8:00 a.m.
Order grilled Niman Ranch pork belly and slow poached eggs for breakfast at Peacock Alley, Waldorf=Astoria, 301 Park Ave., btw E. 49th & E 50th sts., 872-4920, in the famed hotel where Al Pacino spent one wild weekend in Scent of a Woman (1992).

9:30 a.m.
Tour the United Nations, First Ave. & E. 46th St., 963-8687, where Nicole Kidman overheard an assassination plot in The Interpreter (2005).

11:00 a.m.
Ascend to the 86th floor observation deck of the Empire State Building, 350 Fifth Ave., btw 33rd & 34th sts., 736-3100, where Tom Hanks wooed Meg Ryan in Sleepless in Seattle (1993) and Cary Grant waited for his love Deborah Kerr in An Affair to Remember (1957).

1:00 p.m.
Reminisce over a corned beef sandwich on rye at the Carnegie Deli, 854 Seventh Ave., at W. 55th St., 757-2245, just like the veteran comedians Corbett Monica and Morty Gunty did in Broadway Danny Rose (1984).

2:30 p.m.
Enjoy springtime on a stroll through Central Park, where the age of Aquarius dawned in Hair (1980) … Ride the Carousel, mid-Park at 64th St., 879-0244, used in Up the Sandbox (1972), I’m Not Rappaport (1996) and The Spanish Prisoner (1997) ... Meander through the Sheep Meadow, mid-Park, from 66th to 69th sts., where Denzel Washington filmed scenes in The Manchurian Candidate (2004) ... Recall Max Bialystock and Leo Bloom’s dubious partnership in The Producers (2005) in front of Bethesda Fountain, mid-Park at 72nd St ... Refresh at the Loeb Boathouse Café, Park Drive E. at 74th St., where Meg Ryan and her girlfriends sat at an outdoor table in When Harry Met Sally (1989).

4:30 p.m.
Visit the second floor of FAO Schwarz, 767 Fifth Ave., at 58th St., 644-9400, and watch pro-dancers tap out “Chopsticks” on the $150,000 floor piano, as Tom Hanks’ did in Big (1988).

5:00 p.m.
Play a video-game version of Pirates of the Caribbean (2003) or watch past classics on the video wall in the Media Zone at World of Disney® New York City, 711 Fifth Ave., at 55th St., 702-0702.

5:30 p.m.
Hail a yellow cab in front of The St. Regis Hotel, 2 E. 55th St., at Fifth Ave., where Robert De Niro picked up Cybill Shepherd in Taxi Driver (1976).

6:00 p.m.
Dine like a czar on Iranian caviar, goose breast carpaccio and Georgian-spiced grilled rack of lamb at the Russian Tea Room, 150 W. 57th St., btw Sixth & Seventh aves., 581-7100, where a cross-dressing Dustin Hoffman met his agent, Sydney Pollack, in Tootsie (1982).

8:00 p.m.
See Chicago, Ambassador Theatre, 219 W. 49th St., btw Broadway & Eighth Ave., 239-6200, and compare the current Billy Flynn’s performance to Richard Gere’s stellar turn in the 2002 movie.

10:45 p.m.
Immerse yourself in the nonstop energy of Times Square, W. 42nd to W. 44th sts., btw Broadway & Seventh Ave., and marvel at how clean
and safe the area has become since Jon Voight sampled its seamier side in Midnight Cowboy (1969) and a host of shady characters played by
Marlon Brando and Frank Sinatra, among others, inhabited a Runyonesque world in Guys & Dolls (1955).

11:30 p.m.
Dance to hip techno remixes until tomorrow morning at Marquee, 289 10th Ave., btw W. 26th & W. 27th sts., 1-646-473-0202, where recent revelers have included movie stars Benicio Del Toro of 21 Grams (2003) and Scarlett Johansson of The Black Dahlia (2006).




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QUICKGUIDE: New York Itineraries/Spring 2007