The City That Never Sleeps
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.
Made in US
9/10
1985
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Cast
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)
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