The Turning Point (1977 film)

The Turning Point
Directed byHerbert Ross
Written byArthur Laurents
Produced byArthur Laurents
Herbert Ross
Nora Kaye
Starring
CinematographyRobert Surtees
Edited byWilliam H. Reynolds
Distributed by20th Century Fox
Release date
  • November 14, 1977 (1977-11-14)
Running time
119 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Box office$33.6 million[1]

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. It stars Shirley MacLaine and Anne Bancroft, along with Leslie Browne, Mikhail Baryshnikov, and Tom Skerritt. It was nominated for 11 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 (whose daughter, Leslie Browne, stars in the film) and Nora Kaye.

  1. ^ "The Turning Point, Box Office Information". The Numbers. Archived from the original on May 29, 2014. Retrieved January 29, 2012.