NEW YORK: A DOCUMENTARY FILM BY RIC BURNS (AMERICAN EXPERIENCE)

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• Release Year: 1999
• Genre: Documentary
• Plot: The fascinating story of New York City from its civilized beginnings as an essential trading outpost to a global center of commerce! Ric Burns grabs hold of this intriguing municipal icon and reveals the compelling tale of New York's greatness using reflections offered by a host of distinguished New Yorkers. From the Dutch settlers through the reign of the British Empire and on to the pinnacle of liberty, New York City remains the nucleus of American life. Narrated by David Ogden Stiers.
• Cast: David Ogden Stiers, John Steele Gordon, Kenneth Jackson, Robert A.M. Stern, Mike Wallace, Philip Bosco, Brendan Gill, Calvin O. Butts III, Robert A. Caro, Peter Hamill, Alfred Kazin, David McCullough, George Plimpton, Luc Sante, Eli Wallach, Craig Steven Wilder, Keith David, Paul Giamatti, Rudy Giuliani, Fran Lebowitz, Callie Thorne, Daniel Czitrom, Robert Sean Leonard, Peter Quinn, Marshall Berman, Allen Ginsberg, Spalding Gray, Josh Hamilton, David Levering Lewis, Donald Trump Jr., Carol Willis, Caleb Carr, James Hazeldine, Phillip Lopate, Daniel Patrick Moynihan, Frances Sternhagen, John Kuo Wei Tchen, Joshua Freeman, Ruth J. Abram, Thomas Bender, Carol Berkin, Janeane Garofalo, Margo Jefferson, Frederic Kimball, David Margulies, Gretchen Sullivan Sorin, Harris Yulin, Bella Abzug, Frances Golden, Cheryl Greenberg, Ada Louise Huxtable, Ed Koch, Anna Quindlen, Susan Sarandon, Ray Suarez, Joan Allen, Andrei Codrescu, E.L. Doctorow, Ann Douglas, Nancy Groce, Marlena Grzaslewicz, Tony Kushner, Frank McCourt, Joe Morton, Kathy Peiss, Martin Scorsese, Isaiah Sheffer, Ron Silver, Joel Silverman, Christine Stansell, Jean Strouse, Frank Pellegrino, Mrs. Vincent Astor, Edward Herrmann, Gene Jones, Eric Lipton, Patrick McGrath, Lois Smith, George W.S. Trow, Louis Armstrong, Abraham Beame, Irving Berlin, Winston Churchill, Duke Ellington, F. Scott Fitzgerald, George Gershwin, Fiorello LaGuardia, John V. Lindsay, Robert Moses, Richard Rodgers, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Alfred E. Smith, Jimmy Walker, Ric Burns, James Sanders
• Director: Ric Burns
• Runtime: 17:20
• Company: WGBH Boston, PBS Home Video, Paramount Home Video
• Media Format: Series