New York, New York Page #3

Synopsis: The day WWII ends, Jimmy, a selfish and smooth-talking musician, meets Francine, a lounge singer. From that moment on, their relationship grows into love as they struggle with their careers and aim for the top.
Genre: Drama, Music, Musical
Director(s): Martin Scorsese
Production: MGM Home Entertainment
  Nominated for 4 Golden Globes. Another 2 wins & 2 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.7
Metacritic:
62
Rotten Tomatoes:
65%
PG
Year:
1977
155 min
1,244 Views


Are these the girls?

Yeah, why?

- These are the broads right here?

- Yeah,

Which one is yours?

- I got the blonde,

- You got the blonde?

That means I have the brunette,

She's a total pain in the ass, man,

You know how much time I just

spent with her trying to make her?

I spent 20 minutes

giving her every routine I knew,

It didn't even work,

There was nothing! Nothing!

- The one over there?

- Yeah, the one over there,

That one, the WAC,

What's the matter with you?

Maybe the other one will go,

You know how girls are...

one goes, the other doesn't,

You got the good one,

I got the bad one,

I'm excited,

It's V-J Day, man!

You know, I want to get laid,

What's happening here?

Oh, look at her now,

Oh, ho ho, look at that,

Look how cocky she is,

You know what I'm going to do?

You go over there,

and you tell her that

I was wounded in action,

Tell her I was wounded in action,

I just got out ot the hospital,

and I'm a little shy

and a little nervous,

Tell her I'm sensitive,

Lay it on like I'm a war hero,

- A war hero,

- Okay,

Not too heavy, Indirect, okay?

I'll wait here,

and then I'll come over,

Lay it on her real well

because I want to get her,

You understand? I'm gonna

really screw with this one,

Leave it up to me, okay?

Wait, wait, wait...

all right, okay,

Wait, wait, wait, wait,

Tell me what you're going to do,

Don't worry, Leave it up to me,

You know how I am with girls,

What else about

the other thing, though?

I'm sensitive,

Sensitive, sensitive,

Sensitive, Oh, you're sensitive,

Oh, right, right, right, okay,

Wait, wait,

What am I doing?

For her, I'm doing all this?

I'm gonna go over,

Just introduce me to her, I'll handle it,

This is Francine Flannery,

Over here, Jimmy Doyle,

Pleased to meet you,

Ellen Evans,

Wrong, I'm Francine Evans,

This is Ellen Flannery,

Remember her? You've been

dancing with her tor the past hour,

- Come on, honey, Let's go,

- He's such an animal,

Where are you go...

be caretul,

I'll be right back,

I'll be right back,

Mind it I sit down now?

Atter all, we've been

tormally introduced now,

We're old triends,

I was just gonna say, it you and I

had danced and had some tun,

it might have been a nice time,

I just gave the key to my

hotel suite to my triend there

because I think he tound

someone he's really hooked on,

Well, that's very generous,

Yeah, I thought so,

Seems you give things away

easily, huh?

- Did you have something in mind?

- For what?

What you just said betore,

You said that

I give things away easily,

I said, "Did you have something in mind,"

meaning I would give anything

ot myselt easily to you,

which I could do very easily,

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Earl Mac Rauch

Earl Mac Rauch is an American novelist and screenwriter. Rauch is best known for writing the screenplays for A Stranger Is Watching, New York, New York and The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension. more…

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