New York, I Love You
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New York, I Love You
Plot
Some of the world's most-respected directors align forces to pay tribute to the city of the New York in this unconventional omnibus sister film to 2006's Paris, Je T'Aime. Broken into short segments, New York, I Love You is comprised of ten films, most choosing to take a down-to-earth approach to the stories of the countless lives lived in the city on a given day. The segments are as follows, chronologically:Segment 1 -- Directed by Jiang Wen; written by Hu Hong and Meng Yao; starring Hayden Christensen, Andy Garcia, and Rachel Bilson.
Segment 2 -- Directed by Mira Nair; written by Suketu Mehta; starring Natalie Portman and Irfan Khan.
Segment 3 -- Written and directed by Shunji Iwai; adaptation by Israel Horovitz. Starring Orlando Bloom and Christina Ricci.
Segment 4 -- Directed by Yvan Attal; written by Olivier Lécot and Yvan Attal; starring Robin Wright Penn, Ethan Hawke, Maggie Q, and Chris Cooper.
Segment 5 -- Directed by Brett Ratner; written by Jeff Nathanson; starring Anton Yelchin, James Caan, Olivia Thirlby, and Blake Lively
Segment 6 -- Directed by Allen Hughes; written by Xan Cassavetes and Stephen Winter; starring Drea de Matteo and Bradley Cooper.
Segment 7 -- Directed by Shekhar Kapur; written by Anthony Minghella; starring Julie Christie, John Hurt, and Shia LaBeouf.
Segment 8 -- Written and directed by Natalie Portman; starring Taylor Geare, Carlos Acosta, and Jacinda Barrett.
Segment 9 -- Written and directed by Fatih Akin; starring Burt Young, Ugur Yucel, and Shu Qi.
Segment 10 -- Written and directed by Joshua Marston; starring Eli Wallach and Cloris Leachman.
Transitions in between segments -- Directed by Randall Balsmeyer; written by Israel Horovitz, James Strouse, and Hall Powell; starring Emilie Ohana, Eva Amurri, and Justin Bartha. ~ Michael Hastings, Rovi
Cast
- Hayden Christensen - Ben (Jiang Wen segment)
- Andy Garcia - Garry (Jiang Wen segment)
- Rachel Bilson - Molly (Jiang Wen segment)
- Natalie Portman - Rifka (Mira Nair segment)
- Irfan Khan - Mansukhbhai (Mira Nair segment)
- Orlando Bloom - David (Shunji Iwai segment)
- Christina Ricci - Camille (Shunji Iwai segment)
- Maggie Q - Call Girl (Yvan Attal segment)
- Ethan Hawke - Writer (Yvan Attal segment)
- Chris Cooper - Alex (Yvan Attal segment)
- Robin Wright Penn - Anna (Yvan Attal segment)
- Anton Yelchin - Boy (Brett Ratner segment)
- James Caan - Mr. Riccoli (Brett Ratner segment)
- Olivia Thirlby - Actress (Brett Ratner segment)
- Blake Lively - Ex-Girlfriend (Brett Ratner segment)
- Drea de Matteo - Lydia (Allen Hughes segment)
- Bradley Cooper - Gus (Allen Hughes segment)
- Julie Christie - Isabelle (Shekhar Kapur segment)
- John Hurt - Bellhop (Shekhar Kapur segment)
- Shia LaBeouf - Jacob (Shekhar Kapur segment)
- Taylor Geare - Teya (Natalie Portman segment)
- Carlos Acosta - Dante (Natalie Portman segment)
- Jacinda Barrett - Maggie (Natalie Portman segment)
- Ugur Yucel - Painter (Fatih Akin segment)
- Shu Qi - Chinese Herbalist (Fatih Akin segment)
- Burt Young - Landlord (Fatih Akin segment)
- Eli Wallach - Abe (Joshua Marston segment)
- Cloris Leachman - Mitzie (Joshua Marston segment)
- Emilie Ohana - Zoe, the Video Artist (Randy Balsmeyer transitions)
- Eva Amurri - Sarah (Randy Balsmeyer transitions)
- Justin Bartha - Hall Powell (Randy Balsmeyer transitions)
Credit
Katya DeBear - Art Director, Ed Gerrard - Associate Producer, Warren T. Goz - Associate Producer, Stewart McMichael - Associate Producer, Pierre Asseo - Associate Producer, Laurent Constanty - Associate Producer, Kerry Barden - Casting, Paul Schnee - Casting, Emmanuel Benbihy - Conception, Parker Bennett - Co-producer, Victoria Farrell - Costume Designer, Thomas Fatone - First Assistant Director, Yvan Attal - Director, Jiang Wen - Director, Randall Balsmeyer - Director, Allen Hughes - Director, Mira Nair - Director, Shekhar Kapur - Director, Natalie Portman - Director, Shunji Iwai - Director, Brett