It’s My Turn movie storyline. A successful but stressed mathematics professor (Clayburgh) goes to her father’s wedding and falls in love with her father’s bride’s son (Douglas), a prematurely retired pro baseball player. She must choose between him and her current boyfriend (Grodin), between Chicago and New York, and between research and administration.
It’s My Turn is a 1980 American romantic comedy-drama film starring Jill Clayburgh, Michael Douglas and Charles Grodin. The film was directed by Claudia Weill and written by Eleanor Bergstein. The producers of It’s My Turn cut out an erotic dancing scene from Bergstein’s screenplay, which sparked her to go on and write a new script that would become the 1987 hit film Dirty Dancing.
The film’s title track, played during the final credits—”It’s My Turn”—was sung by Diana Ross, with music by Michael Masser and lyrics by Carole Bayer Sager. It was released as a single and became a top ten hit on the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at number nine.
It’s My Turn (1980)
Directed by: Claudia Weill
Starring: Jill Clayburgh, Michael Douglas, Charles Grodin, Beverly Garland, Steven Hill, Teresa Baxter, Joan Copeland, Dianne Wiest
Screenplay by: Eleanor Bergstein
Production Design by: Jackson De Govia
Cinematography by: Bill Butler
Film Editing by: Byron ‘Buzz’ Brandt, James Coblentz, Marjorie Fowler, David Bretherton
Costume Design by: Ruth Myers
Set Decoration by: Linda DeScenna
Music by: Patrick Williams
Distributed by: Columbia Pictures
Release Date: October 24, 1980
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