Perfect Body

Perfect Body
Genre Drama
Family
Sport
Written by Melissa Gould
Directed by Douglas Barr
Starring Amy Jo Johnson
Brett Cullen
Cathy Rigby
Music by Pray for Rain
Country of origin United States
Original language(s) English
Production
Executive producer(s) Judith A. Polone
Harry Winer
Producer(s) Judy Cairo
Jon Cowan (co-producer)
Cinematography Karl Herrmann
Editor(s) Mark Conte
Running time 100 minutes
Production company(s) The Polone-Winer Company
NBC Studios
Distributor NBC
Release
Original network NBC
Original release September 8, 1997 (NBC)
August 10, 2004 (DVD)

Perfect Body is a 1997 American drama television film about a young gymnast who develops an eating disorder. It originally aired on NBC on September 8, 1997.[1] It has since aired on Lifetime and ABC Family and been released on DVD. The film stars former Power Rangers and Felicity actress Amy Jo Johnson and gymnasty/actress Cathy Rigby who suffered from an eating disorder in her youth.

Plot

Andie Bradley (Johnson) is a gymnast whose ambition is to participate in the Olympics. When offered the opportunity to train with one of the leading coaches in the U.S., she gratefully accepts. This requires her to move to Seattle from Portland. When she attends her first session, she is scrutinized by the coach about her weight and feels the pressure to lose the pounds. At first she adopts a sensible diet, but it soon leads to bulimia. When she meets a fellow team member, Leslie (Tara Boger), she realizes there are ways around it. "You can eat what you want, and not gain a pound." Andie continues with her diet, but once she cannot handle it she turns to purging methods.

Her mom notices changes in her weight, while her boyfriend and best friend also notice changes in her attitude. Andie eventually comes out to her best friend, telling her that she sees the changes and can't stop her behavior. She faints twice, both during competitions, and goes to the hospital, after fainting the second time, where a doctor talks to her parents about her body problems. Her parents decide to move back home. Andie runs away to the gym, where she sees a new girl being given the same lecture about her weight that was given to her. She decides that she is not ready to go back to training. After moving back to Portland, Andie joins a support group where she is encouraged to eat as part of her therapy. At the end of the movie, she is seen walking into the school gymnasium and getting back on the balance beam.

Cast

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Perfect Body". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 6 February 2012.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.