Empire City

Empire City (1985)

The City That Never Sleeps

  • Genre: Documentary, History
  • Release Date: 1985-07-01
  • User Rating: 9/10 from 1 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 29min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: Michael Blackwood Productions
  • Production Country: United States of America
  • Director: Michael Blackwood
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Summary

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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  • Donald Trump

    as Self
  • Ed Koch

    as Self
  • Jane Jacobs

    as Self
  • Elia Kazan

    as Self
  • Norman Mailer

    as Self
  • Arthur Miller

    as Self
  • Jason Robards

    as Self - Narrator (voice)
Camera Mead Hunt Director of Photography
Production Michael Blackwood Producer
Production Peter Brugger Executive Producer
Sound Philip Glass Original Music Composer
Production David Schmerler Associate Producer
Sound Thomas Holaday Sound Recordist
Editing Ned Bastille Editor
Camera Pamela Katz Assistant Camera
Sound Tom Fleischman Sound Mixer
Writing Frances Fitzgerald Writer
Directing Michael Blackwood Director