Stay Hungry
Stay Hungry is a 1976 dramatic comedy film directed by Bob Rafelson from a screenplay by Charles Gaines (adapted form his 1972 novel of the same name). The film was shot on location in Birmingham during 1975
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 Birmingham Country Club 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
References
- Stay Hungry (1976) at IMDB.com - accessed March 25, 2006
- Tonguette, Peter. "Bob Rafelson and His Odd American Places". The Film Journal. Issue 11 - accessed Dec. 21, 2005.