---
title: 'Perfect (1985)'
type: 'film'
director: 'James Bridges'
released: '1985-05-15'
runtime_minutes: 115
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Romance'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/perfect-1985'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089798/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Perfect (1985)

1985 · 115 min · Drama, Romance · United States


## Synopsis

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 Joe McKenzie, 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.

## Credits

- **Director:** [James Bridges](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-bridges)
- **Screenplay:** [James Bridges](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-bridges), [Aaron Latham](https://cinepixo.com/people/aaron-latham)
- **Producer:** [James Bridges](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-bridges)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Narada Michael Walden](https://cinepixo.com/people/narada-michael-walden)
- **Director of Photography:** [Gordon Willis](https://cinepixo.com/people/gordon-willis)
- **Editor:** [Jeff Gourson](https://cinepixo.com/people/jeff-gourson)

## Cast

- [Carly Simon](https://cinepixo.com/people/carly-simon)
- [Stefan Gierasch](https://cinepixo.com/people/stefan-gierasch)
- [David Paymer](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-paymer)
- [Marilu Henner](https://cinepixo.com/people/marilu-henner)
- [John Travolta](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-travolta)
- [Jann Wenner](https://cinepixo.com/people/jann-wenner)
- [Kenneth Welsh](https://cinepixo.com/people/kenneth-welsh)
- [Laraine Newman](https://cinepixo.com/people/laraine-newman)
- [Jamie Lee Curtis](https://cinepixo.com/people/jamie-lee-curtis)
- [Chelsea Field](https://cinepixo.com/people/chelsea-field)
- [Anne De Salvo](https://cinepixo.com/people/anne-de-salvo)
- [Murphy Dunne](https://cinepixo.com/people/murphy-dunne)
- [Ronnie Claire Edwards](https://cinepixo.com/people/ronnie-claire-edwards)

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