NewYork, NewYork. Films set in New York

[Mary_Gail_36]

How about:

‘The Lost Weekend’ (Billy Wilder)

"Marathon Man’ (John Schlesinger)

‘The World of Henry Orient’ (George Roy Hill)

‘The Last Detail’ - partially - (Hal Ashby)

‘The Age of Innocence’ (Martin Scorcese)

‘Mean Streets’ (Martin Scorcese)

I was thinking of the “Age of Innocence”. I’ll need to rewatch that.

 

[7_Sorrows]

Too many to count!!! Musicals, dramas, crime dramas, comedies all filmed in New York City!

Breakfast at Tiffany’s, Rosemary’s Baby, Marathon Man, Miracle on 34th St., Holiday
Affair to name a few.

 

[7_Sorrows]

A few Woody Allen films which I like are set in New York, I suppose. For example, Manhattan and Manhattan Murder Mystery. I have a story about the latter. I don’t remember all the details but a crew came up to my apartment at the time and was considering using it for the film. Ultimately, they chose a different building and apartment, but just the thought makes me feel like a celebrity!

Also, I believe A Bronx Tale, starring and directed by Robert De Niro, is set in, well, The Bronx. And several Martin Scorsese films were filmed in New York.

That is a good story!

 

[MrZoom]

Although New York City has never appeared in any of the Star Trek movies, there was an interesting bit of Trek artwork, I believe commissioned in connection with 1996’s Star Trek: First Contact, that shows a New York City assimilated by the Borg (the villains of that movie).

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[tomarin]

I was thinking of the “Age of Innocence”. I’ll need to rewatch that.

It has a great cast.

 

[Catholic1954]

“The French Connection” and “The Out of Towners”.

 

[Arebella]

My all-time favorite is a sweet little romantic movie called “Crossing Delancy”. It stars Amy Irving and is about an upscale and very snobby wanna -e writer whose “bubby” (grandmother) sets her up on a blind date with a neighborhood guy who owns a pickle store. At first, she thinks him beneath her, but eventually, she falls for him.

 

[Inisfallen]

So, so many, but here are a few of my favorites (some of which have been mentioned above):

*True Love, *starring Annabella Sciorra and Ron Eldard. A (sort of) romantic comedy.

*The French Connection *(of course). Has one of the great car chase scenes of all time – Gene Hackman driving like a maniac under the elevated subway line in the Bronx.

Mean Streets. The move that made Robert DeNiro and Martin Scorsese stars.

The Panic in Needle Park. A really, really beautiful, and very sad, movie, starring a young Al Pacino.

Dog Day Afternoon. With Al Pacino again.

Shaft. Come on, you know you love it. And Super Fly.

Taxi Driver. Possibly my favorite movie of all time, maybe because I drove a yellow cab in New York City at around the same time. New York really was like that back then.

Can’t forget Saturday Night Fever. I grew up in Queens, but I went to high school with Brooklyn guys just like that.

Fort Apache. Paul Newman as a cop in a gritty, burned-out Bronx.

Maybe the ultimate “New York as apocalyptic wasteland” movie – Death Wish.

Wall Street. “Greed is good.”

Requiem for a Dream. Another beautiful, but sad, movie.

Men in Black. Who knew there were so many aliens among us.

Just a few of my favorites.

 

[Joe_5859]

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

 

[Mike_from_NJ]

When Wes Anderson was directing The Royal Tenenbaums he specifically avoided using New York landmarks and skyscrapers, even positioning an actor on a ferry to block The Statue of Liberty.