Empire City

Empire City

1985
1h 29m
9.0

9.0/10

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Documentary History

"The City That Never Sleeps"

Overview

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.

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Status: Released

Language: EN

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Production Information

Production Companies
Michael Blackwood Productions
Production Countries
United States of America
Spoken Languages
English

Keywords

new york city politics architecture economics gentrification

Quick Facts

Release Date July 1, 1985
Status Released
Language EN
IMDb ID tt1827402
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Cast

Donald Trump
Donald Trump

Self

Ed Koch
Ed Koch

Self

Jane Jacobs
Jane Jacobs

Self

Elia Kazan
Elia Kazan

Self

Norman Mailer
Norman Mailer

Self

Arthur Miller
Arthur Miller

Self

Jason Robards
Jason Robards

Self - Narrator (voice)

Key Crew

Michael Blackwood
Producer
Peter Brugger
Executive Producer
Frances Fitzgerald
Writer
Michael Blackwood
Director