The Turning Point (1977 film)

The Turning Point
Directed by	Herbert Ross
Written by	Arthur Laurents
Produced by	Arthur Laurents Herbert Ross Nora Kaye
Starring	Anne Bancroft Shirley MacLaine Tom Skerritt Mikhail Baryshnikov Leslie Browne Martha Scott Marshall Thompson Anthony Zerbe
Cinematography	Robert Surtees
Edited by	William H. Reynolds
Distributed by	20th Century Fox
Release date	November 14, 1977 (1977-11-14)
Running time	119 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
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.