American Experience: New York Underground

Director: Lisa Ades; Ric Burns
Actor: David Ogden Stiers; Frances Sternhagen; Robert Sean Leonard; Frank Mccourt; Spalding Gray; Philip Bosco; Ron Silver; Eli Wallach; George Plimpton; Janeane Garofalo; Joan Allen; Robert A.m. Stern; Daniel Patrick Moynihan; Mike Wallace (iv); Pete Hamill; Fran Lebowitz; Robert A. Caro; Alfred Kazin; Brendan Gill; Donald Trump
Studio: WGBH Boston
Category: DVD

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Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars 3 reviews
Sales Rank: 29526

Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dvd-video, Ntsc
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 56 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6

MPN: WGBD40169D
ISBN: 1593754884
UPC: 783421401693
EAN: 9781593754884
ASIN: B000A0GYMS

Theatrical Release Date: February 17, 1997
Release Date: December 12, 2006
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5 out of 5 stars fantastic history    December 6, 2007
Peter Epprecht (Mainland,Pa)
9 out of 9 found this review helpful

I saw this on PBS several years ago. It is the incredible story of how the subway system was built in just a few years. It shows how our society has drifted backwards from the "can do" attitude of the early part of this century.
Today this would take 20 years of BS, followed by 20 years of building. FIVE STARS


5 out of 5 stars This Is Just As Advertised    February 12, 2007
Tony Corda
17 out of 17 found this review helpful

I don't know what these other two reviewers were expecting but this is exactly what it says it is, the story of the building of the New York Subway. No it's not Ric Burns New York Documentary...why you thought it was is beyond me...this is an excellent documentary of the early years of the Subway system.


1 out of 5 stars NOT AS DESCRIBED    December 23, 2006
Woody Woodpeckerwood (Los Angeles, Califaztlan)
2 out of 24 found this review helpful

This is not a 14 hour documentary about New York City, instead it is a 56 minute long documentary about how the old Electric Subway in NYC was built in 1900, as seen on public television and "American Experience".