New York Stories

New York Stories (1989)

Timing: 2:4 (124 min)

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Release date

1989-03-10

Country

United States

Production

Touchstone Pictures, Jack Rollins & Charles H. Joffe Productions

Genre

Comedy, Drama, Romance

Budget

$15 000 000

Revenue

$10 763 469

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Director

Francis Ford Coppola, Martin Scorsese, Woody Allen

Actors

Nick Nolte, Rosanna Arquette, Patrick O'Neal, Steve Buscemi, Talia Shire, Giancarlo Giannini, Heather McComb, Don Novello, Jenny Nichols, James Keane
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Scenario

Francis Ford Coppola, Woody Allen

Producer

Fred Roos, Fred Fuchs, Robert Greenhut, Barbara De Fina, Charles H. Joffe, Jack Rollins

Operator

Vittorio Storaro

Composer

Carmine Coppola

Artist

Audition

Juliet Taylor, Ellen Lewis, Aleta Chappelle

Editing

Barry Malkin, Thelma Schoonmaker, Susan E. Morse
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• Jessie Keosian (1905-1994), who appeared in Woody Allen's short film "Oedipus Wreck" (also translated as "The Death of Oedipus", "New Oedipus", or "Mommy Dearest"), once taught biology at the school Allen attended. They hadn't seen each other since his graduation until the casting.
• The artwork used as the setting for Nick Nolte's character's work in Martin Scorsese's short film «Life Lessons» was created by American artist Chuck Connelly.
• Martin Scorsese's short film is a loose adaptation of Fyodor Dostoevsky's (1821-1881) novel *The Gambler* (1866). Dostoevsky is not mentioned in the credits.
• Initially, Woody Allen, Martin Scorsese, and Steven Spielberg were slated to direct the short films, but at some point, Francis Ford Coppola replaced Spielberg.
• The plot of each short film is in some way connected to Manhattan.
• The director Martin Scorsese himself played the man who is photographed with Nick Nolte's character in the short film *Life Lessons*.
• Jessie Keosian (1905-1994), who played in Woody Allen's novella 'Oedipus Complex' (in other translations - 'The Fall of Oedipus', 'New Oedipus', 'Mommie Dearest'), once taught biology at the school Allen attended. They hadn't seen each other since he graduated until the casting.
• The artwork used as a backdrop for Nick Nolte's character in Martin Scorsese's 'Lessons of Life' was created by American artist Chuck Connelly.
• Martin Scorsese's novella is a loose adaptation of Fyodor Dostoevsky's (1821-1881) novel “The Gambler” (1866). Dostoevsky is not mentioned in the credits.
• The director, Martin Scorsese, played the man who takes a photo with Nick Nolte's character in the novella “Lessons in Life.”