Wide receiver Marvin "Shake" Tiller and running back Billy Clyde Puckett are football buddies who play for a Miami pro team owned by Big Ed Bookman (Preston).[3] Bookman's daughter Barbara Jane is roommates with both men, and the film depicts a subtle love triangle relationship between Barbara Jane and her two friends. She initially has romantic feelings for Shake, who has become more self-confident after taking self-improvement training from seminar leader Friedrich Bismark. The program is called Bismark Energy Action Training, or B.E.A.T. After Shake completes his course, Barbara Jane and he have sex and start a relationship. Barbara Jane is not a follower of B.E.A.T., and Shake is warned by his leader Bismark that "mixed marriages don't work".
MPAA Rating: | R |
Genre: | Comedy, Romance, Sports |
Country: | United States |
Produced By: | David Merrick |
Directed By: | Michael Ritchie |
Written By: | Dan Jenkins, Ring Lardner Jr., Walter Bernstein |
Cast: | Robert Preston, Janet Brandt, Mike G. Shannon, Ron Silver, Ed 'Too Tall' Jones, Bill Bragg, James MacKrell, Jenifer Shaw, Carl Weathers, Jo McDonnell, Jerry Belson, Rick Herod, Greg Pursino, Hugh Gorrian, Bert Convy, Janet Quist, Mary Jo Catlett, Burt Reynolds, Jill Clayburgh, Fred Stuthman, Christopher North, Peter Bromilow, Mickey Caruso, Brian Dennehy, Lotte Lenya, Robert F. Cawley, Vincent Di Paolo, Chuck Dawson, Joe Kapp, Jim Beaver, Kurt Taylor, Norman Alden, William Wolf, Richard Masur, Paul Hornung, Roger E. Mosley, Niki Flacks, Kris Kristofferson |
In Theaters: | Jun 01, 1978 |
Runtime: | 1 hour 48 minutes |
Production: | Charley Associates |
Box Office: | $37,187,139 |
Available On: | Itunes, Vudu |
Read More On: | Wikipedia |