Perfect (1985 film)

Perfect
Promotional poster
Directed by	James Bridges
Written by	Aaron Latham James Bridges
Produced by	James Bridges
Starring	John Travolta Jamie Lee Curtis Anne De Salvo Marilu Henner Laraine Newman Matthew Reed Jann Wenner
Cinematography	Gordon Willis
Edited by	Jeff Gourson
Music by	Ralph Burns
Production companies	Delphi III Pluperfect
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures
Release date	June 7, 1985 (1985-06-07)
Running time	119 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$20 million[1]
Box office	$12,918,858 (US)

Perfect is a 1985 American romantic drama film directed by James Bridges and distributed by Columbia Pictures. It was written by Aaron Latham and James Bridges and is based on a series of articles that appeared in Rolling Stone magazine in the late 1970s, chronicling the popularity of Los Angeles health clubs among single people. Its story follows journalist Adam Lawrence, who is assigned to interview a successful entrepreneur accused of dealing drugs. He is then assigned to cover a second story and decides to do an exposé on fitness clubs, where he meets an aerobics instructor named Jessie Wilson, who does not have a great deal of trust in journalists. It stars John Travolta, Jamie Lee Curtis, Anne De Salvo, Marilu Henner, Laraine Newman, Matthew Reed, and Jann Wenner.

The film was produced by Delphi III and Pluperfect and was released on June 7, 1985. It grossed $4.2 million during its opening weekend and $12.9 million worldwide, against a budget of $20 million.^[2]