Herbert Ross TURNING POINT Original screenplay for the 1977 film 1976 #156769

  

The Turning Point (Original screenplay for the 1977 film). Author: Herbert Ross (director); Arthur Laurents (screenwriter); Anne Bancroft, Shirley Maclaine, Tom Skerritt, Mikhail Baryshnikov, Leslie Browne (starring) Title: The Turning Point (Original screenplay for the 1977 film) Publication: Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox, 1976. Description: Revised Final script for the 1977 film.

A portrait of the second wave of feminism at its turning point in the late 1970s, about two former dancers whose lives have gone separate ways (one having become a professional dancer, the other a housewife), and whose unexpected reunion yields dramatic consequences. Nominated for eleven Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Screenplay.

Shot on location in Oklahoma City. Green titled Twentieth Century-Fox wrappers, dated July 2, 1976. Title page present, dated July 2, 1976, noted as REVISED FINAL, with credits for screenwriter Arthur Laurents.

119 leaves, with last page of text numbered 118. Xerographic duplication on eye-rest green stock, rectos only. Pages Near Fine, wrapper Near Fine, bound with two gold brads. Housed in a custom cloth slipcase. Subject: 1970s Cinema, Academy Awards, Dance, Film Scripts, Romance, Women's Interest.

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