Herbert Ross (nominated for the Best Director Academy Award for this film) romantic ballet dance melodrama ("The generations change. But the choices remain the same."; "A moving story. A romantic story. A story of envy, hatred, friendship, triumph, and love."; "Written by Arthur Laurents"; nominated for the Best Picture Academy Award)
Starring Anne Bancroft (nominated for the Best Actress Academy Award for this film), Shirley MacLaine (nominated for the Best Actress Academy Award for this film), Tom Skerritt, Mikhail Baryshnikov (nominated for the Best Supporting Actor Academy Award for this film; the famous Latvian ballet dancer-turned actor in his second movie role!), Leslie Browne (nominated for the Best Supporting Actress Academy Award for this film; Baryshnikov and Browne are both billed as "introducing Mikhail Baryshnikov and Leslie Browne"), Martha Scott, Marshall Thompson, Anothony Zerbe, and the American Ballet Theatre.
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