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  • New York: A Documentary Film (1999–2003)
  • TV Mini-series | 986 min | Documentary, History
New York: A Documentary Film (1999–2003)
TV Mini-series | 986 min | Documentary, History

Exploration of New York City's rich history as a complex and dynamic city that has played an unparalleled role in shaping the nation and reflecting its ideals.
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Updated Nov 14, 1999

Release date (First episode)
Nov 14, 1999 (United States)

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103 cast members
Name Episodes Known for
David Ogden Stiers
Narrator Narrator   See fewer
8
Kenneth Jackson
Self - Commentator Self - Commentator   See fewer
8
8
8
Robert A.M. Stern
Self - Commentator Self - Commentator   See fewer
7
John Steele Gordon
Self - Commentator Self - Commentator   See fewer
7
Pete Hamill
Self - Commentator Self - Commentator   See fewer
6
6
Mike Wallace
Self - Commentator Self - Commentator   See fewer
6
Brendan Gill
Self - Commentator Self - Commentator   See fewer
6
5
5
David McCullough
Self - Commentator Self - Commentator   See fewer
5
Robert A. Caro
Self - Commentator Self - Commentator   See fewer
5
Lucy Sante
Self - Commentator Self - Commentator   See fewer
5
Calvin O. Butts III
Self - Commentator Self - Commentator   See fewer
5
Alfred Kazin
Self - Commentator Self - Commentator   See fewer
5
Craig Steven Wilder
Self - Commentator Self - Commentator   See fewer
5
4
4
Callie Thorne
Actress Actress   See fewer
4
Fran Lebowitz
Self - Commentator Self - Commentator   See fewer
4
Rudy Giuliani
Self - Commentator Self - Commentator   See fewer
4
4
Daniel Czitrom
Self - Commentator Self - Commentator   See fewer
4
Peter Quinn
Self - Commentator Self - Commentator   See fewer
4
Spalding Gray
Self - Comentator Self - Comentator   See fewer
3
Allen Ginsberg
Self - Commentator Self - Commentator   See fewer
3
David Levering Lewis
Self - Commentator Self - Commentator   See fewer
3
Marshall Berman
Self - Commentator Self - Commentator   See fewer
3
Carol Willis
Self - Commentator Self - Commentator   See fewer
3
3
3
3
Caleb Carr
Self - Commentator Self - Commentator   See fewer
3
Daniel Patrick Moynihan
Self - Commentator Self - Commentator   See fewer
3
John Kuo Wei Tchen
Self - Commentator Self - Commentator   See fewer
3
Phillip Lopate
Self - Commentator Self - Commentator   See fewer
3
Joshua Freeman
Self - Commentator Self - Commentator   See fewer
2
Janeane Garofalo
Actress Actress   See fewer
2
2
2
Gretchen Sullivan Sorin
Self - Commentator / Self -Commentator Self - Commentator / Self -Commentator   See fewer
2
Thomas Bender
Self - Commentator Self - Commentator   See fewer
2
Ruth J. Abram
Self - Commentator Self - Commentator   See fewer
2
Margo Jefferson
Self - Commentator Self - Commentator   See fewer
2
2
Carol Berkin
Self - Commentator Self - Commentator   See fewer
2
Susan Sarandon
Actress Actress   See fewer
2
Donald Trump Jr.
Self - Commentator Self - Commentator   See fewer
2
Ed Koch
Self - Commentator Self - Commentator   See fewer
2
Bella Abzug
Self - Commentator Self - Commentator   See fewer
2
Anna Quindlen
Self - Commentator Self - Commentator   See fewer
2
Ada Louise Huxtable
Self - Commentator Self - Commentator   See fewer
2
Frances Goldin
Self - Commentator Self - Commentator   See fewer
2
Ray Suarez
Self - Commentator Self - Commentator   See fewer
2
Cheryl Greenberg
Self - Commentator Self - Commentator   See fewer
2
Martin Scorsese
Self - Commentator Self - Commentator   See fewer
1
Joan Allen
Actress Actress   See fewer
1
Donald Trump
Self - Commentator Self - Commentator   See fewer
1
Joe Morton
Actor Actor   See fewer
1
Ron Silver
Actor Actor   See fewer
1
Tony Kushner
Self - Commentator Self - Commentator   See fewer
1
1
E.L. Doctorow
Self - Commentator Self - Commentator   See fewer
1
1
1
1
Christine Stansell
Self - Commentator Self - Commentator   See fewer
1
1
Ann Douglas
Self - Commentator Self - Commentator   See fewer
1
Kathy Peiss
Self - Commentator Self - Commentator   See fewer
1
Joel Silverman
Self - Commentator Self - Commentator   See fewer
1
Jean Strouse
Self - Commentator Self - Commentator   See fewer
1
Joshua Freeman
Self - Commentator Self - Commentator   See fewer
1
Nancy Groce
Self - Commentator Self - Commentator   See fewer
1
Frank Pellegrino
Self - Commentator Self - Commentator   See fewer
1
Philippe Petit
Self - Commentator Self - Commentator   See fewer
1
Niall Ferguson
Self - Commentator Self - Commentator   See fewer
1
Paul Goldberger
Self - Commentator Self - Commentator   See fewer
1
James Glanz
Self - Commentator Self - Commentator   See fewer
1
Lois Smith
Actress Actress   See fewer
Gene Jones
Actor Actor   See fewer
Louis Armstrong
Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited)   See fewer
Winston Churchill
Self (with Al Smith atop Empire State Bldg) (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (with Al Smith atop Empire State Bldg) (archive footage) (uncredited)   See fewer
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited)   See fewer
George Gershwin
Self (plays piano) (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (plays piano) (archive footage) (uncredited)   See fewer
Richard Rodgers
Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited)   See fewer
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited)   See fewer
Irving Berlin
Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited)   See fewer
Duke Ellington
Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited)   See fewer
John V. Lindsay
Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited)   See fewer
Fiorello LaGuardia
Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited)   See fewer
Robert Moses
Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited)   See fewer
Alfred E. Smith
Self (opens Empire State Bldg) (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (opens Empire State Bldg) (archive footage) (uncredited)   See fewer
Jimmy Walker
Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited)   See fewer
Abraham Beame
Self (Mayor of New York City) (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (Mayor of New York City) (archive footage) (uncredited)   See fewer
John Jakob Raskob
Self (Empire State Bldg) (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (Empire State Bldg) (archive footage) (uncredited)   See fewer
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