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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.
- $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.
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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. Advertisement. It involves a love story, of course. The guy is a hard-bitten New York newspaper columnist with a heart of gold, and the ...
Dec 31, 2021 · An earlier title that she co-starred in is the little seen but interesting Slow Dancing in the Big City (1978), a leisurely romantic drama starring Paul Sorvino. The film was directed by the late John Avildsen and was his follow-up to his 1976 surprise smash hit Rocky which starred Sylvester Stallone and won the 1977 Oscar for Best Picture.
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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.
