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Coney Island

Coney Island

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Status

Released

Release Date

Feb 4, 1991

Runtime

0h 58m

Genres

History, Documentary

User Score

60%

Original Title

Coney Island

Production Companies

Steeplechase Films, GBH

Director

Ric Burns

Description

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".