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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...
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
Big City. Rent Big City on Prime Video, Apple TV, or buy it on Prime Video, Apple TV. Young Midge (Margaret O'Brien) is an orphan with an unusual adoptive family: she has three fathers. She ...
- Norman Taurog
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
“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. Movie Reviews
Dec 31, 2021 · The focus should be more on Lou and Sarah’s budding romance similar to the teen drama Jeremy (1973), and the film could have easily lost about 20 minutes to make it tighter. There is an argument to be made that the movie is Rocky simply supplanted to the world of choreography and dancing.
Reviews. Lists. Sort by. When Reviewed. Rating. ★★★ Watched by Roger Ebert 17 Nov 1978. Slow Dancing in the Big City. Corny? There hasn't been a cornier romantic tear-jerker since “Love Story.” But John Avildsen's “Slow Dancing in the Big City” has the courage of its corniness, and its clichés aren't half-hearted.
