New York, New York premiered

June 21, 1977

Martin Scorsese’s homage to movie musicals – New York, New York, opened on this date.

Robert De Niro learned to play the saxophone (in three months) in order to make his performance look more authentic. Unfortunately, his sax playing still had to be overdubbed and it is veteran jazz musician George Auld who does the playing and also plays a band leader.

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