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Empire City  (1985)
The City That Never Sleeps


9.0|1 Jul, 1985|89 min
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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.
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Keywords
new york city
politics
architecture
economics
gentrification

Casts

Donald Trump
Donald Trump
Self
Ed Koch
Ed Koch
Self
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)

Crews

Mead Hunt
Director of Photography
David Schmerler
Associate Producer
Michael Blackwood
Michael Blackwood
Producer
Peter Brugger
Executive Producer
Philip Glass
Philip Glass
Original Music Composer
Thomas Holaday
Sound Recordist
Ned Bastille
Editor
Frances Fitzgerald
Writer
Pamela Katz
Assistant Camera
Tom Fleischman
Sound Mixer
Michael Blackwood
Michael Blackwood
Director

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