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The Turning Point (1977) [PG]

Release Date:
November 14, 1977

Original Title:
The Turning Point

Alternate Titles:
A Grande Decisão
Am Wendepunkt
Due vite, una svolta
Fordulópont
Käännekohta
Le Tournant de la vie
Momento de Decisão
Momento de decisión
Nový začátek
Pas decisiv
Paso decisivo
Punkt zwrotny
Vändpunkten
Životna prekretnica
Η Κρίσιμη Καμπή
Поворотный пункт
愛と喝采の日々

Genres:
Drama | Romance

Production Companies:
Hera Productions

Production Countries:
United States of America

Ratings / Certifications:
BR: 12  NL: 12  US: PG 

Runtime: 119

The generations change. But the choices remain the same.

Overview from TheMovieDB

As young dancers, they were best friends and fierce rivals. Deedee left the stage for marriage and motherhood, while Emma would become an international ballet icon. But when Deedee's teenage daughter is invited to join Emma's dance company and begins an affair with a young Russian star, the two women are forced to confront the choices they've made, the resentments they've hidden and the emotional truths they must face at the turning point.

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Production

Assistant Editor:
Michael E. Polakow

Associate Producer:
Roger M. Rothstein

Camera Operator:
Warren Rothenberger
Ralph Gerling

Casting:
Juliet Taylor
David Graham

Choreographer:
Michel Fokine
George Balanchine
Jean Coralli
Marius Petipa
Harald Lander
John Cranko
Alexander Minz
Alvin Ailey
Frederick Ashton
Jules Perrot
Lev Ivanov
Dennis Nahat
Kenneth MacMillan

Conductor:
John Lanchbery

Construction Coordinator:
Hendrik Wynands

Continuity:
Julia Tucker

Costume Design:
Albert Wolsky

Dialect Coach:
Saax Bradbury

Dialogue Editor:
Godfrey Marks

Director:
Herbert Ross

Director of Photography:
Robert Surtees

Editor:
William Reynolds

Executive Producer:
Nora Kaye

First Assistant Director:
Jack Roe

Gaffer:
Willie Meyerhoff
Earl Kennedy

Hairstylist:
Kathryn Blondell

Key Grip:
Daniel R. Jordan
Louis Cappeta

Makeup Artist:
Charles H. Schram

Music:
Duke Ellington
Carl Czerny
Ludwig Minkus
Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Sergei Prokofiev
Adolphe Adam
Frédéric Chopin
Henryk Wieniawski

Music Editor:
George Korngold

Original Music Composer:
John Lanchbery

Producer:
Herbert Ross
Arthur Laurents

Production Design:
Albert Brenner

Production Manager:
Roger M. Rothstein

Production Sound Mixer:
Jerry Jost

Property Master:
Gregg H. Bilson
Joseph M. Caracciolo

Scoring Mixer:
Ted Keep

Second Assistant Director:
Tony Bishop
Peter Burrell

Set Decoration:
Marvin March

Sound Editor:
William Hartman
Richard Sperber

Sound Re-Recording Mixer:
Theodore Soderberg

Title Designer:
Wayne Fitzgerald

Wardrobe Designer:
Jennifer L. Parsons
Tony Faso

Writer:
Arthur Laurents

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