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Empire City (1985)
Directed by Michael Blackwood
“The City That Never Sleeps”
Documentary, History · 1h 29m
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.
Cast
Donald Trump
Ed Koch
Elia Kazan
Norman Mailer
Arthur Miller
Jason Robards
Crew
- Director
- Michael Blackwood
- Writer
- Frances Fitzgerald
- Director of Photography
- Mead Hunt
- Original Music Composer
- Philip Glass
- Editor
- Ned Bastille
- Producer
- Michael Blackwood
Details
- Release date
- 1985-07-01
- Runtime
- 1h 29m
- Genres
- Documentary, History
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- Michael Blackwood Productions