movies that represent New York in the 70s

I've always been fascinated by 1970's New York. Other than late Victorian era London I cant imagine an era that inspires my imagination more.

Two movies that I've seen recently that depict New York in the 70's are Serpico and the Taking of Pelham 123. Both interesting representations of the era.

Do you have any other recommendations? Thoughts?

 

Try some of the following for different views of New York from that era :

Taxi Driver
Dog Day Afternoon
Manhattan
Annie Hall
Kramer Vs. Kramer
All that Jazz
Panic in Needle Park

And there's one flick I've been hoping to catch one day called "Born to Win" directed by Ivan Passer and starring George Segal, who plays a junkie who hangs out in Times Square. Made in 1971, I don't think it's on DVD. Hopfully the Warner Archives series, which specializes in more obscure films from their library, will put it out

 

The French Connection

 

An Unmarried Woman
Harry and Tonto
Saturday Night Fever

 

A dirty and corrupt N.Y.:

The Seven-Ups.

 

Two of my favorites: The Warriors (1979), and All That Jazz (1979)
JJhunsecker beat me to the punch on All That Jazz!

 

Just an awesome NY picture.

 

Funny you should start this thread now as I've been spending time in NY and was riding the subway and remembered Taking of Pelham 123. I remember watching it as a kid and being mesmerised by it. I think it probably triggered my fascination with NY and 70's NY specifically. There's something about that era that is so fascinating. I love seeing photos of that era and movies shot in NY during that time.

Great thread...I'm going to keep an eye out on this one

Eddie

 

Times Square in the 70's was just off the hook. Talk about a NYC experience.

 

mean streets

 

mean streets

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marathon man

 

not a movie of course, but the opening of Welcome Back Kotter has a fascinating sequence of scenes

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QVS3WNt7yRU

 

It's the clothing. The architectural landscape. The urban backdrop that drips character and has seemingly always been there. The grit.

 

my brother lost out on an audition for this one...

i had to laugh when i read someone mention Welcome Back Kotter, cuz that theme song came to me when i opened this thread

 

The interesting thing about "Mean Streets" is that a lot of it was actually shot in LA !!

 

Since I was a High School kid in Brooklyn at this very time, this isn't even nostalgia for me- it was my life and world at that time in a nutshell

 

I remember one time I was about 12 years old, I was walking in Times Square with my father, and a guy handed him a flyer for a "massage parlor". Even being with a kid wasn't a deterrent

It was an "interesting" place back then, that's for sure....

 

Midnight Cowboy -- Dustin Hoffman as Ratso Rizzo is the consummate New Yorker. "I'm walkin' here, I'M WALKIN' HERE!"

 

As long as we're not talking about movies, check out the early seasons of SNL.

 

Fort Apache The Bronx was released in 1981 but I believe was set in the '70s. It is about the exploits of NYPD officers in South Bronx. It stars Paul Newman, Ed Asner, Ken Wahl, Danny Aiello, Rachel Ticotin, and others.

 

Goodfellas spans a few decades in New York, including during the '70s and it is one of my favorite films.

 

Being a kid from Astoria, NY
The Movie "Serpico" with Al Pacino, the scene under the Hellsgate Bridge is were I grew up playing in Astoria Park.
A Bronx Tale, Robert De Niro was also filmed in Astoria, Queens and not the Bronx.

 

Me too! Although in my case it extends up through 1983, which is when I first saw the city. Great thread!

This might be the best one IMO. Too bad the Blu-ray is supposed to be a big bummer -- I haven't gotten it for that reason.

For a sense of what NYC seemed (to some) to be headed for around that time -- and I love this movie -- John Carpenter's "Escape from New York" (1981).

 

Times Square (1980)

 

Really! :O For which role in particular? That's pretty cool...

Also, another flick, which tickles the end of the era is another favorite: