New York, New York details
| Format: | PG DVD |
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| Starring: | Liza Minnelli, Mary Kay Place, Lionel Stander, Barry Primus, Dick Miller, Robert De Niro |
| Director: | Martin Scorsese |
| Genre: | Music/Musical - Musical |
| Studio: | MGM ENTERTAINMENT |
| Name | Discs | |
|---|---|---|
New York, New York |
PG Feature | |
New York, New York - Bonus Feature |
PG Bonus |
DVD Information
| Run time: | 2 hours 36 minutes |
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| Rental release: | 13 Jun 2005 |
| Main languages: | English |
| Dubbed: | French, Spanish, Polish |
| Subtitles: | Bulgarian, Croatian, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Norwegian, Portuguese, Slovenian, Swedish |
| Hearing impaired subtitles: | English |
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Scorsese's lost classic
By a customer from London , 10 Jun 2005[Highly rated reviewer]
Back in 1977 following the blood dripping noir of Taxi Driver with a revisionary musical seemed like a VERY BAD IDEA and consequently the cinemas stayed empty for this one. Indeed 2 and a half hours of a LIza Minelli musical is a scary prospect indeed - until you see the film.
New York, New York is a moving drama about two people doomed to never be able to love each other enough. For a musical this is surprisingly raw and Scorsese picks at the Hollywood cliche to find a darker subtext and the raw meat of human emotion.
Indulgent and long? Yes. But also quite brilliant and an unjustly overlooked work from Scorsese- Was this review helpful to you?
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(13)I liked this film a lot.
By Wordsmith42 (6 reviews) from Barnard Castle , 16 May 2013De Niro's character for a lot of the film is bombastic and self centred. It's a tribute to his acting prowess that we see the conflict within him and a different gentler man towards the end. Liza Minelli's character is equally ambitious but there is a dichotomy for her between love and despair. As ever, her singing is electric. Through these characters Scorsese presents a picture of the post war music scene from the big bands to more intimate clubs. Perhaps a little long but worth it.- Was this review helpful to you?
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What was this ?
By a customer from Weymouth , 14 Mar 2009Very disappointed with this film. Robert De Niro's charactor was so obnoxious and overbearing I could n't bear to watch, thank heaven for fast forward. Liza's voice was great but the songs had a bolt on feel and her acting was a bit pedestrian. At least I won't be tempted to see the theatre version.- Was this review helpful to you?
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Half an hour wasted
By threeshoes (1 review) from Thornbury , 06 Feb 2009I gave up on this after thirty minutes of tedious dialogue, lacking in wit or charm, delivered by unattractive characters. The music is good but I couldn't suffer all the rubbish in between.- Was this review helpful to you?
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Would it ever finish??
By nikwak (29 reviews) from Staffin , 01 Aug 2008I am a musical 'nut'. I adore muscals! I saw Liza Minnelli a couple of times years ago when she was at her height and she was spectacular in concert. I remember this film coming out and I never went to see it. Looking through LoveFilm I saw the film and thought there must have been some reason for not having gone to see it but I just couldn't remember! After the first exhausting 20 minutes of this film, I suddenly remembered - I had seen trailers and thought it was going to be exactly what I was watching - trumped up rubbish in the first degree. You can understand why Scorcese didn't make a name for himself by directing films that needed a slightly lighter touch, as in musical ones. This is so plodding it gets to be quite draining after the first half hour and soon you are watching the paint on the walls dry rather than Robert de Niro do his method acting bit and ad-libbing the script with Liza Minnelli, who is certainly no past master at ad-libbing! The result is a very long, drwn out film that could have been over in half the time and probably making it twice as enjoyable. A big thumbs down from me, I'm afraid!- Was this review helpful to you?
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Not Your Typical Scorsese
By Chris P from Cambridge, England , 11 Sep 2007On a quest to watch every Robert De Niro film I ordered 'New York, New York,' a story about a couple's relationship that resulted in the song of the same name. The DVD includes a foreword by Martin Scorsese wherein he tries to explain why the movie didn't turn out the way he wanted (or maybe why it wasn't as successful as he wanted). I watched with an open mind but soon got bored. De Niro does some great work but shares no chemistry with Liza Minelli (I don't blame him, that would be a challenge for any actor). The sets are intentionally designed to look like Old Hollywood, the wardrobes are overstated, and the film runs almost an hour too long.
The only thing I loved about this film was the possibility that De Niro was actually playing saxaphone throughout the film. Given his penchant for immersing himself in a role (driving a cab for 'Taxi Driver', training and sparring for 'Raging Bull', killing squirrels and moose for 'Rocky and Bullwinkle') its very likely he plays his own sax.- Was this review helpful to you?
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