Product Details

• Actors: Philip Bosco, Andrei Codrescu, Vincent Gardenia, Judd Hirsch, Nathan Lane
• Directors: Ric Burns
• Writers: Richard Snow
• Producers: Bob M. McCausland, Buddy Squires, Chas Norton, Eileen Mulvey, Harlan Reiniger
• Format: Color, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC
• Language: English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo)
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: PBS
• DVD Release Date: March 21, 2006
• Run Time: 58 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000CNEQWS
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #34,429 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "American Experience - Coney Island" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Editorial Reviews

Studio: Paramount Home Video Release Date: 03/21/2006

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

33 of 33 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Haunting Tribute to a Vanished Part of America, January 2, 2006

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Douglas C. Egan (New Orleans, LA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: American Experience - Coney Island (DVD)

I saw this years ago, and still can't get it out of my mind. It is haunting in every way, from the simple up and down single note piano soundtrack to the ageless black and white photos. It has a storyline with a sad ending, and yet is not depressing; it goes somewhere beyond joy or sadness, and yet it contains plenty of both. It is strongly tied in my mind to the American story of immigrants, entrepreneurship, more! more! more! lights and razzle-dazzle, and yet has a coda like a lone clown blowing a sad tune from a Fellini movie. I hope that it will haunt you, too.

18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Superb Atmospheric Film, August 21, 2006

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L. M Young (Marietta, GA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: American Experience - Coney Island (DVD)

There are nights when I have watched this film twice or three times in a row. Wonderful silent film and still photographs accompanied by Eli Wallach's narration and a haunting score. Return to the days when Coney Island was the latest thing in American amusement. There are no other words besides "absolutely stunning."

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Watching, August 21, 2006

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D. Hultgren "Arm Chair Historian" (Arlington Heights, IL) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: American Experience - Coney Island (DVD)

I highly recommend this installment of American Experience. Between the archive footage, celebrity voice overs and atmospheric sound track it really conveys a sense of what New York life was like at the turn of the century.