But there are problems-mainly, Jimmy's tendency to fight with his co-workers, overly dramatic behavior, and his increasingly violent arguments with Francine, who becomes pregnant with his child. From that moment on, Jimmy and Francine's relationship deepens into a mix of obsession and love. The club owner is impressed and, to Francine's astonishment, they are both offered a job-as a traveling boy-girl act. Francine, to get the audition back on track, begins to sing the old standard, " You Brought a New Kind of Love to Me" Jimmy joins in on his sax. There he gets into an argument with the club owner. The next morning, they end up sharing a cab, and, against her will, Francine accompanies Jimmy to an audition. While there, selfish and smooth-talking saxophone player Jimmy Doyle (De Niro) meets small-time USO singer Francine Evans (Minnelli), who, although lonely, still wants nothing to do with Jimmy, who keeps pestering her for her phone number. On V-J Day in 1945, a massive celebration in a New York City nightclub is underway, music provided by the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra. The film marked the final screen appearance of actor Jack Haley. The story is "about a jazz saxophonist (De Niro) and a pop singer (Minnelli) who fall madly in love and marry " however, the "saxophonist's outrageously volatile personality places a continual strain on their relationship, and after they have a baby, their marriage crumbles," even as their careers develop on separate paths. It is a musical tribute, featuring songs by John Kander and Fred Ebb as well as jazz standards, to Scorsese's home town of New York City, and stars Liza Minnelli and Robert De Niro as a pair of musicians and lovers. New York, New York is a 1977 American romantic musical drama film directed by Martin Scorsese from a screenplay by Earl Mac Rauch and Mardik Martin, based on a story by Rauch.
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