Empire City
“The City That Never Sleeps”
1985•G•1h 29m•9.0•Released
DocumentaryHistory
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.
Director
Michael Blackwood
Writer
Frances Fitzgerald
Languages
English
Studio
Michael Blackwood Productions
Cast
Donald Trump
Self
Ed Koch
Self
Jane Jacobs
Self
Elia Kazan
Self
Norman Mailer
Self
Arthur Miller
Self
Jason Robards
Self - Narrator (voice)
Production
Company
Michael Blackwood Productions
Producer
Michael Blackwood
Recommended
6.8
9/11: Inside the President's War Room
2021
6.9
Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound
2019
6.4
Salinger
2013
7.2
Best of Enemies
2015
7.1
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Hawkeye
2022
6.8
Looking for Richard
1996
8.2
The Untold History Of The United States
2012
7.4
I Am Heath Ledger
2017
6.8
The War Room
1993
7.1
The Class of ‘92
2013
6.8
Obi-Wan Kenobi: A Jedi's Return
2022
6.1
Naqoyqatsi
2002
7.1
Capitalism: A Love Story
2009
6.2
Seduced and Abandoned
2013
6.6
Titanic: 20 Years Later with James Cameron
2017
7.2
Avatar: The Deep Dive - A Special Edition of 20/20
2022
7.5
RBG
2018
6.2
Mariah Carey's Magical Christmas Special
2020
6.9
Halloween: 25 Years of Terror
2006
7.4
That's Entertainment!
1974
Similar Movies
7.6
JFK
1991
Les pharaons de l'Egypte moderne
2016
District 26: A New York Election Story
2022
6.7
Paris to Pittsburgh
2018
7
The Police Tapes
1977
6.6
Basquiat
1996
7.9
Ben-Hur
1959
Il fare politica
2005
6.3
Eero Saarinen: The Architect Who Saw the Future
2016
7
Nas: Time Is Illmatic
2014
10
Reimagining A Buffalo Landmark
2019
Act Social
2021
9.5
The Rise & Fall of Penn Station
2004
6.1
Chappaquiddick
2018
7.1
Fahrenheit 9/11
2004
7.1
Roger & Me
1989
7
An Inconvenient Truth
2006
7.9
Raging Bull
1980
Ghosts of the Chelsea Hotel
2023
7.5
Hong Kong: Retrocession Generation
2017