The Turning Point (1977 film)
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| Directed by | Herbert Ross |
| Produced by |
Arthur Laurents Herbert Ross Nora Kaye |
| Written by | Arthur Laurents |
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Shirley MacLaine Anne Bancroft Tom Skerritt Mikhail Baryshnikov Leslie Browne |
| Cinematography | Robert Surtees |
| Edited by | William H. Reynolds |
| Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
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119 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $33.6 million |
The Turning Point is a 1977 American drama film centered on the world of ballet in New York City, written by Arthur Laurents and directed by Herbert Ross. The film stars Shirley MacLaine and Anne Bancroft, along with Leslie Browne, Mikhail Baryshnikov, and Tom Skerritt. The film was nominated for eleven Academy Awards, including Best Picture. The script is a fictionalized version of the real-life Brown family and the friendship between ballerinas Isabel Mirrow Brown and Nora Kaye.
DeeDee (Shirley MacLaine) left the ballet company after becoming pregnant by Wayne (Tom Skerritt), another dancer in the company. They marry and later move to Oklahoma City to run a dance studio. Emma (Anne Bancroft) stays with the company and eventually becomes a prima ballerina and well-known figure in the ballet community.
While the company is on tour and performs a show in Oklahoma City, DeeDee and the family go to see the show, and then have an after-party for the company at her home. The reunion stirs up old memories and things begin to unravel.
At the party, DeeDee's aspiring dancer/daughter, Emilia (Leslie Browne), who is also Emma's goddaughter, is invited to take class with the company the following day. After taking class with the company, Emilia is asked to join the company but she does not immediately accept the offer as she wants to think it over before making her final decision. DeeDee and Wayne decide that DeeDee should go to New York with Emilia, who is rather shy and doesn't make friends as easily as her younger sister. Meanwhile, their son, Ethan gets a scholarship to the company's summer program while Wayne and their other daughter stay in Oklahoma City.
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