Ratner - Director, Fatih Akin - Director, Andrei Zvyagintsev - Director, Joshua Marston - Director, Jennifer Auge - Editor, Mark Helfrich - Editor, Melody London - Editor, Shunji Iwai - Editor, Affonso Goncalves - Editor, Tricia Cooke - Editor, Cindy Mollo - Editor, Jacob Craycroft - Editor, Allyson C. Johnson - Editor, Marianne Maddalena - Executive Producer, Bradford W. Smith - Executive Producer, Jan Körbelin - Executive Producer, Claus Clausen - Executive Producer, Susanne Bohnet - Executive Producer, Celine Rattray - Executive Producer, Pamela Hirsch - Executive Producer, Rose Ganguzza - Executive Producer, Michael Benaroya - Executive Producer, Glenn Stewart - Executive Producer, Taylor Kephart - Executive Producer, Steffen Aumueller - Executive Producer, Marshall Johnson - Location Manager, Mychael Danna - Composer (Music Score), Mark Mothersbaugh - Composer (Music Score), Peter Nashel - Composer (Music Score), Marcelo Zarvos - Composer (Music Score), Atticus Ross - Composer (Music Score), Jack Livesey - Composer (Music Score), Paul Cantelon - Composer (Music Score), Tonino Baliardo - Composer (Music Score), Shoji Mitsui - Composer (Music Score), Leopold Ross - Composer (Music Score), Claudia Sarne - Composer (Music Score), Nicholas Britell - Composer (Music Score), Ilhan Ersahin - Composer (Music Score), Ed Gerrard - Musical Direction/Supervision, Paul Cantelon - Songwriter, Teresa Mastropierro - Production Designer, Declan Quinn - Cinematographer, Pawel Edelman - Cinematographer, Mauricio Rubinstein - Cinematographer, Michael McDonough - Cinematographer, Benoit Debie - Cinematographer, Andrij Parekh - Cinematographer, Jean-Louis Bompoint - Cinematographer, Mark Lee Ping Bing - Cinematographer, Shunji Iwai - Producer, Emmanuel Benbihy - Producer, Marina Grasic - Producer, Brian Langman - Sound Editor, Chris Colombo - Stunts, Damien Achilles - Stunts, Mike Burke - Stunts, Manny Siverio - Stunts Coordinator, Pamela Hirsch - Unit Production Manager, Yvan Attal - Screenwriter, Israel Horovitz - Screenwriter, Anthony Minghella - Screenwriter, Natalie Portman - Screenwriter, Shunji Iwai - Screenwriter, Stephen Winter - Screenwriter, Jeff Nathanson - Screenwriter, Fatih Akin - Screenwriter, Hall Powell - Screenwriter, Andrei Zvyagintsev - Screenwriter, Joshua Marston - Screenwriter, Xan Cassavetes - Screenwriter, James C. Strouse - Screenwriter, Paul Cantelon - Screenwriter, Meng Yao - Screenwriter, Suketu Mehta - Screenwriter, Olivier Lécot - Screenwriter, Hu Hong - Screenwriter, Cui Jian - Musical Performer, Hila Plitmann - Musical Performer, The Budos Band - Musical Performer, The Neshoma Orchestra - Musical Performer, The Michael Rose Orchestra - Musical Performer, Daby Toure - Musical Performer, Riva Marker - Post Production Supervisor, Peter Pastorelli - Production Supervisor, Lewis Goldstein - Re-Recording Mixer, Matthew Gough - Re-Recording Mixer, Mary Bailey - Script Supervisor, K.C. Bailey - Still Photographer, John Clifford - Still Photographer, Lewis Goldstein - Supervising Sound Editor, Alex Soto - Assistant Sound Editor, Allen Lau - Assistant Sound Editor, Simon & Garfunkel - Featured Music, Camille Saint-Saëns - Featured Music, Edvard Grieg - Featured Music, Gustav Holst - Featured Music, Radiohead - Featured Music, Zhou Xuan - Featured Music, Mr. C the Slide Man - Featured Music, The Con Artists - Featured Music, Tom Varga - Production Sound Mixer, Ken Ishii - Production Sound Mixer| New York, Episode 8: 1945-2003 - The Center of the World (2003 Film), New York, Episode 5: 1919-1931 - Cosmopolis (1999 Film) | |
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New York, I Love You
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 Theatrical release poster |
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| Directed by | see below |
| Produced by | Emmanuel Benbihy Marina Grasic |
| Written by | see below |
| Starring | see below |
| Music by | Tonino Baliardo Nicholas Britell Paul Cantelon Mychael Danna Ilhan Ersahin Jack Livesey Shoji Mitsui Mark Mothersbaugh Peter Nashel Atticus Ross Leopold Ross Claudia Sarne Marcelo Zarvos |
