Monday, December 12, 2011

New York, New York

New York, New York
United Artist, 1977, Color, 164 minutes
Released June, 1977

Robert De Niro joins Liza Minnelli in this extravagant musical-drama. De Niro is a jazz musician who falls for Liza during a V-J day celebration. Martin Scorsese directs. Complete, uncut version.

Producers: Robert Chartoff and Irwin Winkler
Associate Producer Gene Kirkwood
Director: Martin Scorsese
Screenplay: Mardik Martin and Earl Mac Rauch (based on a story by Rauch)
Musical Composer: Ralph Burns
Music Director: Ralph Burns
Production Design: Boris Leven
Art Direction: Harry Kemm
Set Decoration: Robert DeVestel, Ruby R. Levitt
Costume Design: Theadora Van Runkle
Special Effects: Richard Albain
Choreography: Ron Field
Cinematography: Laszlo Kovacs
Film Editing: B. Lovitt, David Ramirez, Tom Rolf

Cast: Robert De Niro [Jimmy Doyle], Liza Minnelli [Francine Evans], Lionel Stander [Tony Harwell], Mary Kay Place [Bernice], George Memmoli [Nicky], Murray Moston [Horace Morris], Barry Primus [Paul Wilson], Georgie Auld [Frankie Harte], Dick Miller [Palm Club Owner], Leonard Gaines [Artie Kirks], Clarence Clemons [Cecil Powell], Kathi McGinnis [Ellen Flannery], Norman Palmer [Desk Clerk], Dimitri Logothetis [Desk Clerk], Adam David Winkler [Jimmy Doyle, Jr.], Frank Sivero [Eddie Di Muzio], Diahnne Abbott [Harlem Club Singer], Margo Winkler [Argumentative Woman], Joey Forman [Argumentative Man], Steven Prince [Record Producer], Don Calfa [Gilbert], Bernie Kuby [Justice of the Peace], Selma Archerd [Wife of Justice of the Peace], Bill Baldwin [Moonlit Terrace Announcer], Mary Lindsay [Hat Check Girl in Meadows], Jon Cutler [Musician in Frankie Harte Band], Nicky Blair, Harold Ross, Bruce L. Lucoff [Cab Drivers], Jay Salerno [Bus Driver], Casey Kasem, Bill McMillan [Disk Jockeys], William Tole [Tommy Dorsey], Sydney Guilaroff [Hairdresser], Peter Savage [Horace Morris' Assistant], Gene Castle [Dancing Sailor], Louis Guss [Fowler], Shera Danese [Doyle's Girl in Major Chord], David Nichols [Arnold Trench], Harry Northrup [Alabama], Marty Zagon [South Bend Ballroom Manager], Timothy Blake [Nurse], Betty Cole [Charwoman], DeForest Covan [Porter], Phil Gray [Trombone Player in Jimmy Doyle's Band], Roosevelt Smith [Bouncer in Major Chord], Bill Murry [Harlem Club Waiter], Clint Arnold [Palm Club Trombone Player], Richard Alan Berk [Palm Club Drummer], Wilfred R. Middlebrooks [Palm Club Bass Player], Jake Vernon Porter [Palm Club Trumpet Player], Nat Pierce [Palm Club Piano Player], Jack R. Clinton [Palm Club Bartender], Manuel Escobosa [Fighter in Moonlit Terrace], Susan Kay Hunt, Teryn Jenkins [Moonlit Terrace Girls], Mardik Martin [Well-wisher in Moonlit Terrace], Leslie Summers [Woman in Black in Moonlit Terrace], Brock Michaels [Man at Table in Moonlit Terrace], Booty Reed, Washington Rucker [Musicians at Hiring Hall], David Armstrong, Robert Buckingham, Eddie Garrett, Nico Stevens [Reporters], Peter Fain [Greeter in Up Club], Angelo Lamonea [Waiter in Up Club], Charles A. Tamburro, Wallace McCleskey [Bouncers in Up Club], Ronald Prince [Dancer in Up Club], Robert Petersen [Photographer], Richard Raymond [Railroad Conductor], Hank Robinson [Francine's Bodyguard], Eddie Smith [Man in Bathroom in Harlem Club]

Musical Program: There Goes the Ballgame (Liza Minnelli); But the World Goes 'Round (Liza Minnelli); New York, New York (Liza Minnelli); Happy Endings (Liza Minnelli, Larry Kert and Chorus); You Are My Lucky Star (Liza Minnelli); You Brought a New Kind of Love to Me (Liza Minnelli with Georgie Auld dubbing for Robert De Niro on sax); Once in a While (Liza Minnelli); The Man I Love (Liza Minnelli with Georgie Auld dubbing for Robert De Niro on sax); Just You, Just Me (Liza Minnelli with Georgie Auld dubbing for Robert De Niro on sax); Blue Moon (Robert De Niro and Mary Kay Place with Georgie Auld dubbing De Niro on sax); Honeysuckle Rose (Diahnne Abbott); Do Nothin' Till You Hear from Me; Taking a Chance on Love

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