The Turning Point (1977 film)

The Turning Point is a 1977 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 reallife Brown family and the friendship between ballerinas Isabel Mirrow Brown and Nora Kaye.

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 afterparty for the company at her home. The reunion stirs up old memories and things begin to unravel.At the party, DeeDees aspiring dancerdaughter, Emilia Leslie Browne, who is also Emmas 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 doesnt make friends as easily as her younger sister. Meanwhile their son, Ethan gets a scholarship to the companys summer program while Wayne and their other daughter stay in Oklahoma City. ........

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