Slow Dancing in the Big City is a 1978 film directed by John G. Avildsen

John G. Avildsen

John Guilbert Avildsen is an American film director.-Life and career:Avildsen was born in Oak Park, Illinois, the son of Ivy and Clarence John Avildsen...

. It stars Paul Sorvino

Paul Sorvino

Paul Anthony Sorvino is an American actor. He often portrays authority figures on both sides of the law, and is possibly best known for his roles as Paulie Cicero, a portrayal of Paul Vario in the film Goodfellas and Sgt. Phil Cerreta on the police procedural and legal drama television series Law...

 and Anne Ditchburn.

This was the first film made by Avildsen after 1976's Rocky

Rocky

Rocky is a 1976 American sports drama film directed by John G. Avildsen and both written by and starring Sylvester Stallone. It tells the rags to riches American Dream story of Rocky Balboa, an uneducated but kind-hearted debt collector for a loan shark in the city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania...

captured Academy Awards

Academy Awards

An Academy Award, also known as an Oscar, is an accolade bestowed by the American Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to recognize excellence of professionals in the film industry, including directors, actors, and writers...

 for Best Picture and Best Director. It has never been released on video or DVD.

Plot

Lou Friedlander is a popular newspaper columnist for the New York Daily News. His life changes dramatically upon falling in love with neighbor Sarah Gantz, a young ballerina. She is about to become disabled through a serious illness.

Cast

• Paul Sorvino
  Paul Sorvino
  Paul Anthony Sorvino is an American actor. He often portrays authority figures on both sides of the law, and is possibly best known for his roles as Paulie Cicero, a portrayal of Paul Vario in the film Goodfellas and Sgt. Phil Cerreta on the police procedural and legal drama television series Law...
  
   as Friedlander
• Anne Ditchburn as Sarah
• Nicolas Coster
  Nicolas Coster
  Nicolas Coster is a British-born American actor, most known for his work in daytime drama and as a character actor on nighttime television series.-Biography:...
  
  as David