The Competition

We already know the male lead (Richard Dreyfuss) will be joining the prestigious San Francisco piano competition as we meet Amy Irving (as pianist Heidi), with Lee Remick as her profane-ish instructor Greta, in The Competition, 1980.

Introduced separately in earlier scenes, relatively junior pianist Heidi (Amy Irving) greets Paul (Richard Dreyfuss), who’s entering one last competition before he gives it up to become a teacher, at an elite San Francisco event, in The Competition, 1980.

After credits in which he competes in a concert piano competition, Richard Dreyfuss as Paul at home with his parents (Philip Sterling, Gloria Stroock) considering his future, opening The Competition, 1980, from director Joel Oliansky, also starring Amy Irving.