American Experience Coney Island (Season 3, Episode 14)
TV Episode | 58 min | Documentary, Biography, History

American Experience

Coney Island (Season 3, Episode 14)

TV Episode | 58 min | Documentary, Biography, History

The film explores the beginnings of America's first amusement park and takes us through its good times all the way up to its end. The show was originally produced for PBS's American Experience.

Director

Ric Burns (directed by)

Writer

Richard Snow (written by)

Producers

Ric Burns (produced by) | Buddy Squires (produced by)

Composer

Brian Keane (music arranged by)

Cinematographers

Allen Moore (cinematography) | Buddy Squires (cinematography)

Editors

Paul Barnes (edited by) | Bruce Shaw

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Edit Released

Updated Feb 4, 1991

Release date

Feb 4, 1991 (United States)

Awards

Series awards

Nominated for 1 Oscar Award. Another 84 wins & 128 nominations

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Cast	+ Add Cast
15 cast members

Name	Known for
Philip Bosco Narrator (voice) Narrator (voice) See fewer	The Savages (2007)
Andrei Codrescu Self (voice) Self (voice) See fewer	Road Scholar (1993)
Frederick P. Fried Self - Archivist (as Frederick Fried) Self - Archivist (as Frederick Fried) See fewer	American Experience (1988)
Vincent Gardenia Self - Actor Self - Actor See fewer	Moonstruck (1987)
Judd Hirsch Self (voice) Self (voice) See fewer	Taxi (1978)
Nathan Lane Self (voice) Self (voice) See fewer	The Producers (2005)
Al Lewis Self - Actor Self - Actor See fewer	Super Scary Saturday (1987)
John Mahoney Self (voice) Self (voice) See fewer	Frasier (1993)
Jerry Orbach Self (voice) Self (voice) See fewer	Law & Order (1990)
George Plimpton Self (voice) Self (voice) See fewer	Good Will Hunting (1997)
Lois Smith Self (voice) Self (voice) See fewer	Minority Report (2002)
Richard Snow Self - Editor 'American Heritage' Self - Editor 'American Heritage' See fewer	The Civil War (1990)
Frances Sternhagen Self (voice) Self (voice) See fewer	Misery (1990)
Eli Wallach Self - Actor Self - Actor See fewer	The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)
Elliot Willensky Self - Writer Self - Writer See fewer	American Experience (1988)