Sunday in New York (1963)

On a Sunday, Eileen Tyler, still a virgin, leaves Albany to visit her airline pilot brother in New York but a chance encounter with a man on a city bus threatens to derail her upcoming marriage to boyfriend Russ.

Director:

Peter Tewksbury

Writers:

Norman Krasna (play), Norman Krasna (screenplay)

Stars:

Rod Taylor, Jane Fonda, Cliff Robertson

Nominated for 1 Golden Globe.

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Jane Fonda	...	Eileen Tyler
Rod Taylor	...	Mike Mitchell
Cliff Robertson	...	Adam Tyler
Robert Culp	...	Russ Wilson
Jo Morrow	...	Mona Harris
Jim Backus	...	Chief Pilot Drysdale
Peter Nero	...	Himself - at Club Nero

Storyline

Eileen is 22 and is smarting from her breakup with Russ. She comes to New York to visit her brother, Adam, who is an airline pilot. Eileen confides to her brother that she thinks she may be the only 22 year old virgin left in the world. Adam assures her that sex is not what all men look for and insists he hasn't slept around. Of course, Adam is lying and is in hot pursuit of a tryst with his occasional girlfriend Mona. However, Adam's date with Mona has a series of job related interruptions. Meanwhile, Eileen decides to see if she can have some fun for herself in New York, and seems to find the perfect candidate in Mike, a man she meets on the bus. But things get complicated when Russ pops in with a proposal and a mistaken assumption.

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Plot Keywords:

masquerade | co pilot | airplane | airport | wrong flight | 

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Taglines:

Dedicated to the proposition that every girl gets sooner or later!

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Genres:

Comedy | Romance

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Certificate:

Approved

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

13 November 1963 (USA)

Also Known As:

Un domingo en Nueva York

Filming Locations:

Central Park Lake, Central Park, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$2,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

105 min

Sound Mix:

Mono (Westrex Recording System)

Color:

Color (Metrocolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Jane Fonda has been quoted as stating that this film was the first time she enjoyed making a movie or thought she was any good at acting.

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Goofs

When Mike and Eileen are sitting in the restaurant, they order from a waiter; their conversation is continuous, never showing the waiter come back. Yet, when it cuts from the two-shot they're in to a medium shot, there are cups and plates on the table as though their order was delivered.

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Quotes

Adam Tyler: What is that you like to know?
Eileen Tyler: Are you ready?
Adam Tyler: Shoot.
Eileen Tyler: Is a girl that's been going around with a fellow for a reasonable length of time is supposed to go to the bed with him or not?
Adam Tyler: What kind of question is that to ask?

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Connections

Featured in Women He's Undressed (2015)

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Soundtracks

Hello
Written by Roland Everett and Peter Nero
Performed by Harry Babbitt

User Reviews

One of the top of an almost lost genre

If you're one of those shallow enough to complain, as another reviewer does, when a film "betrays it's Broadway roots," you're probably not sophisticated enough to appreciate the very real pleasures of a film like Sunday IN NEW YORK where the lines in the screenplay actually contribute enormously to the enjoyment of the film. While not quite as well crafted as the classics of the genre, Neil Simon's BAREFOOT IN THE PARK or Jean Kerr's MARY, MARY, Sunday IN NEW YORK benefits enormously from Norman Krasna crafting the screenplay from his own successful Broadway play.

Krasna is, in fact, prescient in several of his lines where he acknowledges that "in the future" people will take these things more in their stride - at least to the extent of premarital sex at the age of these characters - but while the age of experience may have shifted, the frustrations and anxieties of initiation probably never will and following "innocent" Jane Fonda, her protective but experienced brother, Cliff Robertson and the object of her temptation, Rod Taylor, through these beautifully filmed 105 minutes will provide not only enormous fun for those grownup enough to enjoy the ride without explosions and chase scenes (actually, there are a couple of those!) but a wonderful window on how we viewed our sex lives only a few years ago.

Sunday IN NEW YORK may be on a craft level of Neil Simon's first Broadway (and film) hit, COME BLOW YOUR HORN, but Krasna had been providing satisfying works for both Hollywood (WIFE VS. SECRETARY, MR. AND MRS. SMITH, WHITE Christmas) and Broadway (DEAR RUTH, KIND SIR) for decades before Simon started, and this represents some of his best comedy writing. It's a second tier joy. Consider making it a "flying double feature" (Robertson plays an airline pilot with TWA which is complicating HIS sex life) with the British BOEING BOEING, and you've got a great Sunday's escape in any city you please. Solid literate fun.