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Actors: Robert De Niro, Liza Minelli
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about New York, New York |
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It's the final day of World War II, and jazz saxophonist Jimmy Doyle (De Niro) is looking for a job and a woman. Doyle's a selfish smooth-talker with a short fuse. He tries out all his lines on various girls, including Francine Evans (Minnelli), and strikes out. Turns out Francine is a singer, though, and their paths cross again later. Friendship blooms into love, marriage, and dual careers, then conflicts. Their fights go on interminably, as Jimmy's constant jealousy of Francine's career success requires her repeated forgiveness. Martin Scorsese's only movie musical, circa 1977, pays tribute to many of the musicals he grew up with in the 1940s, but it's a harsh, realistic story (and a bit long at 163 minutes). Watch for Mary Kay Place as a rival singer, Clarence Clemons as a trumpet player in the Harlem Club Band, and Casey Kasem as DJ Midnight Bird. That torch singer in the Harlem Club is played by Diahnne Abbott, who in reality was De Niro's wife at the time. This movie also introduced the world to that ubiquitous song "New York, New York."
--David Loftus, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of New York, New York |
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Plot
Time/era of movie:
- 1930's-1950's
Romance/Love/Hugging
Yes
Kind of romance:
- rekindling lost love/marriage
Job/Profession/Poverty Story?
Yes
Job:
- musician
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- singer/musician
Age:
- 20's-30's
Eccentric:
Yes
- emotionally unstable
Hair color?
- brunette (Brown)
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- (man) average
Events of movie makes character more...
- irritated
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn wavey
How much in movie?
- 80%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Identity:
- general circumstances
Setting
United States
Yes
City?
Yes
Misc setting
- bar
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- no torture/death
Movie makes you feel...
- frustrated
Any profanity?
- Occasional swearing
If lots of song/dance...
- lot of singing
If soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Jazz/r&b
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