Getting Physical

1984· 104 min★ 5.9· Comedy, Drama, TV Movie

The world of female bodybuilding provides the backdrop for this tale of an aspiring young actress who initially becomes interested in the sport as a means of self-defense following a physical attack by two men, but then finds that while concentrating on building up her body her relationship with her parents, with whom she is living, and her new-found boyfriend, a young cop, is breaking down. Several noted bodybuilders and iron-pumpers, male and female, put in appearances to give this production an added authenticity.

Cast: Alexandra Paul, Sandahl Bergman, David Naughton

Director: Steven Hilliard Stern