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Is it any wonder there are so many iconic New York movies?

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The Seven Year Itch(1955)
One of the most enduring Manhattan images ever?
That of Marilyn Monroe poised over a subway grate, her white dress billowing about her.
to its lacerating finale,West Side Storyset a high watermark for New York movies.

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The quietness and the proud look of it, Golightly (a Givenchy-clad Audrey Hepburn) explains.
Nothing very bad could happen to you there.
Just see itsiconic final scenein front of the Plaza Hotel.

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(NB: Program your own Robert Redford Takes New York!
Is there anything wrong with that?
); stay for the outrageous, proto-Balenciaga padded-shoulder jackets.

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Also:its fab opening credits!
(Scorsese himself was born in Flushing.)
(Lart pour lart, indeed.)

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As such, its filming locations include spots like J.
Its awild ridefilled with sex, drugs, and exorbitant amounts of moneyuntil everything inevitably comes crashing down.
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