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"The American Experience" Coney Island (1991)


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Overview

User Rating:
7.1/10   40 votes
Director:
Writer:
Richard Snow (writer)
Contact:
View company contact information for Coney Island on IMDbPro.
Original Air Date:
4 February 1991 (Season 3, Episode 11)
Tagline:
The ups and downs of America's first amusement park.
Plot:
The film explores the beginnings of America's first amusement park and takes us through its good times all the way up to its end. The show was originally produced for PBS's American Experience. | add synopsis
Awards:
1 win & 1 nomination more
User Reviews:
Brings Coney Island to Life more (6 total)

Cast

  (Episode Credited cast)
Philip Bosco ... Narrator
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Andrei Codrescu ... Voice Only
Vincent Gardenia ... Voice Only

Judd Hirsch ... Voice Only

Nathan Lane ... Voice Only
Al Lewis ... Himself

John Mahoney ... Voice Only

Jerry Orbach ... Voice Only
George Plimpton ... Voice Only

Lois Smith ... Voice Only
Frances Sternhagen ... Voice Only

Eli Wallach ... Voice Only
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Additional Details

Runtime:
58 min
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Frost Circus more

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2 out of 2 people found the following review useful.
Brings Coney Island to Life, 7 October 2003
Author: (FADrury@aol.com) from Bow, NH

One of my favorite documentaries! As someone raised in Northern, NJ, I grew up with the stories and memories of relatives who visited Coney Island in its heyday. It was really interesting to get a feel for what it was like for someone in the first half of the 20th Century to go to Coney Island. This documentary achieves that. It also provides some interesting comments on social changes, and how Coney Island relfected them, in the US over 50+ years. A very enjoyable film with a bit of melancholy over what was lost when Coney Island began to fade in importance.

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