Ah Yes, Za Gold a fullfillment of an anthlete's 
dream. I remember that movie well. Contessa is 
still one of my favorites, and she still keeps me 
up nights. I had gone crazy looking for 
Animalympic merchandise, hoping I could find 
something with her image on it. The only 1 thing 
I saw was a board game tittled "Animalympics" And 
although the box said that this game is not in 
association with Lisberger studios or HBO etc. 
All the characters from the movie were on the 
box. Of course I had only seen it once. Anyway I 
had to do something to satisfy my high demand for 
Contessa, so I simply had to temporarily 
subscribe to the Disney Channel at the time just 
so I can videotape the movie, and attempt to 
sketch her from the tv. She was difficult to 
draw, but with alot of practice, I can draw her 
well, and even fullfilled my personal fantasies 
by drawing her. I believe she was Italian and 
besides her good looks, her accent had made my 
heart skip a beat. 
    Surprisingly the movie was not availalbe on 
home video, untill one day, I saw it being sold 
in Walmart, and the company that made it was UAV 
Gold not Lisberger. Possibly a rip off? Anyway, I 
often hoped that the movie will be available on 
DVD or at least a few fun merchandised products 
such as trading cards, figurines etc. I was young 
and growing up during the 1970's so all that love 
and sex messages stuck with me, even though I was 
young. I wonder how Lisberger was able to come up 
with the female animal characters dressed so sexy 
and slim? He must have had a great sense of 
imagination and creativity. I chuckle at the 
Playbird magazine that had featured Dorthy 
Tournell in a playboy outfit on the front cover. 
A very 70ish movie and I often have mixed 
memories and think back to my childhood during 
the 70's when I watch the movie.