Empire City
Empire City

Empire City

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1985
1h 29m
9.0(1 votes)
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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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7 members
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Donald Trump

Self

Donald Trump
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Ed Koch

Self

Ed Koch
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Jane Jacobs

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Elia Kazan

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Elia Kazan
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Norman Mailer

Self

Norman Mailer
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Arthur Miller

Self

Arthur Miller
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Jason Robards

Self - Narrator (voice)

Jason Robards

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