
The Goodbye Girl(1977)
After being dumped by her live-in boyfriend, an unemployed dancer and her 10-year-old daughter are reluctantly forced to live with a struggling off-Broadway actor.


“The generations change. But the choices remain the same.”
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.

Anne Bancroft
Emma

Shirley MacLaine
Deedee

Tom Skerritt
Wayne

Mikhail Baryshnikov
Yuri

Leslie Browne
Emilia

Martha Scott
Adelaide
Antoinette Sibley
Sevilla
Starr Danias
Carolyn

Marshall Thompson
Carter

James Mitchell
Michael
The Turning Point is a drama, romance film released in 1977 exploring themes of infidelity, new york city, jealousy, midlife crisis, ambition, rivalry. Directed by Herbert Ross, it stars Anne Bancroft, Shirley MacLaine, Tom Skerritt. 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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