Basic
Info
Title:
New York, New York
Genre:
Drama, Music, Musical
Country:
United States
Language:
English
Running
time: 163 minutes
Release
date: June 21, 1977
Staff
Director:
Martin Scorsese
Producer:
Robert Chartoff, Irwin Winkler
Written
by: Mardik Martin, Earl Mac Rauch
Music:
John Kander, Fred Ebb
Cinematography:
László Kovács
Edited
by: Bert Lovitt, David Ramirez, Tom Rolf
Cast
Liza Minnelli as Francine Evans
Robert De Niro as Jimmy Doyle
Lionel Stander as Tony Harwell
Barry Primus as Paul Wilson
Mary Kay Place as Bernice Bennett
Summary
"New York, New York" is a 1977 American musical drama film directed by Martin Scorsese and written by Mardik Martin and Earl Mac Rauch.
This film is a musical tribute, featuring new songs by John Kander and Fred Ebb as well as jazz standards, to New York City, the hometown of Scorsese, and stars Robert De Niro and Liza Minnelli as a pair of musicians and lovers.
The story of the film is about a jazz saxophonist (Robert De Niro) and a pop singer (Liza Minnelli) who fall madly in love and marry. However, the incredibly volatile personality of the saxophonist continues to strain their relationship and eventually their marriage collapses after they have a baby.
The film is also the final screen appearance of singer
and actor Jack Haley.
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| Jack Haley |
Movie
Review
“The "lost"
Scorsese film”
“Flawed but interesting”
“Not perfect but
fascinating”
“Scorsese's passion is
clearly evident in all his movies, same in this case”
Interesting
stories about the film
1. Robert De Niro learned how to
play the saxophone to make his performance look more realistic, but his
saxophone playing still had to be overdubbed.
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| Robert De Niro |
2. To shoot this film, Liza
Minnelli used the dressing room and hairdresser used by her mother, Judy Garland,
and worked on Garland's old MGM soundstages. As a result, Liza Minnelli was
obsessed with the memories of her mother, Judy Garland, throughout the shoot.
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| Liza Minnelli |
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| Judy Garland |
3. The film cost $14 million to
produce, but only earned $13.8 million at the box office. The poor reception to
the film drove Scorsese depression.
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| Martin Scorsese |
4. Martin Scorsese was inspired by
films such as The Man I Love (1946) and My Dream Is Yours (1949).
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| The Man I Love (1946) |
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| My Dream Is Yours (1949) |
5. The main thing to be remembered
for now in this film is the theme song by John Kander and Fred Ebb. This song
has become the anthem of New York City since the screening of the film and is
now played at every New York Yankees game.
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| The logo for New York Yankees |
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