Geronimo1967
Much is made of whether or not this is one of Martin Scorseses weaker efforts but I think thats to appraise the wrong talent here. The star of the whole thing is the charismatic chanteuse Francine (Liza Minnelli). She a bit of a dreamer who encounters the opportunist sax player Jimmy (Robert De Niro) at a party in New York that is celebrating VJ Day in 1945. She isnt much interested in the patter he has been trolling out to every woman he has met all evening, but a combination of circumstances see the two spending an increasing amount of time together and gradually falling in love. Both have their individual ambitions, too, though, and as she begins to find success thanks to a supportive producer and he likewise with his new jazz venue, the...