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Brooklyn Bridge

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Brooklyn Bridge is a documentary film on the history of the Brooklyn Bridge and the directorial debut of Ken Burns. It was produced by Burns, Roger Sherman, Buddy Squires, and Amy Stechler in 1981. Synopsis The film included interviews with personalities such as The New York Times architectural critic Paul Goldberger and writer Arthur Miller plus film clips featuring Bugs Bunny (Bowery Bugs) and Frank Sinatra. It was narrated by historian David McCullough, who wrote the 1972 book the film was based on. Accolades The film was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature. Broadcast history The film was rebroadcast nationally twice: on January 29, 1992, preceding the then-new documentary from Burns, Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio, and on October 21, 2002, as part of Ken Burns: America's Stories.

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“... In 1921, the bridge was a cornerstone image in and 's cinematic hymn to New York, . Subsequently, the bridge has appeared in countless films, from 's (1928) and 's (1933) to such recent blockbusters as (1998), (1998), (1999), and (2001).”
— Richard Haw,
“The opening of the "Eighth Wonder of the World, on May 24, 1883, was the biggest celebration New York had seen since the opening of the nearly sixty years before. Some of the Irish were unhappy because the day chosen for the ceremony happened also to be 's birthday, but almost everybody else had a splendid time.”
— , (reprint of 1st edition in 1972)
“In May of 1884, , "in the interest of the dear public," took a herd of twenty-one elephants, including the famous "," over the bridge to Brooklyn and thereupon declared that he, too, was now perfectly satisfied as to the solidity of the masterpiece.”
— p. 502 of 2001 edition

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Not who you're looking for? Others named Brooklyn Bridge: bridge in New York City, crossing the East River · American television program in the 1990s · album by The Brooklyn Bridge · for transfering or transforming data from here to there

Overview

Brooklyn Bridge is a documentary film on the history of the Brooklyn Bridge and the directorial debut of Ken Burns. It was produced by Burns, Roger Sherman, Buddy Squires, and Amy Stechler in 1981. Synopsis The film included interviews with personalities such as The New York Times architectural critic Paul Goldberger and writer Arthur Miller plus film clips featuring Bugs Bunny (Bowery Bugs) and Frank Sinatra. It was narrated by historian David McCullough, who wrote the 1972 book the film was based on. Accolades The film was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature. Broadcast history The film was rebroadcast nationally twice: on January 29, 1992, preceding the then-new documentary from Burns, Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio, and on October 21, 2002, as part of Ken Burns: America's Stories.

From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Notable quotes

“... In 1921, the bridge was a cornerstone image in and 's cinematic hymn to New York, . Subsequently, the bridge has appeared in countless films, from 's (1928) and 's (1933) to such recent blockbusters as (1998), (1998), (1999), and (2001).”
— Richard Haw,
“The opening of the "Eighth Wonder of the World, on May 24, 1883, was the biggest celebration New York had seen since the opening of the nearly sixty years before. Some of the Irish were unhappy because the day chosen for the ceremony happened also to be 's birthday, but almost everybody else had a splendid time.”
— , (reprint of 1st edition in 1972)
“In May of 1884, , "in the interest of the dear public," took a herd of twenty-one elephants, including the famous "," over the bridge to Brooklyn and thereupon declared that he, too, was now perfectly satisfied as to the solidity of the masterpiece.”
— p. 502 of 2001 edition

Quotes via Wikiquote (CC BY-SA), each with its original source.