New York, New York (film)
- Liza Minnelli: Francine Evans
- Robert De Niro: Jimmy Doyle
- Barry Primus: Paul Wilson
- Mary Kay Place: Bernice Bennett
- Georgie Auld: Frankie Harte
- George Memmoli: Nicky
- Clarence Clemons: Cecil Powell
- Kathi McGinnis: Ellen Flannery
- Dimitri Logothetis: Desk Clerk
New York, New York is an American musical film released in 1977. Directed by Martin Scorsese. The film is set in New York City in the 1940s and, according to director a " Film Noir Musical". The main roles are played by Liza Minnelli and Robert De Niro. The film was nominated for four Golden Globes in 1978.
Action
The film begins in August 1945 in New York City. The millions city celebrates frenetically the surrender of Japan. In a dance hall, the laid-off straight out of the Army tenor saxophonist Jimmy Doyle makes approach the young Francine Evans. She has getingelt at war with the troops care and is now hoping for a career as a singer. Francine shows brittle, but Jimmy does not give up. Both come under the band of Frankie Harte, who takes over Jimmy later.
One night he drags Francine justice of the peace, you get married. Soon, however, shows that the career aspirations of the two are incompatible with each other. Francine makes recordings that do not like Jimmy; he plays with his black masters aggressive bebop in Harlem. They part; first on stage, then from bed and board. Francine is a celebrated Hollywood star, Jimmy brings it to a successful nightclub owner. When they finally meet again, they arrange a date, but from which both know that it will not take place.
Reviews
- Encyclopedia of the International Films: An often nostalgic homage to the aesthetics of the old Broadway show business. Designed with great attention to atmospheric and musical detail; excellent actor performances.
- Hans -Christoph Blumenberg on September 9, 1977 in Time: A black musical has named Martin Scorsese " New York, New York": on the one hand an opulent tribute to the genre of "Singin ' in the Rain" in all its larger than life artificiality, on the other hand the oppressive realistic portrait of a life and marriage crisis. But the synthesis of these elements is not entirely successful Scorsese: especially in the last third of the film is developed in a stereotyped rich languishing show business tragedy.
Theme from New York, New York
Composed by Fred Ebb and John Kander theme song (exact Song Title: Theme from New York, New York), which is interpreted by Liza Minnelli at the end of the film, gained its international reputation mainly by Frank Sinatra, who from October 1978 until it his last appearances throughout resulted in his concert repertoire in December 1994. In September 1979 Sinatra played the song with an arrangement by Don Costa for his Reprise album Trilogy: Past -Present - Future in the studio and released it after the album's release in March 1980 as a single. This recording has since been regarded as the unofficial anthem of the city of New York.
In 1993, Sinatra at Capitol on his album Duets a re-recording of the piece as (electronic ) duet with Tony Bennett out; on several occasions in the 1980s and 1990s, Sinatra sang the song on the concert stage and together with Liza Minnelli. Minnelli has published several own live versions, including on their incurred in New York albums Liza Minnelli: At Carnegie Hall ( 1987), and Liza Live from Radio City Music Hall (1992 ), and performs the piece still in her concert repertoire.
Theme from New York, New York is not to be confused with the song New York, New York by Leonard Bernstein, Betty Comden and Adolph Green from the musical On the Town, which Sinatra sang in the film version in 1949 and the Minnelli later also interpreted. Some concerts from the early 1980s combined both Sinatra songs by first sang the first few lines of New York City, New York and then headed to Theme from New York, New York.
To distinguish: The song from On The Town begins with the words " New York, New York, it's a helluva town / The Bronx is up and the Battery 's down ... ", whereas the first words of the Kander / Ebb title are: "Start spreadin ' the news, I'm leaving today / I want to be a part of it: New York, New York. "
The song is played City since the 1980s at Lufthansa landing at New York.