The Competition

Can two prodigies fall in love and stay in love, even when they are competing against one another in an international piano competition? Richard Dreyfuss and Amy Irving attempt to answer that question in The Competition. Richard Dreyfuss plays Paul Dietrich, a shabby prodigy slouching past the ...more

Fans of classical music may enjoy this film despite its pedestrian love story and Richard Dreyfuss' acting. (His performance earned him a 1981 Razzie nomination for worst actor of the year.) What makes The Competition worth watching -- or at least listening to -- is the piano music. It soars. Daniel Pollack, who debuted at age nine with the New York Philharmonic in a performance of Chopin's piano Concerto No. 1, plays for Amy Irving's character, Heidi Schoonover. Chester B. Swiatkowski, a ...more