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New York has always been a celluloid city, full of the glitz and glamor of the movie business. From “Miracle on 34th Street” in 1947 to Woody Allen's “Annie Hall” a full thirty years later, New York has been one of the most powerful backdrops in cinema, a place full of meaning, light, sound, and life. If you're a film buff dropping into New York for a few days or weeks, be sure to check out these iconic landmarks from these five New York City classics.
1) MIRACLE ON THIRTY-FOURTH STREET, (1947)
If you visit Macy's department story in Herald Square, on 34th St between 6th and 7th Avenues, during the crowded holiday season, you might well expect to find masses of tourists and crying children queueing up to sit on Santa lap. But in this 1947 classic, the sweet and heartwarming story of the “real” Santa Claus trying to prove himself to a cynical city and a young Natalie Wood, the magic of Christmas is alive and well.
2) AN AFFAIR TO REMEMBER (1957) OR KING KONG (1933)
There are many reasons to visit New York's Empire State Building, once the tallest building in the world. You can marvel at the view from the top, enjoy tourist-based animated “rides” and more. But the Empire State Building is more than just a building for cinema lovers. The site of King Kong, the hapless ape, scaling the building in order to prove his love for the lovely actress played by Fay Wray, as well as the meeting point for lovers Cary Grant and Deborah Kerr, who intend to reunite here in An Affair to Remember, is a place for both action and romance.
3) BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY'S (1961)
This ode to New York glamor and elegance can be relived outside the window of the eponymous Tiffany's, jewelry store to the stars and New York elite, on 56th Street and 5th Avenue. Remember the iconic face of Audrey Hepburn's pouting bohemian starlet Holly Golightly as she gazes into the windows of the luxurious store – always an outsider looking in – and consider bringing a breakfast of your own.
4) ANNIE HALL (1977)
The whole city is a backdrop for Woody Allen's zany, neurotic, nevertheless bittersweet meditation on life and love, starring Allen's real-life romantic connection Diane Keaton as Annie Hall herself. From Coney Island to Steve's Famous Clam Bar on Atlantic Avenue in Brooklyn, this film is full of iconic New York locations, but perhaps no backdrop is as significant to the film as Central Park, where Alvy (played by Allen himself) and Annie mock passers-by in the park, including a “Truman Capote” lookalike played by an uncredited Capote himself.
5) WHEN HARRY MET SALLY (1989)
This sweet, low-key romantic comedy about the high-maitenance Sally, played by Meg Ryan in a role that epitomized her subsequent stature as America's sweetheart, and good-natured Harry, played by Billy Crystal, is one of the best New York stories of all time. Visit Katz's Deli, on East Houston and Ludlow Street, for a glimpse at the deli where Sally famously faked an orgasm over a pastrami sandwich to prove to Harry that women, in general, can fake. “Have what she's having” and order the pastrami.
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