New York - A Documentary Film
Director: Ric Burns
DocumentaryUSA 19995x50'
Sunday, 4. Jun 2000, 16:30
A documentary epic on New York, the city itself. 1919 to 1931: the excesses of the Jazz Age; the arrival of the mass consumption society and pop culture, the growth of the media industry; hectic speculation and Wall Street crash. At the end, everyone stands in awe before the world‘ last great wonder: the Empire State Building. A precise mixture of elegant color photography, interviews with experts and, above all, phenomenal file footage. A film as monumental as its subject.
Director
Ric Burns
Screenplay
Ric Burns, James Sanders
Producers
Lisa Ades, Ric Burns
Executive Producers
Ric Burns, Margaret Drain (the American Experience), Judy Crichton (WGBH)
Cinematography
Buddy Squires, Allen Moore
Editing
Li-Shin Yu, Edward Barteski, David Hanser, Nina Schulman
Music
Brian Keane
International Sales
WGBH International
Domestic Sales
Telepool
Narrator
David Ogden Stiers
Associate Producer
Helen Kaplan
Production
Steeplechase Films in association with WGBH Boston, Thirteen WNET, the New-York Historical Society
