Directed by Robert Clouse Produced by Rebecca Poole, Fred Weintraub Written by Charles Robert Carner, Dan Tyler Moore (story) Starring Kurt Thomas Tetchie Agbayani Richard Norton Music by Alfi Kabiljo Cinematography Godfrey A. Godar Editing by Robert A. Ferretti Distributed by Metro-Goldwyn Mayer Release date(s) 1985 Running time 90 min. Language English Gymkata is a 1985 martial arts film starring Olympic gold medalist Kurt Thomas as Jonathan Cabot, an Olympic gymnast who combines his gymnastic ability with ninjutsu to enter a deadly competition in a fictional country, Parmistan. The film is based on the novel The Terrible Game (1957) by Dan Tyler Moore, and was filmed in Yugoslavia. Jonathan Cabot (Thomas) is approached by the Special Intelligence Agency (SIA) to play "the Game". The Game is an athletic competition in the fictional country of Parmistan, a tiny mountain nation which is supposedly located in the Hindu Kush mountain range. Parmistan forces all foreigners to play the Game, which is basically an endurance race with obstacles, all the while being chased by local Parmistan warriors. If a person wins, then they are granted their life and a wish. The SIA wants Cabot to win the game so that he can use his wish to install a US satellite monitoring station, which could monitor all satellites in space and act as an early warning system in case of nuclear attack. Cabot is told that the system could save millions of lives. As an extra incentive, Cabot is also told ...
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