Downhill Racer 1969

David Chappellet is a mean-spirited skier, who profits from another skiers injury to gain a spot on the American Olympic team. His roommate sums up his goals when he observes of David, "Hes not for the team, and he never will be"; but precisely who the David is that David is so fiendishly striving for were never to learn. He develops a short-lived relationship with Carole Stahl, a glamorous European woman even more capricious than himself. Chappellets identity trouble are exacerbated by the fact that he is an "Event" as well as a personality; and more astute minds than his own have difficulty where the one leaves off and the other takes over. Director Michael Richies ("The Candidate") feature film debut.