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The Main Event | |
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Directed by | Howard Zieff |
Written by | Gail Parent Andrew Smith |
Produced by | Jon Peters Barbra Streisand |
Starring | Barbra Streisand Ryan O'Neal |
Cinematography | Mario Tosi |
Edited by | Edward Warschilka |
Music by | Michael Melvoin |
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Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
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Running time | 112 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $6 million[1] |
Box office | $42.8 million[2] |
The Main Event is a 1979 American sports romantic comedy film starring Barbra Streisand and Ryan O'Neal, written by Gail Parent, directed by Howard Zieff, and produced by Jon Peters and Streisand.
The film received negative reviews from critics, but was among the top 20 highest grossing films of the year at the box office. It was also the impetus for Streisand's first foray into disco singing the Golden Globe-nominated theme song written by Paul Jabara and Bruce Roberts.
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