Heavenly Bodies (1984)

Directed by

Lawrence Dane

Genre

drama film, musical film, dance film

Country

United States, Canada

Runtime

1h 29m

Rated

R

Rating

5.7 of 10 from 22 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A single mother decides to leave her job and start her own aerobics studio. She then enters a televised dance marathon and competes against a wealthy fitness businessman.

aspirationalenergeticupbeatstrugglingdeterminedretrocompetitivelight-drama

What happens

Heavenly Bodies is a 1984 Canadian drama film directed by Lawrence Dane, written by Dane and Ron Base, and starring Cynthia Dale, Richard Rebiere, Walter George Alton, Laura Henry, Stuart Stone and Patricia Idlette. It focuses on a single mother who quits her job and pursues her dream to open an aerobics studio, eventually competing with a fitness tycoon for a television aerobics instructor's grueling dance marathon. The film premiered in Japan in December 1984 before being released in the United States and Canada on February 1, 1985, by MGM/UA Entertainment. Though a box-office disappointment, the film was particularly popular in Japan. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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