New York, New York (lm)

New York, New York is a 1977 American musical drama

lm directed by Martin Scorsese. It is a musical tribute,
featuring new songs by John Kander and Fred Ebb as well
as standards, to Scorseses home town of New York City,
and stars Robert De Niro and Liza Minnelli as a pair of
musicians and lovers. The lm marked the nal screen
appearance of actor Jack Haley.

ner. Francine is tempted, heads toward the stage door

exit, but at the last moment changes her mind. Jimmy,
waiting on the sidewalk, realizes he has been stood up
and heads o down the street, accompanied by the song
he has writtenthe Theme from New York, New York".

2 Cast

An alternate ending sees the pair reunite and walk o to

dinner, sharing conversation about their son.

Plot

Liza Minnelli as Francine Evans

The story opens on V-J Day in 1945. A massive

celebration in a New York City nightclub is underway, music provided by the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra. While there, selsh and smooth-talking saxophone
player Jimmy Doyle, meets small-time singer Francine
Evans, who, although lonely, still wants nothing to do with
Jimmy, who keeps pestering her for her phone number.

Robert De Niro as Jimmy Doyle

Lionel Stander as Tony Harwell
Barry Primus as Paul Wilson
Mary Kay Place as Bernice Bennett

The next morning, they end up sharing a cab, and, against

her will, Francine accompanies Jimmy to an audition.
There he gets into an argument with the club owner.
Francine, to get the audition back on track, begins to sing
the old standard, "You Brought a New Kind of Love to
Me"; Jimmy joins in on his sax. The club owner is impressed and, to Francines astonishment, they are both
oered a joba boy-girl act. From that moment on,
Jimmy and Francines relationship deepens into love. But
there are problemsmainly, Jimmys tendency to ght
with everyone, and his increasingly violent arguments
with Francine, who becomes pregnant with his child. An
especially bad shouting match between them results in
Francine going into labor. Jimmy rushes her to the hospital, but he is not ready to be a father, or a good husband,
and he abandons his wife.

Frank Sivero as Eddie DiMuzio

Georgie Auld as Frankie Harte
George Memmoli as Nicky
Harry Northup as Alabama
Dick Miller as Palm Club Owner
Clarence Clemons as Cecil Powell
Casey Kasem as DJ aka Midnight Bird
Adam Winkler as Jimmy Doyle, Jr.
Jack Haley (uncredited cameo) as Master of Ceremonies

Several years later, in a recording studio, Francine

records But the World Goes Round, a powerful anthem
which makes the charts and turns her into a popular entertainment gure. In the following years, Jimmy and
Francine both nd success in the music industry; he becomes a renowned jazz musician and club owner, while
she becomes a successful singer and lm actress.

3 Music
1. Main Title (Theme / You Are My Lucky Star / Just
You, Just Me / The Man I Love - Medley) - Ralph
Burns (1:53)

Jimmy records a song of his on his saxophone which

tops the charts, and Francine cements her stardom after singing Jimmys song, "New York, New York". Her
performance, received by a wildly appreciative audience,
takes place in the same nightclub where, years earlier,
she and Jimmy had met. After the show, Jimmy telephones his ex-wife, suggesting they get together for din-

2. "You Brought a New Kind of Love to Me" - Liza

Minnelli (1:47)
3. Flip the Dip - orchestra (2:13)
4. V.J. Stomp - orchestra (1:08)
5. "Opus Number One" - orchestra (8:49)
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6. "Once in a While" - Liza Minnelli (2:17)
7. "You Are My Lucky Star" - Liza Minnelli (1:18)
8. Game Over - orchestra (2:25)
9. Its a Wonderful World - orchestra (2:08)

10. "The Man I Love" - Liza Minnelli (3:20)

11. Hazoy - orchestra (2:38)
12. "Just You, Just Me" - Liza Minnelli (2:29)

EXTERNAL LINKS

In his introduction to the lms DVD, released in 2005,

Scorsese explains that he intended the lm as a break
from the gritty realism for which he had become famous,
and sees it as an homage to the musical lms of Classical
Hollywood. For this reason, he designed the lms sets
and storyline to be deliberately articial-looking. He acknowledges that it is an experiment that did not please
everyone.
The lm currently holds a 67% 'Fresh' rating on Rotten
Tomatoes, based on 30 reviews.[4]

13. "There Goes the Ball Game" - Liza Minnelli (1:27)

14. "Blue Moon" - Robert De Niro / Mary Kay Place
(3:28)

5 Re-releases

When the lm was originally released, it had a running

time of 155 minutes. The box-oce failure of the lm
prompted United Artists to cut the lm down to 136 min16. "Happy Endings" - Liza Minnelli / Larry Kert
utes. It was then re-released in 1981 with the deleted
(11:39)
scenes restored, including the lengthy musical number
17. "But the World Goes 'Round" - Liza Minnelli (3:58) Happy Endings, only a small portion of which had appeared in the original release. The total running time of
18. "Theme from New York, New York" - orchestra the DVD edition is 163 minutes.
(2:49)
15. Don't Be That Way - orchestra (0:44)

19. "Honeysuckle Rose" - Diahnne Abbott (2:16)

20. Once Again Right Away - orchestra (2:04)
21. Bobbys Dream - orchestra (3:58)
22. "Theme from New York, New York" - Liza Minnelli
(3:16)
23. Theme from New York, New York (Reprise)" - orchestra (1:13)
The theme song of the lm, "Theme from New York,
New York", found its own success when Frank Sinatra
recorded a cover version of it in 1980. The song became a hit, and both Sinatras and Minnellis versions have
become closely associated with Manhattan in New York
City. Minnelli continues to perform the number at nearly
all of her concerts.

Style and responses

Made after Scorseses successful Taxi Driver, the lm was

a box-oce failure. Its budget was $14 million, a large
gure at the time, but it grossed only $13.8 million at the
box-oce and the disappointing reception drove Scorsese into depression and drugs.[2] However, it is reported in
Peter Biskind's book Easy Riders, Raging Bulls that Scorseses addiction to cocaine and complete lack of control
over the improvisation of dialogues in the set were major
factors that contributed to the failure of the lm. United
Artists ultimately recouped its loss on the lm as a result
of an agreement wherein they would share the prots with
Rocky, which the executives had expected to be a op.[3]

6 References
[1] "NEW YORK, NEW YORK (A)`". United Artists. British
Board of Film Classication. July 21, 1977. Retrieved
June 26, 2014.
[2] Behind the screen: Minnelli on New York New York
[3] Nashawaty, Chris (2002-02-19). EW: The Right Hook:
How Rocky Nabbed Best Picture. Entertainment Weekly.
[4] New York, New York at Rotten Tomatoes

7 External links
New York, New York at the Internet Movie Database
New York, New York at the TCM Movie Database
New York, New York at Box Oce Mojo
New York, New York at Rotten Tomatoes

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