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Goldengirl is a 1979 film directed by Joseph Sargent, loosely based on a science-fiction novel by Peter Lear, a pseudonym of Peter Lovesey. The screenplay was by John Kohn, with music by Bill Conti.
This was the film debut of Susan Anton, who starred in the title role opposite James Coburn.
It was reviewed on June 15, 1979 by Vincent Canby of the New York Times, who wrote: " 'Goldengirl' is a very intelligent movie of its kind, written and directed in the same brisk style that marked Mr. Sargent's earlier Colossus: The Forbin Project."
A scientist and neo-Nazi doctor named Serafin has... MORE
Goldengirl is a 1979 film directed by Joseph Sargent, loosely based on a science-fiction novel by Peter Lear, a pseudonym of Peter Lovesey. The screenplay was by John Kohn, with music by Bill Conti.
This was the film debut of Susan Anton, who starred in the title role opposite James Coburn.
It was reviewed on June 15, 1979 by Vincent Canby of the New York Times, who wrote: " 'Goldengirl' is a very intelligent movie of its kind, written and directed in the same brisk style that marked Mr. Sargent's earlier Colossus: The Forbin Project."
A scientist and neo-Nazi doctor named Serafin has developed a way to create a physically superior human being. He tests it out on his adopted daughter Goldine.
From childhood, Goldine's father has injected her with vitamins and hormones. Now that she is grown, it is time to give her a test run. Serafin declares that his "goldengirl" will enter and win three races at the 1980 Moscow Olympics (which in real life went ahead without U.S. participation, following the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan).
To subsidize his work, Serafin sells shares in his daughter's future to a syndicate of businessmen, who send merchandising expert Dryden to look out for LESS
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