Paul Sorvino
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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.
- $2.5 million
- Lloyd Kaufman
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.
- (262)
- Drama, Musical, Romance
- John G. Avildsen
- 1979-02-16
A corny and clichéd romantic tear-jerker about a newspaper columnist, a ballerina, a Puerto Rican kid and a bleeding tendon problem. Ebert praises the movie for its courage and its last scene, which is a classic of melodramatic overachievement.
Nov 30, 2021 · Slow Dancing in the Big City, a beautiful romance movie from the director of Rocky. Lou Friedlander (Paul Sorvino, Goodfellas, That Championship Season, Blood Brothers) is a popular columnist for the New York Daily News, writing about the little people of bustling New York City.
- (26)
- Paul Sorvino
- $15.52
- NTSC, Subtitled, Anamorphic, Blu-ray
In Manhattan, columnist Lou Friedlander (Paul Sorvino) experiences love at first sight when he sets his eyes upon a new tenant in his apartment building: Sarah Gantz (Anne Ditchburn), a ballerina ...
- Drama
Brief Synopsis. Read More. Ballerina Sarah Gantz moves into a New York apartment after breaking up with her boyfriend and her new neighbor, newspaper columnist Lou Friedlander, is instantly attracted to her. When Sarah learns that she is terminally ill, she goes against her doctor's advice to stop dancing and continues with her career.
