09 Aug 1996
Basquiat
The brief life of Jean Michel Basquiat, a world renowned New York street artist struggling with fame, drugs and his identity.
Coney Island
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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Philip Bosco Narrator (voice)
Al Lewis Self - Actor
Vincent Gardenia Self - Actor
Eli Wallach Self - Actor
Elliot Willensky Self - Writer
Judd Hirsch (voice)
George Plimpton (voice)
Lois Smith (voice)
Frances Sternhagen (voice)
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