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 | Peanut Factory | Squirrel | Writing | Friend

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
Colleen Camp	...	Auditioner
Griffin Dunne	...	Auditioner
Chris Noth	...	Jason Brett
David Drake	...	Waiter
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Eric Bogosian	...	Himself
Quentin Crisp	...	Himself
Ariel Dorfman	...	Herself (as Dorfman Ariel)
Bruce Fierstein	...	Himself
Luis Guzmán	...	Auditioner
Lady Miss Kier	...	Herself
H.M. Koutoukas	...	Walter Lobello
Olek Krupa
Gael Love	...	Herself
Marsha Norman	...	Herself
Tommy Page	...	Himself
Arthur Penn	...	Himself
Richard Price	...	Himself
Burr Steers	...	Shipley, Old College Friend
William Styron	...	Himself
Nick Taylor	...	Stagehand
George G. Colucci	...	Party Goer (uncredited)
David Lawton	...	Auditioner (uncredited)

Directed by
Daniel Algrant

Writing credits (WGA)
Daniel Algrant		(written by) (as Dan Algrant) and
John Warren		(written by)

Produced by
Carol Cuddy	....	line producer
Martin Scorsese	....	executive producer
Frederick Zollo	....	producer

Original Music by
Angelo Badalamenti

Cinematography by
Joey Forsyte

Film Editing by
Bill Pankow

Casting by
Judy Henderson
Bonnie Timmermann

Production Design by
Kalina Ivanov

Costume Design by
Julie Weiss

Makeup Department
John Dods	....	prosthetic makeup artist: Whoopi Goldberg
Linda Kay Rendina	....	assistant makeup artist

Production Management
Michael Jackman	....	post-production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Robert C. Albertell	....	second second assistant director

Art Department
Lauren Doner	....	scenic artist

Sound Department
Nancy Cabrera	....	foley artist
Richard P. Cirincione	....	sound editor
Sara Corrigan	....	sound
Susan Sklar Friedman	....	assistant sound editor
Eytan Mirsky	....	assistant sound editor
Maurice Schell	....	supervising sound editor
Abdul Malik Abbott	....	sound recordist: second unit (uncredited)
Maurice Schell	....	foley artist (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Robert M. Andres	....	key grip
Michael F. Barrow	....	gaffer
Bonnie S. Blake	....	first assistant camera
Lamont Crawford	....	grip
Bob Marshak	....	still photographer
Charles Quinlivan	....	grip

Casting Department
Alison E. McBryde	....	casting assistant

Editorial Department
Patricia Bowers	....	associate film editor
Andrew Weisblum	....	apprentice editor

Music Department
Bonnie Greenberg	....	music supervisor

Other crew
Jane Barrer	....	location manager
Polly Brown	....	assistant: Kathleen Turner
Rebekkah Linton Gillett	....	office production assistant
Angela Quiles	....	assistant production coordinator
Reid Rosefelt	....	publicist
Maurice Schell	....	adr loop group
Alexander Westerman	....	assistant to producer
Elizabeth Zagrany	....	assistant accountant
Bill Timoney	....	adr voice group (uncredited)
Heather Zicko	....	production assistant (uncredited)

Thanks
Ilann Girard	....	special thanks

Production Companies

• Some Film

Distributors

• Fine Line Features (1994) (USA) (theatrical)
• Columbia TriStar Home Video (USA) (VHS)
• Columbia TriStar Home Video (USA) (laserdisc)
• Columbia TriStar (VHS)
• Columbia TriStar (laserdisc)
• Laurenfilm (Spain)
• PCV/Audio Visual Enterprises (Greece)
• Versátil (Brazil) (DVD)
• Versátil (Brazil) (VHS)

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 ;) ).