“The Competition” quotes

(1980)
Movie The Competition
Title The Competition
Year 1980
Director Joel Oliansky
Genre Drama, Romance, Music
Plot – The International Piano Competition 'Hillman' attracts competitors from all over the world because of its attractive prizes. The candidates are Terry Di Salvo, who tries to curry favor with the press, Russian Tatiana Baranov, who's very successful, Heidi Schoonover and Paul Dietrich.
All actors – Richard Dreyfuss, Amy Irving, Lee Remick, Sam Wanamaker, Joseph Cali, Ty Henderson, Vicki Kriegler, Adam Stern, Philip Sterling, Gloria Stroock, Bea Silvern, James Sikking
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  • “Don't call me honey-child.”
    Ty Henderson - Michael Humphries
    [Tag:nickname]
  • “Teardrops on my boobs - great country-western standard.”
    Amy Irving - Heidi Joan Schoonover
    [Tag:breast, tears]
  • “This is a courtesy van; let's show some goddamn courtesy!”
    Philip Sterling - Mr. Dietrich
    [Tag:manners]
  • “Ludwig Von Beethoven taught Carl Czerny, who taught Leschetizky, who taught Schnabel, who taught Renaldi, who taught me. And now the sixth pianist in a direct line from Beethoven is standing here staring at me in her Jordan Marsh mix-and-match.”
    Lee Remick - Greta Vandemann
    [Tag:musicians]
  • “That is your first husband, that, you... you marry it the way a nun marries Jesus. You cleave to it, because it gives your life a center that no man... that very few men can possibly give you, least of all a rival for the thing your life is centered on.”

    Lee Remick - Greta Vandemann
    [Tag:husband, music]
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