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New York Stories
1989
The omnibus film New York Stories is the product of three powerhouse filmmakers. The film is divided into three stories, each exploring a different aspect of life in the Big Apple. Life Lessons, directed by Martin Scorcese, is a Dostoevsky-like tale of the rarefied Art World, with Nick Nolte as a self-indulgent abstractionist .. Read more
| Starring | Nick Nolte, Talia Shire, Julie Kavner, Giancarlo Giannini |
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| Director | Martin Scorsese, Woody Allen, Francis Ford Cop |
| Genres | Comedy |
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New York Stories
The omnibus film New York Stories is the product of three powerhouse filmmakers. The film is divided into three stories, each exploring a different aspect of life in the Big Apple. Life Lessons, directed by Martin Scorcese, is a Dostoevsky-like tale of the rarefied Art World, with Nick Nolte as a self-indulgent abstractionist who loves Rosanna Arquette, but can't bring himself to lie to her about her negligible artistic talents. Life Without Zoe, directed by Francis Ford Coppola, is more than a little reminiscent of Kay Thompson's Eloise stories, with 12-year-old Zoe (Heather McComb) running amok at the Sherry-Netherland hotel while her parents are embarked upon a world-girdling vacation. The last and is Woody Allen's Oedipus Wrecks, wherein a schnooky lawyer (guess who?) inadvertently creates the Jewish Mother From Hell: thanks to a misguided magic trick, Allen's mama (the incomparable Mae Questel) becomes a huge spectral vision on the New York skyline, telling everyone within earshot about her son's inadequacies. The cinematographer lineup on New York Stories includes Nestor Almendros, Vittorio Storaro and Sven Nykvist.~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
| Starring | Nick Nolte, Talia Shire, Julie Kavner, Giancarlo Giannini, Mia Farrow, Rosanna Arquette, Woody Allen, Chris Elliott, Samantha Larkin, Mae Questal |
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| Director | Martin Scorsese, Woody Allen, Francis Ford Cop |
| Studio | WALT DISNEY STUDIOS HOME ENTERTAINMENT |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 59 mins |
| Certificate |  |
| Genres | Comedy |
| Language | DVD: English |
| Released | Production year: 1989 To Rent: DVD: 15 Jun 2006 |
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Worth watching for Scorsese's sharp look at the art world and Allen's ultimate Jewish mother joke. Sandwiched between them is Coppola at his most disastrously winsome.
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- Halliwell's Film Guide
- 02 Mar 2006 at 15:42
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Scorsese - great, Allen - pretty good, Coppola - oh dear
Three short films from three directors based in New York. These things are always a bit hit-and-miss, but just look at the talent involved here. This has got to... read more »
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- 03 May 2004 at 22:44
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Tales From The City............
I'm not sure what I expected from this or if I had any anticipation at all, or if I was just seduced by all the big, starry directing names!!
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Two Out of Three Ain't Bad
Like a sandwich constructed the wrong way around, the outside parts are excellent whilst the middle is like stodgy bread.
Martin Scorsese and Woody ... read more » - 804839
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One out of Three - well worth it!
Don't bother to watch the other two segments, but I think that Oedipus Wrecks, the Woody Allen segment, is one of the funniest things I have ever seen. Just... read more »
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The Big Three: Woody, Francis and Marty
- 22 Jun 2010
Twenty-one years ago, the three most celebrated American filmmakers of their generation got together to make the anthology film New York Stories. Woody Allen, Francis Coppola and Martin Scorsese were born within seven years of each other (at 74, Allen is the oldest of the trio), and all New Yorkers. They’re also all still with us: this week Coppola is back with Tetro, his first solo original screenplay credit since The Conversation in 1974, and Allen returns with Whatever Works, a... Read more
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The omnibus film New York Stories is the product of three powerhouse filmmakers. The film is divided into three stories, each exploring a different aspect of life in the Big Apple. Life Lessons, directed by Martin Scorcese, is a Dostoevsky-like tale of the rarefied Art World, with Nick Nolte as a ...
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