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A slick producer persuades Mikhail Baryshnikov to pursue Hollywood stardom. As Orson Welles narrates, Baryshnikov dances through various film genres, silents, swashbucklers, westerns, and film...
In 1977, Mikhail made his film debut in The Turning Point (1977), a part written especially for him, where he played Yuri, a superstar ballet defector from Russia who beds more ballerinas than he dances with. Gelsey was also slated to co-star, but she wanted "no part of Hollywood", had objections to the story-line and soon after the two split.
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Baryshnikov performed in his first film role soon after arriving in New York. He portrayed the character Yuri Kopeikine, a famous, womanizing Russian ballet dancer, in the 1977 film The Turning Point , for which he received an Oscar nomination.
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A slick producer (Dom DeLuise) persuades legendary Mikhail Baryshnikov to pursue Hollywood stardom. As Orson Welles narrates, Baryshnikov dances through various film genres - silents, swashbucklers, westerns, and film noir - assisted by an all-star cast including Gene Wilder, Bernadette Peters and Shirley Maclaine.
