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List Price: $19.99Amazon.com's Price: $17.99 You Save: $2.00 (10%)Prices subject to change.
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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
Brand: PARAMOUNT PICTURES
EAN: 0841887050562
Format: Color, DVD-Video, Full Screen, NTSC
Label: PBS Paramount
Manufacturer: PBS Paramount
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: PBS Paramount
Region Code: 1
Release Date: March 21, 2006
Running Time: 58 minutes
Sales Rank: 17029
Studio: PBS Paramount
Theatrical Release Date: February 04, 1991
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Editorial Review:
Description:
Before there was Disneyland, there was Coney Island. By the turn of the century, this tiny piece of New York real estate was internationally famous. On summer Sundays, three great pleasure domes--Steeplechase, Luna Park and Dreamland--competed for the patronage of a half-million people. By day it was the world's most amazing amusement park, by night, an electric "Eden".
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This is something I remember first watching when I was 11 or 12 years old. It was something my mom wanted me to see because she experienced herself the joys of the (final) years of Steeplechase Park at Coney Island;the human roulette wheel,the blow hole theater,the Nathan's hot dogs;she did it all and all of that is here only more. After watching this I have to admit to myself Luna Park,although it's heyday was at the turn of the century and it burned down 40 years before I was born,looked pretty ... Read More
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Coney Island has become legend. What once was a place for people to gather in excitement and fun is now a hollow ghost of its former self. Still, it is fun to look back on the way it once was during a simpler time in history.
This documentary is extremely well done. The narration is excellent and combines well with the film clips used. The editing is also masterful and helpful to the storytelling. Surprisingly, the film footage is in good condition. Since most of it did not come from a major ... Read More
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Recently, after reading Sarah Hall's book "The Electric Michelangelo" i became interested in Coney Island and it's history. Stumbled across this DVD and ordered it. I was a little surprised at how dated the production seems to be. Not that it really interferes with the content since it deals with the history of Coney Island. There are some amazing images here of the three original amusement parks. The thing that I was really hoping for that was not here was some shots of what is in these locations today (I ... Read More
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A beautiful film that gives a fascinating history of Coney Island from its discovery by Europeans to its current fading glory. As a child of the 50's, I'm happy to revisit a happy cache of memories. It also makes you wish you could have glimpsed Dreamland & Luna Park because the venues seem to rival the attractions available in today's amusement parks. I hope that the planned gentrification of modern Coney doesn't spoil the flavor & enchantment for future generations. Thanks Ric Burns for preserving ... Read More
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For anyone to understand what Coney Island means to people (especially those with a direct connection to the place), they'd have to see this documentary. The legendary amusement parks and their eventual demise is a compelling story of the rise and fall of a universal icon.
In this, the first of Ric Burns' American Experience documentary films, the dynamic of this unique place is captured so well, I can barely watch it without tears emerging uncontrollably from my eyes.
A must see for anyone interested ... Read More
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