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Anne Bancroft originated the role of Gittel in the stage version of "Two For The Seasaw." Shirley Ma [...] D
Audrey Hepburn, Grace Kelly, Doris Day and Joanne Woodward were considered for the lead roles in thi [...] D
Principal ballerina and girlfriend to Mikhail Baryshnikov, Gelsey Kirkland was offered the role of E [...] D
James Mitchell went on to star on ABC soap opera La valle dei pini (1970). He played wealthy Pine Va [...] D
First of two collaborations of director Herbert Ross and actor-dancer Mikhail Baryshnikov. The films [...] D
In one scene, Anne Bancroft throws a drink in Shirley MacLaine's face. The moment was scrupulously r [...] D
The film's Gala Performance Programme features excerpts from seven ballets. These were Legende; Vort [...] D
First of two Academy Award Best Picture nominees to receive 11 nominations without winning any Oscar [...] D
Leslie Browne replaced the American Ballet Theatre's Gelsey Kirkland in the role of Emilia. Kirkland [...] D
Features the only Oscar nominated performances of both Mikhail Baryshnikov and Leslie Browne. D
Michael, the choreographer/artistic director, is partly based on Jerome Robbins. James Mitchell was [...] D
The ballet written by Arnold Berger (Daniel Levans) and performed by Emilia Rodgers (Leslie Browne) [...] D
Final film of James Mitchell. D
This was one of two films directed by Herbert Ross in 1977 to be nominated for Best Picture of the y [...] D
Audrey Hepburn's biggest film regret was not getting the Anne Bancroft role in Due vite una svolta ( [...] D
Shirley MacLaine and Tom Skerritt are reunited onscreen in Steel Magnolias. D
Tom Skerritt and Anthony Zerbe reunited in 1983's The Dead Zone for director David Cronenberg. Crone [...] D
The major acting debut of professional ballet dancers Mikhail Baryshnikov and Leslie Browne. They wo [...] D
Several of the dancers in this film, such as Alexander Minz, Rebecca Wright, Nanette Glushak, and Cl [...] D
Most of the non-principal parts in the movie were played by dancers who had never done any straight [...] D
Of Shirley MacLaine and Anne Bancroft, MacLaine was the accomplished dancer. All of the dance scenes [...] D
About half-a-dozen people worked on both this Herbert Ross film and his later dance film Dancers (19 [...] D
The film's title "The Turning Point" is a double entendre referring to both human decision making an [...] D
Director Herbert Ross once commented of the film's long path to getting made: "For a long time it wa [...] D
Herbert Ross' first of two pictures about ballet. The movies were Nijinsky (1980) and Due vite una s [...] D
It is the only Best Picture Oscar nominee that year not to win any Academy Awards, despite being nom [...] D
First of three collaborations of actress Leslie Browne and director Herbert Ross. The films are Danc [...] D
Contains Phillip Saunders one and only acting credit. D
Anne Bancroft previously played the female lead in the play Two for the Seesaw, but lost the role in [...] D
Audrey Hepburn badly wanted the role of Emma Brown in "The Turning Point". She not only loved the sc [...] D
Grace Kelly was on the board of directors at 20th Century-Fox and the script treatment was sent to h [...] D
Leslie Browne's debut. D
Although surnames are omitted for the character names in the cast list of the end credits for Anne B [...] D
The movie was inspired by the real life story of friends of director Herbert Ross and his ex-balleri [...] D
Arnold's ballet "Ellingtonia" that Emilia dances is actually a section of Alvin Ailey's "The River", [...] D
First of two collaborations of actress Leslie Browne and actor-dancer Mikhail Baryshnikov. The films [...] D