| Cinematography | Jean-Louis Bompoint Benoît Debie Paweł Edelman Mark Lee Ping Bin Michael McDonough Andrij Parekh Declan Quinn Mauricio Rubinstein |
| Editing by | Jennifer Augé Tricia Cooke Jacob Craycroft Affonso Gonçalves Mark Helfrich Shunji Iwai Allyson C. Johnson Melody London Cindy Mollo Craig McKay |
| Distributed by | Vivendi Entertainment Palm Pictures[1] |
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| Running time | 103 minutes |
| Country | United States ‹See Tfd› France |
| Language | English Russian Yiddish Gujarati Cantonese French |
| Budget | $14,000,000 |
| Box office | $8,049,666 [3] |
New York, I Love You is a 2009 anthology film consisting of eleven short films, each by a different director. The short films all relate in some way to the subject of love, and are set among the five boroughs of New York City. The film is a sequel of sorts to the 2006 film Paris, je t'aime, which had the same structure, and is the second film in the Cities of Love franchise, created and produced by Emmanuel Benbihy. Unlike Paris, je t'aime, the short films of New York, I Love You all have a unifying thread, of a videographer who films the other characters.
The film stars an ensemble cast, among them Bradley Cooper, Shia LaBeouf, Natalie Portman, Anton Yelchin, Hayden Christensen, Orlando Bloom, Irrfan Khan, Rachel Bilson, Chris Cooper, Andy García, Christina Ricci, John Hurt, Cloris Leachman, Robin Wright Penn, Julie Christie, Maggie Q, Ethan Hawke, James Caan and Shu Qi.
New York, I Love You premiered at the 2008 Toronto International Film Festival in September 2008, and was released in the United States on October 16, 2009.
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Cast and crew
Following is the full cast and crew of ten segments of New York, I Love You with the transition part directed by Randy Balsmeyer:[4]
| Segment | Director | Writer | Actors |
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| 01 | Jiang Wen | Hu Hong & Meng Yao Adaptation: Israel Horovitz |
Hayden Christensen as Ben Andy García as Garry Rachel Bilson as Molly |
| 02 | Mira Nair | Suketu Mehta | Natalie Portman as Rifka Malone Irrfan Khan as Mansuhkhbai |
| 03 | Shunji Iwai | Adaptation: Israel Horovitz | Orlando Bloom as David Cooler Christina Ricci as Camille |
| 04 | Yvan Attal | Olivier Lecot | Maggie Q as Janice Taylor Ethan Hawke as Writer Chris Cooper as Alex Robin Wright Penn as Anna |
| 05 | Brett Ratner | Jeff Nathanson | Anton Yelchin as Boy James Caan as Mr. Riccoli Olivia Thirlby as Actress Blake Lively as Gabrielle DiMarco |
| 06 | Allen Hughes | Xan Cassavetes & Stephen Winter | Bradley Cooper as Gus Drea de Matteo as Lydia |
| 07 | Shekhar Kapur | Anthony Minghella | Julie Christie as Isabelle John Hurt as Bellhop Shia LaBeouf as Jacob |
| 08 | Natalie Portman | Natalie Portman | Taylor Geare as Teya Carlos Acosta as Dante Jacinda Barrett as Maggie |
| 09 | Fatih Akin | Fatih Akin | Uğur Yücel as Painter Shu Qi as Chinese herbalist Burt Young as Landlord |
| 10 | Joshua Marston | Joshua Marston | Eli Wallach as Abe Cloris Leachman as Mitzie |
| transitions | Randy Balsmeyer | Hall Powell, Israel Horovitz & James Strouse | Emilie Ohana as Zoe, the Video Artist Eva Amurri as Sarah Justin Bartha as Sean |
Reception
Critical reaction
The film has received mixed reviews from critics.[5] Rotten Tomatoes reported that 39% of critics gave the film positive reviews based on 50 reviews with an average score of 6/10.[6] Another review aggregator, Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating from 100 reviews from mainstream critics, gave the film an average score of 49% based on 23 reviews.[5]
