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MPAA Rating: PG Content Advisory: Adult Situations, Not For Children, Adult Language, Profanity Movie Release: 1989 DVD Release: 04/08/2003 Format: DVD - Closed Captioned Edition: Dual Layered Audio Tracks: English, French Subtitles: English SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 2 hrs 4 mins Studio: Walt Disney Video Members Wishing: 10 Genres: Comedy Drama, Satire, Fantasy Comedy, Urban Comedy

The omnibus film New York Stories is the product of three powerhouse filmmakers. The film is divided into three stories, each exploring a different aspect of life in the Big Apple. Life Lessons, directed by Martin Scorcese, is a Dostoevsky-like tale of the rarefied Art World, with Nick Nolte as a self-indulgent abstractionist who loves Rosanna Arquette, but can't bring himself to lie to her about her negligible artistic talents. Life Without Zoe, directed by Francis Ford Coppola, is more than a little reminiscent of Kay Thompson's Eloise stories, with 12-year-old Zoe (Heather McComb) running amok at the Sherry-Netherland hotel while her parents are embarked upon a world-girdling vacation. The last and is Woody Allen's Oedipus Wrecks, wherein a schnooky lawyer (guess who?) inadvertently "creates" the Jewish Mother From Hell: thanks to a misguided magic trick, Allen's mama (the incomparable Mae Questel) becomes a huge spectral vision on the New York skyline, telling everyone within earshot about her son's inadequacies. The cinematographer lineup on New York Stories includes Nestor Almendros, Vittorio Storaro and Sven Nykvist. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Nick Nolte - Lionel Dobie
Rosanna Arquette - Paulette
Patrick O'Neal - Phillip Fowler
Heather McComb - Zoe
Jesse Borrego - Reuben Toro
Talia Shire - Charlotte
Mia Farrow - Lisa
Woody Allen - Sheldon Mills
Mae Questel - Mother
Julie Kavner - Treva
Steve Buscemi - Gregory Stark
Giancarlo Giannini - Claudio