4 Movies Starring Mikhail Baryshnikov

The Turning Point

The Turning Point

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1977-11-18

Languages:

English, French

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

119 min

Rated:

PG

IMDB Ratings:

6.9 (2890 Reviews)

Director:

Herbert Ross

Genres:

DramaRomance

Fullplot:

The story of two women whose lives are dedicated to ballet. Deedee left her promising dance career to become a wife and mother and now runs a ballet school in Oklahoma. Emma stayed with a company and became a star though her time is nearly past. Both want what the other has and reflects back on missed chances as they are brought together again through Deedee's daughter who joins the company.

White Nights

White Nights

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1985-12-06

Languages:

English, Russian

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

136 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

6.5 (4868 Reviews)

Director:

Taylor Hackford

Genres:

Drama

Cast:

Writer:

James Goldman (screenplay)

Eric Hughes (screenplay)

James Goldman (story)

Fullplot:

An expatriate Russian dancer is on a plane forced to land on Soviet territory. He is taken to an apartment in which a black American who has married a Russian woman lives with her. He is to become a dancer for the Bolshoi again, but he wishes to escape, but can he trust the American?

Dancers

Dancers

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1987-10-09

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

99 min

Rated:

PG

IMDB Ratings:

4.3 (187 Reviews)

Director:

Herbert Ross

Fullplot:

A successful aging dancer takes a young female protegee.

The Cabinet of Dr. Ramirez

The Cabinet of Dr. Ramirez

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1991-12-04

Countries:

France, Germany, USA, UK

Runtime:

111 min

IMDB Ratings:

5.2 (114 Reviews)

Director:

Peter Sellars

Cast:

Writer:

Peter Sellars

Joan Cusack

Mikhail Baryshnikov

Peter Gallagher

Ron Vawter

Fullplot:

Featuring music instead of any dialogue and set in a near Kafkaesque future, this loose remake of The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari follows a bureaucrat whom mysterious Dr. Ramirez and his hideous sidekick want as their latest victim.

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