Lisa Schwarzbaum of Entertainment Weekly gave the film a B regarding the film "takes the wrinkle-free, easy-travel concept first executed in the 2007 Gallic compilation Paris, je t'aime to a new city and styles itself..."[7] Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times gave the film 3 stars saying in his review, "By its nature, "New York, I Love You" can't add up. It remains the sum of its parts."[8] At the Movies critic A.O. Scott of The New York Times gave the film a mixed review claiming "Not that the 11 shorts in New York, I Love You are all that bad. It's a nice-looking city, after all, even if the interstitial skyline and traffic montages assembled by Randy Balsmeyer are about as fresh as the postcards on sale in Times Square."[9] Lou Lumenick of the New York Post gave the film 1 star claiming "there were two additional segments that have since been cut. So you'll have to wait for the DVD to see just how bad Scarlett Johansson's directing debut is."[10]
Erica Abeel of Hollywood Reporter writes "New York, I Love You continues the Cities of Love series that began with Paris, je t'aime far surpassing it. (...) The vignettes are tied together into a single feature through a recurrent character, a videographer who interacts with the other characters. And transitional elements -- choreographed by 11th director Randy Balsmeyer -- move the viewer from one world to another, uniting all these intimate stories into a single shimmering fabric."[11] "With younger, less-tested directing talent, the film plays down the delineation between one director's work and another, opting to blend them through loosely interconnected characters here and there. As opposed to its directing roster, however, the cast boasts quite a few big names, all of which lend a surprising amount of authenticity to these funny, imaginative little stories,"[12] explains Heidi Patalano of Metro NY giving the film a 4 grade out of 5. Claudia Puig of USA Today explains that anthologies are by their very nature an uneven entity and adds "The multicultural emphasis - both in characters and in the unusual selection and collaboration of filmmakers and artists - is one of New York, I Love You's main assets. And there's no question that Manhattan looks ever-vibrant and beautiful."[13]
Box office
The film grossed $1,588,015 in the United States.[3]
References
- ^ http://new.umusic.com/News.aspx?NewsId=615
- ^ New York, I Love You in October
- ^ a b http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=newyorkiloveyou.htm
- ^ (DVD) New York, I Love You. Vivendi Entertainment.
- ^ a b "New York, I Love You (2009): Reviews". Metacritic. http://www.metacritic.com/film/titles/nyiloveyou. Retrieved 2009-10-17.
- ^ "New York, I Love You Movie Reviews, Pictures". Rotten Tomatoes. IGN Entertainment. http://uk.rottentomatoes.com/m/new_york_i_love_you/. Retrieved 2009-10-27.
- ^ "New York, I Love You Review - Entertainment Weekly". Entertainment Weekly. 2009-10-16. http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20312202,00.html. Retrieved 2009-10-17.
- ^ "New York, I Love You Review - Roger Ebert". Chicago Sun-Times. 2009-10-14. http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20091014/REVIEWS/910149995. Retrieved 2009-10-17.
- ^ Scott, A. O. (2009-10-16). "Manhattan Is for Lovers: Two by Two by Two by ...". New York Times. http://movies.nytimes.com/2009/10/16/movies/16newyork.html?ref=movies. Retrieved 2009-10-17.
- ^ Lumenick, Lou (2009-10-16). "Big Applesauce". New York Post. http://www.nypost.com/p/entertainment/movies/big_applesauce_LhETdSdVyJ5r0CbvJLlWoI. Retrieved 2009-10-17.
- ^ "New York, I Love You Film Review - The Hollywood Reporter". The Hollywood Reporter. 2009-10-05. http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/film-reviews/new-york-i-love-you-film-review-1004018717.story. Retrieved 2009-10-05.[dead link]
- ^ "'New York' falls to beautiful pieces". Metro NY. 2009-10-15. http://www.metro.us/us/article/2009/10/16/03/0559-82/index.xml. Retrieved 2009-10-15.[dead link]
- ^ Puig, Claudia (2009-10-15). "New York, I Love You harbors surprises as well as the sub-par". USA Today. http://www.usatoday.com/life/movies/reviews/2009-10-15-new-york-i-love-you_N.htm. Retrieved 2009-10-15.
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