Stay Hungry (1976)

Jeff Bridges is the recently orphaned heir of a prominent Alabama family. Ostensibly as part of a shady real estate deal, he’s drawn to a body building gym in Birmingham, filled with an array of odd characters: Arnold Schwarzenegger in one of his earliest roles, super adorable Sally Field, and Robert Englund as someone who is not Freddy Krueger. The tone is all over the place as Bridges tries to balance his two lives: the ritzy country club crowd and his quirky new gym friends. There is a side plot regarding the Mr. Universe pageant, which makes this. if nothing else. a nice companion piece to Pumping Iron.