Emma is an aging ballet star whose career has reached its peak. Deedee is her friend who abandoned her career many years ago for marriage and motherhood. The two are reunited when Deedee’s daughter shows real promise of becoming an outstanding ballerina. Stars Anne Bancroft and Shirley MacLaine with Tom Skerritt, Mikhail Baryshnikov, Leslie Browne, Martha Scott, Anthony Zerbe, supported by the American Ballet Theater and featuring the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra.
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Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
318706
Language
English
Subject categories
Feature films → Feature films - United States
Music & Performing Arts → American Ballet Theater
Music & Performing Arts → Ballerinas
Music & Performing Arts → Ballet in motion pictures, television, etc
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
VHS; Access Print (Section 1)