New York in the Fifties Movie Review 2001

Modest little documentary based on Dan Wakefield's book. He and several other people who were involved in the New York literary/artistic scene of the 1950s reminisce about those halcyon days. Subjects include Robert Redford, Joan Didion, John Gregory Dunne, Nat Hentoff, Nan and Gay Talese, Calvin Trillin, and William F. Buckley. Film clips of Jack Kerouac, Steve Allen, and Stormin' Norman Mailer enliven the relatively static action.

Distribution

First Run Features, The Film Center Building, 630 Ninth Ave., Ste. 1213, New York, NY 10036, Phone: (212)243-0600, Toll-free: 800-229-8575, Fax: (212)989-7649, Email: info@firstrunfeatures.com, URL: http://www.firstrunfeatures.com

Available on DVD
Running time 72 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Documentary Films

Cast

Robert Redford, Joan Didion, John Gregory Dunne, Nat Hentoff, Nan Talese, Gay Talese, Calvin Trillin, William F. Buckley

Cinematography

Bobby Shepard

Director

Betsy Blankenbaker

Music

Steve Allee