New York movie night ideas

Arthur
On The Town

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Hannah and her Sisters
Rosemary's Baby
Hair
Breakfast at Tiffany's
Barefoot in the Park

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Live the Bohemian Life: MIDNIGHT COWBOY, DESPERATELY SEEKING SUSAN, STRANGER THAN PARADISE, TIMES SQUARE, SHORTBUS

Dark times: KLUTE, SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS, THE PANIC IN NEEDLE PARK, TAXI DRIVER, and the hugely underrated 25TH HOUR

Tres Swank: SIX DEGREES OF SEPARATION, INFAMOUS, MANHATTAN

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Updated On: 5/29/08 at 09:52 AM

And, of course, NEW YORK STORIES...but skip the Coppola segment.

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THE FRENCH CONNECTION

Why didn't I think of TAXI DRIVER, KLUTE, or MIDNIGHT COWBOY?!?! They're three of my favorites.

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This I'm afraid doesn't apply to your movie night, but as long as the discussion is on New York - themed movies, I can't go without my mentioning WINDJAMMER - The Voyage of the Christian Radich (1958 ) filmed in 3-screen Cinemiracle. There are only occasional showings of this film in its cinemiracle format at one theatre in America and one in the UK. It needs to be restored and put on BLu-ray.

The film follows the voyage of a sailing ship from Norway to New York City ( that's where it ties to this thread). The scenes of NYC as the sailing ship enters the harbor and the Norwegian sailors exploring the city are priceless. It's a family film, so it doesn't show everything sailors do when they hit a port, but these are young cadets anyway.

WINDJAMMER is really a musical. There are both folk-song sequences and classical music sequences (the latter with the Boston Pops Symphony Orchestra). The narration is a bit dated, but the film is great for showing scenes of New York, Boston, New Orleans, San Juan, Oslo, Madeira, Trinidad, Port-of-Spain etc. in the 1950's.
Windjammer Production Stills