any point in film history, of the first freshness?" Critic Roger Ebert from the Chicago Sun-Times writes that "Scorsese's New York, New York never pulls itself together into a coherent whole, but if we forgive the movie its confusions we're left with a good time." Accolades The film is recognized by American Film Institute in these lists: 2004: AFI's 100 Years...100 Songs: "Theme from New York, New York – #31 2006: AFI's Greatest Movie Musicals – Nominated Golden Globe Awards Nominations Best Original Song: "New York, New York''" by Fred Ebb and John Kander Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy: Liza Minnelli Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy: Robert De Niro Re-releases When the film was originally released, it had a running time of 155 minutes. The box-office failure of the film prompted United Artists to cut the film down to 136 minutes. It was then re-released in 1981 with the deleted scenes restored, including the lengthy musical number "Happy Endings", only a small portion of which had appeared in the original release. The total running time of the DVD edition is 163 minutes. See also New York, New York (musical) References External links 1977 films 1977 romantic drama films 1970s American films 1970s English-language films 1970s musical drama films American musical drama films American romantic drama films American romantic musical films American World War II films Films about music and musicians Films about race and ethnicity Films directed by Martin Scorsese Films produced by Irwin Winkler Films produced by Robert Chartoff Films set in 1945 Films set in New York City Films shot in Los Angeles Films shot in New York City Jazz films Liza Minnelli soundtracks Metafictional works United Artists films