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Budget. $2.5 million [1] Box office. $1,576,500. Slow Dancing in the Big City is a 1978 American romantic drama film directed by John G. Avildsen and starring Paul Sorvino and Anne Ditchburn. This was the first film made by Avildsen after 1976's Rocky won Academy Awards for Best Picture and Best Director.
Feb 16, 1979 · Slow Dancing in the Big City: Directed by John G. Avildsen. With Paul Sorvino, Anne Ditchburn, Nicolas Coster, Anita Dangler. An aging out of shape reporter falls for a pretty but seriously ill ballerina.
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- Drama, Musical, Romance
- John G. Avildsen
- 1979-02-16
That's OK with me. “Slow Dancing in the Big City” cheerfully exists in the world of big hearts and brave tears and happy endings that make you blow your nose. It's a classic of melodramatic overachievement. It involves a love story, of course. The guy is a hard-bitten New York newspaper columnist with a heart of gold, and the girl is a ...
By all accounts, a movie that was not well-received and didn’t fare well at the box office. Never received a home video release until now, finally made available by Kino Lorber on Blu-ray. Paul Sorvino plays a Jimmy Breslin-type newspaper columnist in NYC named Lou Friedlander. He’s a beloved, big-hearted, gentle chronicler of city life.
Slow Dancing in the Big City (1978) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
