Sunday in New York (1963)

User Rating:

6.6/10   

Director:

Peter Tewksbury

Writers:

Norman Krasna (play)
Norman Krasna (screenplay)

Release Date:

13 November 1963 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Romance

Tagline:

Dedicated to the proposition that every pretty girl receives sooner or later.

Plot:

Eileen is 22 and is smarting from her breakup with Russ. She comes to New York to visit her brother...

Plot Keywords:

New York | Brother | Virgin | Bus | Airline Pilot

Awards:

Nominated for Golden Globe.

Cast

Rod Taylor	...	Mike Mitchell / Adam Tyler
Jane Fonda	...	Eileen Tyler
Cliff Robertson	...	Adam Tyler
Robert Culp	...	Russ Wilson
Jo Morrow	...	Mona Harris
Jim Backus	...	Chief Pilot Drysdale
Peter Nero	...	Himself - at Club Nero

Runtime:

105 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Metrocolor)

Sound Mix:

Mono (Westrex Recording System)

Certification:

Australia:PG | Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15 | USA:Approved (PCA #20594)

Filming Locations:

Central Park Lake, Central Park, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA

Company:

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

Trivia:

The New York production of the musical "Sunday in New York" by Norman Krasna opened at the Cort Theater in New York on November 27, 1971 and ran for 188 performances. The original Broadway cast included a young Robert Redford.

Quotes:

Adam Tyler: What is that you like to know?
Eileen Tyler: Are you ready?
Adam Tyler: Shoot.
Eileen Tyler: Is a girl that's been going around with a fellow for a reasonable length of time is supposed to go to the bed with him or not?
Adam Tyler: What kind of question is that to ask?

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "What's My Line?: (1964-02-09)" (1964)

Soundtrack:

Sunday in New York

Oddly appealing

Yes, it's dated. In the early 60's New York apparently was inhabited entirely by good-looking middle-class white people, smoking was sexy (yuck), and the double standard between men and women was still in full unchallenged swing. But there's something strangely engaging and sweet about this movie, partly because New York is shown in such an innocent light, partly because the chemistry between the actors, particularly the young Jane Fonda and not-so-young Rod Taylor, is playful and endearing. At times it bumps along as it switches from the Fonda/Taylor plot line to Cliff Robertson's lovelife difficulties, but the music and the setting alone are almost enough to keep you interested. (Loved that multi-level apartment!) And the farce that ensues as Eileen's (Fonda's) brother, potential fiance and potential paramour tangle with each other is sometimes genuinely funny. I was surprised - though it has its flaws, I found the film to be a pleasant sigh from a more innocent time.