New York in the Fifties
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Betsy Blankenbaker
Mark Van Doren
Ted Steeg
Nan Talese
Gay Talese
William F Buckley
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
New York City in the 50s is seen as a hotbed of new artistic expression, free love, drinking, jazz, radical politics and psychoanalysis. The documentary follows writer Dan Wakefield as his restless rebellion forces him to leave his middle-class, conformist life in Indianapolis. He escapes to New York where he dreams of writing a novel, falls in love, questions the meaning of life through psychoanalysis and meets a group of like-minded souls. Interviews with writers, actors, musicians, artists and poets fill out the picture of the city and the era.
Director
Betsy Blankenbaker
Cast
Mark Van Doren
Ted Steeg
Nan Talese
Gay Talese
William F Buckley
Lynn Sharon Schwartz
Allen Ginsberg
Helen Weaver
Ray Grist
C Wright Mills
James Baldwin
Robert Redford
Jane Wylie Genth
Ann Brower
Nat Hentoff
Norman Podhoretz
Norman Mailer
Harvey Shapiro
David Amram
Reverend Norm Eddy
Art D'lugoff
Bruce Jay Friedman
Sam Astrachan
Ivan Gold
Jack Kerouac
Knox Burger
J D Salinger
Mary Ann Dewees Mccoy
Brock Bower
Ned Polsky
Calvin Trillin
Daniel Wakefield
Joan Didion
Ed Fancher
Crew
Dennis Adams
Steve Allee
David Amram
Sam Astrachan
James Baldwin
Betsy Blankenbaker
Brock Bower
Ann Brower
William F Buckley
Knox Burger
Art D'lugoff
Mary Ann Dewees Mccoy
Joan Didion
Reverend Norm Eddy
Ed Fancher
Bruce Jay Friedman
Jane Wylie Genth
Allen Ginsberg
Ivan Gold
Ray Grist
Nat Hentoff
Dorka Keehn
Jack Kerouac
Norman Mailer
Steve Marra
Steve Marra
C Wright Mills
Norman Podhoretz
Ned Polsky
Robert Redford
J D Salinger
Lynn Sharon Schwartz
Harvey Shapiro
Bobby Shepard
Bobby Shepard
Ted Steeg
Gay Talese
Nan Talese
Dustin Teel
Dustin Teel
Calvin Trillin
Mark Van Doren
Daniel Wakefield
Daniel Wakefield
Daniel Wakefield
Jeffrey Watt
Jeffrey Watt
Helen Weaver
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States March 2000
Released in United States September 2000
Released in United States Winter February 9, 2001
Shown at Santa Barbara International Film Festival (World Premiere) March 2-12, 2000.
Shown at the IFP Market/(IFFM) in New York City September 15-22, 2000.
Feature directorial debut for Betsy Blankenbaker.
Released in United States Winter February 9, 2001
Released in United States March 2000 (Shown at Santa Barbara International Film Festival (World Premiere) March 2-12, 2000.)
Released in United States September 2000 (Shown at the IFP Market/(IFFM) in New York City September 15-22, 2000.)
