New York at the Movies (2002)

7.3/10 • 90 min • History Documentary TV Movie

Overview

Meryl Streep conducts us to a trip to New York City as presented in many films during the 20th Century, and how its cultural importance and impact are important to viewers. With a comprehensive gathering of clips from films between 1910's and 1990's, the documentary presents the mandatory classic films that presented the city and its multiple cultural variations, situations and the great stories filmed there. Actors and directors also discuss how they view the city in reality and also through the pictures.

Cast

Meryl Streep

Narrator (voice)

Lauren Bacall

Liza Minnelli

Edward Burns

Nora Ephron

Sidney Lumet

Peter Bogdanovich

Spike Lee

Paul Mazursky

Tim Robbins

James Sanders

Martin Scorsese

John Turturro

Self

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