Empire City
The City That Never Sleeps
1985 | 89m | English
Popularity: 0.3 (history)
| Director: | Michael Blackwood |
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| Writer: | Frances Fitzgerald |
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| A film essay contrasting the modern metropolis with its "golden age" from 1830-1930, with the participation of some of New York's leading political and cultural figures. Made at a time when the city was experiencing unprecedented real estate development on the one hand and unforeseen displacement of population and deterioration on the other. Empire City is the story of two New Yorks. The film explores the precarious coexistence of the service-based midtown Manhattan corporate headquarters with the peripheral New York of undereducated minorities living in increasing alienation. | |
| Release Date: | Jul 01, 1985 |
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| Director: | Michael Blackwood |
| Writer: | Frances Fitzgerald |
| Genres: | History, Documentary |
| Keywords | new york city, politics, architecture, economics, gentrification |
| Production Companies | Michael Blackwood Productions |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Aug 04, 2024 Entered: Apr 25, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Donald Trump | Self |
| Ed Koch | Self |
| Jane Jacobs | Self |
| Elia Kazan | Self |
| Norman Mailer | Self |
| Arthur Miller | Self |
| Jason Robards | Self - Narrator (voice) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Michael Blackwood | Director |
| Philip Glass | Original Music Composer |
| Frances Fitzgerald | Writer |
| Ned Bastille | Editor |
| Mead Hunt | Director of Photography |
| Tom Fleischman | Sound Mixer |
| Pamela Katz | Assistant Camera |
| Thomas Holaday | Sound Recordist |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Michael Blackwood | Producer |
| David Schmerler | Associate Producer |
| Peter Brugger | Executive Producer |
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