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New York Stories is a 1989 American anthology film consisting of three segments with the central theme being New York City. The first is Life Lessons, directed by Martin Scorsese, written by Richard Price and starring Nick Nolte. The second is Life Without Zoë, directed by Francis Ford Coppola and written by Coppola with his daughter, Sofia ...
After a boring day at work, computer data entry worker Paul Hackett strikes up conversation with a stranger named Marcy Franklin in a café in New York City. Marcy tells him that she is living in SoHo with a sculptor named Kiki Bridges, who makes and sells plaster-of-Paris paperweights resembling cream cheese bagels, and leaves him her number ...
In the history of motion pictures in the United States, many films have been set in New York City, or a fictionalized version thereof. The following is a list of films and documentaries set in New York, however the list includes a number of films which only have a tenuous connection to the city. The list is sorted by the year the film was released.
Image credits: humansofny Brandon Stanton, the creator of Humans of New York (or HONY for short), started the project in 2010. After working for three years as a bond trader in Chicago and losing ...
Although Scorsese had previously worked with Nolte in New York Stories (1989), he originally envisioned Harrison Ford in the role of Sam Bowden. However, Ford was only interested in playing Max Cady. Nick Nolte, who by contrast was more interested in playing Bowden, convinced Scorsese to cast him instead.
Enemies, A Love Story is a 1989 American romantic tragicomedy film directed by Paul Mazursky, based on the 1966 novel Enemies, A Love Story (Yiddish: Soynim, di Geshikhte fun a Libe) by Isaac Bashevis Singer. The film stars Ron Silver, Anjelica Huston, Lena Olin and Margaret Sophie Stein.
The character Quash is an enslaved African, who was brought forcefully to New Amsterdam and is held by Thomas Master; his descendants become part of the New York cultural mix. As the novel progresses, more families are introduced: the Irish O'Donnels, German Kellers, Italian Carusos, German-Jewish Adlers, and Puerto Rican Campos.
A Fairytale of New York – J. P. Donleavy (1973) Great Jones Street – Don DeLillo (1973) Sheila Levine Is Dead and Living in New York – Gail Parent (1973) The Taking of Pelham One Two Three – Morton Freedgood (1973) If Beale Street Could Talk James Baldwin (1974) Looking for Mr. Goodbar – Judith Rossner (1975) Sophie's Choice ...