Stay Hungry is a small, quirky film about a rich Alabama heir whose real estate dealings cause him to hook up with a group of bodybuilders. Played by Jeff_Bridges, the protagonist falls in love with their lifestyle and with a working-class woman played by Sally_Field, three years before her surprising turn as the working-class union organizer in Norma_Rae. Writer-director Bob_Rafelson's attraction to this kind of offbeat character study was recognizable in such previous films as Five_Easy_Pieces and The King of Marvin Gardens. Stay Hungry features Arnold_Schwarzenegger in his first, thickly accented speaking role, as an ace bodybuilder who likes to play bluegrass fiddle. In her first major film role, Field tried to alter her saccharine image, based on her part in TV's The_Flying_Nun, by doing a nude scene. A stew of observations about class, romance, and physical appearance, Stay Hungry is based on a novel by Charles_Gaines and is definitely a matter of taste. Michael Betzold, Rovi

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