Naked in New York (1993)

User Rating:

5.7/10   

Director:

Daniel Algrant

Writers (WGA):

Daniel Algrant (written by) and
John Warren (written by)

Release Date:

13 April 1994 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Romance

Plot:

Naked in New York begins in the car of grown up Jake, he is talking to us about his girlfriend, Joanne...

Plot Keywords:

Career | New York | Writing | Coming Of Age | Chinese Restaurant

Awards:

1 win & 1 nomination

Cast

Eric Stoltz	...	Jake Briggs
Mary-Louise Parker	...	Joanne White
Ralph Macchio	...	Chris
Jill Clayburgh	...	Shirley, Jake's Mother
Tony Curtis	...	Carl Fisher
Timothy Dalton	...	Elliot Price
Lynne Thigpen	...	Helen
Kathleen Turner	...	Dana Coles
Roscoe Lee Browne	...	Mr. Ried
Whoopi Goldberg	...	Tragedy Mask on Theater Wall
Paul Guilfoyle	...	Roman, Jake's Father
Calista Flockhart	...	Acting Student
Arabella Field	...	Tammy Taylor
Lisa Gay Hamilton	...	Marty
David Johansen	...	Orangutang

Runtime:

95 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Brazil:14 | Iceland:L | Singapore:PG (cut) | Australia:M | Argentina:13 | Spain:13 | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Wagner College, Staten Island, New York City, New York, USA

Company:

Some Film

Trivia:

Calista Flockhart's feature film debut.

Quotes:

[On marriage]
Jake Briggs: I've been trying to fit it into the context of my life, you know what I mean? And life, life is... curious.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in The Divine Mr. Crisp (1994) (V)

Soundtrack:

Crazy

Much better film then I was expecting - Very underrated.

I remember when this came out it was pretty much savaged by the critics, in fact it made a few 'worst films of the year' lists for 1994. For the life of me I can't understand why. Its really a quite good protrayal of a just out of college couple trying to make it in the 'art' world. Him (Eric Stoltz) as a playwrite, her (Mary-Louise Parker) as a photographer, and how their ambitions in the real world changes their relationship. It has good dialogue, some quirky-arty surreal effects (like when the stone faces in the wall started talking) which worked for me, and a great cast of believable characters. Jill Clayburgh was especially good in this one.

Kicking and Screaming, also underrated, is another film you'll like if you like this one.

Rent this one so you can remind yourself why you should never listen to critics (except this one of course ;) ).