New York: A Documentary Film
Directed by:
Ric BurnsComposer:
Brian KeaneCast:
David Ogden Stiers (narrator), Robert Sean Leonard, Philip Bosco, Janeane Garofalo, Paul Giamatti, Callie Thorne, Keith David, Mike Wallace, George Plimpton, Franklin D. Roosevelt (a.f.) (more)Plots(1)
During the fifth episode of New York: A Documentary Film, the post-war economic boom, the rise of consumer culture, and the birth of new mass-media industries fuel the convergence of an incredible array of human and cultural energies, ending with the Crash of 1929 and the construction of the Empire State Building. (PBS)
Cast
![David Ogden Stiers](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/270/270380_b78456.jpg)
David Ogden Stiers (narrator)
USA
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![Robert Sean Leonard](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/730/162730276_fa4f60.png)
Robert Sean Leonard
USA
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![Philip Bosco](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/270/270885_e65e40.jpg)
Philip Bosco
USA
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![Janeane Garofalo](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/755/163755517_e99396.jpg)
Janeane Garofalo
USA
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![Paul Giamatti](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/184/162184316_197b09.jpg)
Paul Giamatti
USA
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![Callie Thorne](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/337/160337111_6d68bc.jpg)
Callie Thorne
USA
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![Keith David](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/271/271686_45b61d.jpg)
Keith David
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![Mike Wallace](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/165/215/165215692_a7f79a.jpg)
Mike Wallace
USA
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George Plimpton
USA
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![Franklin D. Roosevelt](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/950/157950086_6c35de.jpg)
Franklin D. Roosevelt (a.f.)
USA
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![Herbert Hoover](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/928/157928110_7235ae.jpg)
Herbert Hoover (a.f.)
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![F. Scott Fitzgerald](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/127/186/127186553_84716a.jpg)
F. Scott Fitzgerald (a.f.)
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![Winston Churchill](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/987/157987504_19adc0.jpg)
Winston Churchill (a.f.)
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Robert A. Caro
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