craig Blake, a young [[Birmingham]] scion who gets involved in a shady real-estate deal. In order to close the deal, he needs to buy a gym building to complete a multi-parcel lot. When he visits, however, he finds himself drawn to the carefree way of life of the Canadian Indian bodybuilder Joe Santo, as well as to Mary Tate, who works in the gym. Blake struggles to balance his upper-crust social life with his new interests. The story concludes with a dramatic series of events set during a Mr Universe competition at [[Boutwell Auditorium]].


'''''Stay Hungry''''' is a [[1976]] dramatic comedy film directed by Bob Rafelson from a screenplay by [[Charles Gaines]] (adapted from his 1972 novel of the same name). The film was shot on location in Birmingham during 1975.
The novel was adapted by Gaines into [[Stay Hungry (film)|a feature film]], directed by Bob Rafelson and starring Jeff Bridges as Craig, Arnold Schwarzenegger as Santo (an Austrian bodybuilder for the film), and Sally Field as Tate. The film was [[List of feature films shot in Birmingham|shot in Birmingham]] in [[1975]] and netted Schwarzenegger a Golden Globe for "Best Acting Debut in a Motion Picture".
 
The story centers around Craig Blake, a young [[Birmingham]] scion, played by Jeff Bridges who gets involved in a shady real-estate deal. In order to close the deal, he needs to buy a gym building to complete a multi-parcel lot. When he visits, however, he finds himself romantically interested in the Mary Tate, the receptionist (Sally Field) and drawn to the carefree lifestyle of the Austrian body builder "Joe Santo" (Arnold Schwarzenegger) who is training there for the Mr. Universe competition.
 
==Cast==
Schwarzenegger won a Golden Globe for "Best Acting Debut in a Motion Picture" for ''Stay Hungry''.
 
The rest of the cast included [[R. G. Armstrong]], Scatman Crothers, Robert Englund, Ed Begley Jr, Joe Spinell, Roger Mosley, [[Fannie Flagg]],  Joanna Cassidy, Helena Kallioniotes, Woodrow Parfrey, Kathleen Miller, Richard Gilliland, Mayf Nutter, John David Carson, Clifford A. Pellow, Dennis Fimple, Garry Goodrow, Bart Carpinelli, Bob Westmoreland, Brandy Wilde, Laura Hippe, John Gilgree, Murray Johnson, Dennis Burkley, Autry Pinson, Roger Callard, Franco Columbu, and [[Martin Hames]].
 
==Locations==
The film opens with exterior shots all around Birmingham as three separate drivers converge on the [[Bank for Savings Building]], which serves as the setting for the Developer's office. The Blake Manor is actually a house on [[Mountain Brook Parkway]]. The Olympic Gym is set downtown. Craig walks down [[20th Street North]] with Mary Tate after dinner at [[Joy Young Restaurant]]. The party scene takes place at the [[Country Club of Birmingham]] and the Mr. Universe competition is staged at [[Boutwell Auditorium]]. The final mayhem spreads from Boutwell, down 20th and ends, famously, with bodybuilders posed on the fire escape stairs of the [[Lyric Theater]].


==See also==
==See also==
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==References==
==References==
* Rafelson, Bob, Jeff Bridges and Sally Field. (2004) DVD Commentary for ''Stay Hungry''
* Gaines, Charles (1972) ''Stay Hungry''. New York: Doubleday & Company.
* [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0075268/ Stay Hungry (1976)] at IMDB.com - accessed March 25, 2006
* Tonguette, Peter. "[http://www.thefilmjournal.com/issue11/rafelson.html  Bob Rafelson and His Odd American Places]". ''The Film Journal''. Issue 11 - accessed Dec. 21, 2005.


[[Category:Films shot in Birmingham]]
[[Category:Novels]]
[[Category:1976 events]]
[[Category:1972 works]]

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Stay Hungry is a 1972 novel by Charles Gaines which tells the story of Craig Blake, a young Birmingham scion who gets involved in a shady real-estate deal. In order to close the deal, he needs to buy a gym building to complete a multi-parcel lot. When he visits, however, he finds himself drawn to the carefree way of life of the Canadian Indian bodybuilder Joe Santo, as well as to Mary Tate, who works in the gym. Blake struggles to balance his upper-crust social life with his new interests. The story concludes with a dramatic series of events set during a Mr Universe competition at Boutwell Auditorium.

The novel was adapted by Gaines into a feature film, directed by Bob Rafelson and starring Jeff Bridges as Craig, Arnold Schwarzenegger as Santo (an Austrian bodybuilder for the film), and Sally Field as Tate. The film was shot in Birmingham in 1975 and netted Schwarzenegger a Golden Globe for "Best Acting Debut in a Motion Picture".

See also

References

  • Gaines, Charles (1972) Stay Hungry. New York: Doubleday & Company.
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