New York, New York (Blu-ray) PG
The war was over and the world was falling in love again.
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Blu-ray Details
- Rated: PG
- Run Time: 2 hours, 43 minutes
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region 0 (Worldwide)
- Released: June 7, 2011
- Originally Released: 1977
- Label: Mgm (Video & Dvd)
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Liza Minnelli & Robert De Niro | |
Performer: | Lionel Stander, Georgie Auld, Mary Kay Place, George Memmoli, Barry Primus, Dick Miller, Diahnne Abbott, Leonard Gaines, Don Calfa & Clarence Clemons | |
Directed by | Martin Scorsese | |
Edited by | Bert Lovitt, David Ramirez & Tom Rolf | |
Screenplay by | Earl Mac Rauch & Mardik Martin | |
Composition by | Ralph Burns | |
Story by | Earl Mac Rauch | |
Produced by | Irwin Winkler & Robert Chartoff | |
Director of Photography: | László Kovács |
Entertainment Reviews:
Martin Scorsese's musical saga "New York, New York" is the keenest disappointment of the summer.
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Washington Post
Rating: 2/5 --
Why should a man of Mr. Scorsese's talent be giving us what amounts to no more than a film buff's essay on a pop-film form that was never, at any point in film history, of the first freshness?
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New York Times
Rating: 3/4 --
Martin Scorsese's New York, New York never pulls itself together into a coherent whole, but if we forgive the movie its confusions we're left with a good time.
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Chicago Sun-Times
[An] uniquely edgy epic...
USA Today
[The film] boasts an evocative, nostalgic production design...
Los Angeles Times
[I]t looks extraordinary....[T]he scope and ambition of the whole is quite breathtaking in parts.
Mojo
In a final burst from Old Hollywood, Minnelli tears into the title song and it's a wowser.
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Variety
Product Description:
Martin Scorsese's NEW YORK, NEW YORK is a sparkling, nostalgic look at the big-band era of the 1940s, as well as the MGM musicals of the 1940s and 1950s. The story concerns Jimmy Doyle (Robert De Niro), an aspiring saxophonist who meets and is at first rejected by singer Francine Evans (Liza Minelli). When they continue to bump into each other, a friendship blossoms, followed by romance, and then marriage. All the while, both musicians struggle to succeed at their craft, which begins to put an unbearable strain on their relationship. Eventually, this weight becomes too heavy to handle, leading the couple into a traumatic separation. Scorsese's obvious love for this era of music--as well as cinema--is overflowing throughout the picture, from the set pieces to the costumes to the musical numbers. Most striking is the brutally realistic depiction of a disintegrating marriage, filmed in a series of long, tense takes. De Niro and Minelli jump headlong into their characters, which results in a film that is a challenging viewing experience but emotionally rewarding to the dedicated viewer. As usual, Scorsese's meticulous visual presentation is flawless, as is the film's soundtrack, which recaptures the big-band era with reverence and passion.