The 'New York, New York' Stories 19 years old

Made in 2005, this documentary traces the history of NY, NY, beginning with the formation of the producing partnership between Irwin Winkler and Robert Chartoff. It was they who developed the initial script with writer Earl Rauch. Winkler met Scorsese at a screening of Mean Streets, and when Scorsese heard that Winkler was developing a script set in the "big band" era, he asked to read it. Winkler and Chartoff discuss casting, and Scorsese and Kovacs discuss the look of the film. Editor Tom Rolf notes the irony (some might say the injustice) that Minnelli, who brought Kander & Ebb into the project, did not have a hit with the title song, which wasn't even nominated for an Oscar. It didn't get noticed until two years later, when Frank Sinatra recorded it. Today most people probably don't realize it was written for a movie.

Credits

Martin Scorsese as

László Kovács as

Tom Rolf as

Irwin Winkler as

Robert Chartoff as

The 'New York, New York' Stories Cast

Name	Character
Martin Scorsese He was 62, now 82 years old
László Kovács He was 71, 74 years old when he died
Tom Rolf He was 73, 82 years old when he died
Irwin Winkler He was 73, now 93 years old
Robert Chartoff He was 71, 81 years old when he died

The 'New York, New York' Stories Crew

Name	Department
Michael Ruiz as Editor.	Editing
Greg Carson as Director. He was 52 (now 71) years old	Directing
Greg Carson as Producer. He was 52 (now 71) years old	Production

The 'New York, New York' Stories (19 years)

Release day: Tuesday, February 08, 2005
Runtime: 53 minutes