New York, New York (1977)

New York, New York (1977)

A United Artists Release. A Robert Chantoff-Irwin Winkler Production.

Director: Martin Scorsese. Screenplay: Earl Mac Rauch and Mardik Martin. Story: Earl Mac Rauch. Producers: Irwin Winkler and Robert Chartoff. Associate Producer: Gene Kirkwood. Cinematography: Laszlo Kovacs, A.S.C. Supervising Film Editors: Irving Lerner, Marcia Lucas. Film Editors: Tom Rolf, A.C.E., B. Lovitt. Production Design: Boris Leven.

Cast: Liza Minnelli (Francine Evans), Robert De Niro (Jimmy Doyle), Lionel Stander (Tony Harwell), Barry Primus (Paul Wilson), Mary Kay Place (Bernice), Georgie Auld (Frankie Harte), George Memmoli (Nicky), Dick Miller (Palm Club owner), Murray Moston (Horace Morris), Lenny Gaines (Artie Kirks), Clarence Clemons (Cecil Powell), Kathy McGinnis (Ellen Flannery), Norman Palmer (Desk Clerk)

M.P.A.A. Rating: PG.
Running Time: 136 minutes (1977 release), 163 minutes (1980 rerelease)
Home Video: CBS/Fox tape and laserdisc (of the 163-minute version).

Synopsis: At a victory celebration marking the end of World War II, musician Jimmy Doyle meets singer Francine Evans. After a rocky start, a romance begins. When she gets a job touring with the Frankie Harte Band, Francine asks Jimmy to join her. On the road they get married. But the Big Band Era is coming to a close. Harte sells Jimmy the band, which continues to win bookings on the strength of Francine's singing. When she becomes pregnant and is forced to leave, the band falls apart, and their marriage begins to unravel. While Francine's career as a singer is on the rise, Jimmy having difficulty finding work. His undisguised jealousy reaches a boiling point in a climactic fight between them that brings on her labor. She gives birth to a boy, but Jimmy leaves her. The story takes up again several years later when Francine is a successful film star. Jimmy, who has his own jazz club, comes to see the opening night of her new show. He asks to see her afterward. She agrees, but has second thoughts and doesn't keep the date.